Yeah.. but is that assault?

It's not a "drag mark" as you mean it. It's scour caused by augmented flow around the object. That develops with time and ultimately reaches equilibrium. Scour is only washed away, if you will, due to changes in the sedimentological conditions or the flow regime in the area.

This is a raw side scan sonar image. You see left and right of the sonar, but not straight down. The black in the middle is the water column at nadir.

I imagine that they're holding on to better images (as well as the Nav) for themselves. And I agree... if what these guys are saying is what we're seeing in the articles, then yes... Makes me wonder if this is the first SSS trace he's seen in his 18 years of experience.

There's a wide variety of backgrounds and skill sets here on Gizmodo. So someone may have already said this here, and if so... I'll repeat it, The "impact tracks" are SCOUR. Any obstacle to flow, be it ocean currents or wind, seated on a mobile bed disrupts that flow. That disruption compresses the fluid flowing…

Umm.... because it's cheaper than doing it right.

So.. his PhD is simply sticking a Rumble Pack to a phone?

USB charging station bus-stop collocated.... why do I suddenly have the urge to stick my gum in it?

Waterproof, full qwerty slider, world phone, with a designated number row, LED flash, forward facing camera, tethering enabled, dual core, MS Office, multitouch 4.3" gorilla glass, 4G and micro SD expandable! Oh my god. FINALLY, a phone that I can really get excited about.

WIIIIITTTCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So.. I'm assuming he has more photos of blonde women than brunettes or red heads.

I really want the HTC Arrive, but Sprint World Phone (dual core) means I'll pre-order right now, full keyboard or no.

Hmm... I wear a watch because I often need to know what time it is without pulling out my phone and waking it up, only to find that the battery died, or to see that I have four missed calls and 7 unread emails.

@cpt0bvius: What if they replace Capslock with a Bold or Italics key? We'll perpetually think we're reading quotes or keywords from a highschool textbook.

Getting rid of useless keys?

@nickpadovani: Just playing Devil's Advocate...

@patdhunter: "Locations across the globe that nobody ever really gave much thought because they are not anything too special are now identified as having a large potential to cause damage to the US."

@Slinkytech: And how many dams have come crashing down lately? If they weren't blowing up dams prior to this release, I don't think they'll start now just because they heard that we have extra guards on this one and a few less on that one.

@Cintax: 1) I don't think that we have the 101st Airborne guarding a pipeline in Iraq leaving Barney Fife all alone to watch over a Dam in Prague. But if we did, any terrorist could probably figure out on their own which sites are better protected than others.