Comments on: Flattening the Matterhorn http://metamodern.com/2010/05/19/flattening-the-matterhorn/ The Trajectory of Technology Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:15:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: cjemmott http://metamodern.com/2010/05/19/flattening-the-matterhorn/comment-page-1/#comment-3475 cjemmott Sun, 30 May 2010 18:20:05 +0000 http://metamodern.com/?p=8365#comment-3475 We have the same problem in my field, undersea acoustics. Typical acoustic propagation distances are much larger than typical depths, so you end up with plots like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SCM4_fig11.jpg The angle of the first part looks like 45 degrees, but is much closer to 5 degrees. It can really mess with your intuition until you get used to it. We have the same problem in my field, undersea acoustics. Typical acoustic propagation distances are much larger than typical depths, so you end up with plots like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SCM4_fig11.jpg

The angle of the first part looks like 45 degrees, but is much closer to 5 degrees. It can really mess with your intuition until you get used to it.

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