bathysphere

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In deference to those who just stepped out of a bathysphere, Anonymous is the name that's been adopted by a self-proclaimed collective of hackers and supposedly pissed-off average folks for the purpose of meting out justice via the internet -- and it's now declared war on Scientology.

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  1. noun A spherical deep-diving chamber in which persons are lowered by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life.

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  • Though their society has been reduced to the barbaric, with a leader of sorts who spends his days playing infantile games in a pool, they are technologically advanced, having spaceships, bathysphere-shaped fliers that whiz about like helicopters, telephone service between planets (at one point, Dyadya Vova phones home), bizarre underground factories maintained by savages, and yet, what Plyukians covet above all things are ordinary household matches. —  FSF,September2006
  • Until now, I've spent 23 hours each day in a lead-lined bathysphere, miles below the earth to keep my skin silky smooth. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • The story of the 6-foot-3, 215-pound waterman began underwater, as he was born in an experimental bathysphere meant to lessen gravity and ease a mother's pain during delivery. —  Latest News
  • Alternate Presidents with contributions from Burroughs, Kafka, and Donald Barthelme, dedicated to the bathysphere exploration of the fathoms of cultural narrative negative space lurking within and beyond the moment when the 9 / 11 attacks were disclosed to our current president. —  No Fear of the Future
  • In deference to those who just stepped out of a bathysphere, Anonymous is the name that's been adopted by a self-proclaimed collective of hackers and supposedly pissed-off average folks for the purpose of meting out justice via the internet -- and it's now declared war on Scientology. —  Deus Ex Malcontent
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