> And I saw a program about "freak waves". Apparently these occur with a 
> frequency vastly higher than predicted by the standard model. (Standard 
> model assumes a normal distribution, which means a wave of this size 
> should happen once every few millennia.) Apparently some solution to the 
> Schrowonakiarlumlum wave equation predicts this, but nobody noticed 
> before. And now the redesign implications are quite staggering. Or 
> something...

Yeh wouldn't surprise me.  Although I'm sure, as with most structural 
engineering, once you have calculated how strong to make something you just 
multiply it by 2 to be on the safe side :-)

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