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"[[Over The Horizon Radar]]" is is track number 18 on the ''[[Geogaddi]]'' album. The title refers to a design concept for radar systems to allow them to detect targets at very long ranges, typically up to thousands of kilometers.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-horizon_radar</ref>
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'''Over The Horizon Radar''' is is track number 18 on the [[Geogaddi]] album. The title refers to a design concept for radar systems to allow them to detect targets at very long ranges, typically up to thousands of kilometers.
  
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It has also been used as the theme music for [http://www.fat-pie.com/ David Firth]'s short online flash cartoon [http://www.fat-pie.com/scribblewatch.htm Scribbler].
  
 
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* "[[Over The Horizon Radar]]" is another track that reveals a more complex melody when played in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSQRYZIGEl0 reverse].  
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* [[Over The Horizon Radar]] is another track that reveals a more complex melody when played in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Be6EPBhoe18 reverse]. Its title refers to a real [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A632729 technology]: ''"A radar system that makes use of the atmospheric reflection and refraction phenomena to extend its range of detection beyond line of sight. Over-the-horizon radars may be either forward scatter or back scatter systems."''
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* Its title refers to a real [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A632729 technology]: ''"A radar system that makes use of the atmospheric reflection and refraction phenomena to extend its range of detection beyond line of sight. Over-the-horizon radars may be either forward scatter or back scatter systems."''
 
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexivity_(social_theory) Reflexivity] is autobiography that is included when the author deems cultural analysis is facilitated by one's private-life information. It may be a suggestion that A:B::B:C is about themselves to facilitate such an analysis.
 
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* It has also been used as the theme music for [http://www.fat-pie.com/ David Firth]'s short online flash cartoon [http://www.fat-pie.com/scribblewatch.htm Scribbler].
 
  
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-horizon_radar Wikipedia article on the Over-the-horizon_radar concept.]
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