Two explosions apparently ripped through the hull of the 490-foot submarine as it was running at periscope depth and sent it crashing to the seabed.
Or again, Bond does not simply train a telescope on the Russian consulate and hope he can read somebody's lips; no, he makes his way laboriously into a gallery beneath the joint, runs a submarine periscope up through the walls, and there, at close range, inspects two important Soviet secrets: the heroine's legs".
Twice daily broadcasts of 10 to 20 minutes will run on Twitter's Periscope app.
At this rate, Periscope could run wild while caging Meerkat as just an app for Twitter-haters.
Given Facebook's scale (1.5 billion monthly active users), and the fact that it had been pushing live streams through its notifications, it could easily give Periscope a run for its money.
Livestreaming could easily be a market big enough for the both of them, but if Periscope does run away with the race, Meerkat's best bet might be a buyout from some other tech giant.
In average weather they found it not difficult to spot a submarine running awash or at periscope depth, but to pick up the same craft only a few feet submerged was quite another matter, even at a height of a mere 850 feet.
The Periscope project is run by publisher Hachette and will feature its authors, including Jenny Colgan, Amitav Ghosh and science fiction writer Pierce Brown.
Periscope could have run away with the live-streaming race if it had only launched a month ago.
What if live streaming, like those streams that run today on apps like Periscope or Meerkat, could be used to save lives?
With consumers now running to live-streamed mobile services like Facebook Live and Periscope, this feels like a real sign of the times.
