Comments on: Construction crew cuts a cable, Russia loses access to all its satellites

By: Ben Burger

Ben Burger — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:31:00 +0000

Har…

By: Florian Bösch

Florian Bösch — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 07:59:00 +0000

Don’t forget your towel.

By: Thomas Shaddack

Thomas Shaddack — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:49:00 +0000

Д’ог!

By: we_the_people324

we_the_people324 — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:45:00 +0000

In soviet russia, cable cuts you.

By: Ian Osmond

Ian Osmond — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:18:00 +0000

I remember a similar thing happening in Armenia last year . . . http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/06/georgian-woman-armenia-internet-_n_845834.html

“The Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it” — John Gilmore. Unfortunately, apparently, there are places in the world that just don’ t have enough Internet to route around damage at all. . .

By: Jerril

Jerril — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 21:18:00 +0000

My highschool, lo those many years ago, was the recipient of a grant to get us hooked up with internet access as a pilot project. Each student got an email account, space to host our own websites (which in those days were written by hand, none of this facebook malarky you young’ns get away with), so forth.

Went great until one day we had some renovations done, and the contractor opened up a wall only to find these funny blue wires that he had no idea what they were for. So he cut them.

T_T

By: acerplatanoides

acerplatanoides — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:52:00 +0000

came for this, leaving happy

By: TheMadLibrarian

TheMadLibrarian — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:29:00 +0000

Da!

By: franko

franko — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:28:00 +0000

i’m pretty sure “DOH!” works in all languages now.

By: atteSmythe

atteSmythe — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:28:00 +0000

Every accomplished world traveler knows to always carry a small length of fiber optic cable. If you ever find yourself lost in the wilderness, or stranded on a desert island, all you have to do is bury the cable in the ground. About half an hour later, some guy in a backhoe will be along to dig it up, and you can hitch a ride with him back to civilization.

By: Bob Winston

Bob Winston — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:12:00 +0000

In Soviet Russia, the cables cut you off!

By: deaduncledave

deaduncledave — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:11:00 +0000

Redundancy, mother flocker! DO YOU SPEAK IT!

By: awjt

awjt — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:51:00 +0000

Tri… Dva… … ………………………..

By: allium

allium — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:51:00 +0000

Never fear! Mighty Putin will gather up the purest silica sand from the beaches of Primorsky Krai, mold them into fiber-optic cables with the heat of his ever-fecund loins, encase them in shimmering muscovite insulation, and splice them with the grace and care of a babushka knitting her granddaughter a shawl. Then he’ll go beat up an eagle or something.

By: Aaron Swain

Aaron Swain — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:44:00 +0000

And this is our ride into space?

By: TWX

TWX — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:35:00 +0000

That makes me feel better about having to deal with the idiot landscapers who yanked the fiber between some buildings while working on the baseball field…

By: metacalifragilistic

metacalifragilistic — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:33:00 +0000

Weinberg’s second law in action.

By: Mark_Frauenfelder

Mark_Frauenfelder — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:20:00 +0000

You win!

By: Prufrock451

Prufrock451 — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:13:00 +0000

“sorry!”