They use an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer to find the breaks. Seriously, how could you not know that?
Tyler
Jake
· 1 year ago
@Tyler: Wow, color me embarrassed. In my head, I picture this device to be like the one they use in "Ice Road Truckers" to calculate ice thickness, fancy name, lots of colors and a flashy display.
Tyler Muth
· 1 year ago
I read about it on Gizmodo this morning and had the name of that stupid thing stuck in my head all day. When I saw your post, I couldn't resist ;)
Tyler
Jake
· 1 year ago
Sweet, I'm glad karma allowed you to drop some knowledge. I'll file that nugget away for future use.
Floyd
· 1 year ago
Okay, I guess it's time for me to fess up to the world (and give Jake the scoop). Last time I chartered a boat and went deep sea fishin', I guess I wound up draggin' my bait a little too deep. Thought I might have hooked the Mother of All Marlins, but wound up with a tangled mess of wire... Gotta say,though, that the cable put up one heck of a fight!
Jake
· 1 year ago
@Floyd: I think you owe the Interwebs users of the Middle East, India, Pakistan and a whole bunch of other places a sincere apology.
Margaret Rouse
· 1 year ago
Hmmm...maybe the severed undersea telecomm cables, last Fall's Storm worm, today's art theft in Zurich and tonight's BlackBerry outage are all caused by an evil-doer who's quietly testing his plan to cripple the entire planet. I love conspiracy theories. And James Bond.
Jake
· 1 year ago
@Margaret: Everything must be related, and it's our job to connect the dots. Floyd has culpability for the cable-cutting, so now, we need to lean on him to uncover his co-conspirators. Although, he's a pretty connected guy and could be at fault for all of the above.
That's easier. Blame Floyd and meet for cocktails.
Floyd
· 1 year ago
I'm actually responsible for all those things Margaret mentioned - a result of my over-exuberance in a hunt for a particular trout that has the map to a long-lost Conquistador treasure stamped on his dorsal fin...or was it a snook? Anyway, apologies to all for everything.
Now that we have that out of the way and bygones are bygones, about that meeting for cocktails thing...
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They use an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer to find the breaks. Seriously, how could you not know that?
Tyler
Tyler
who's quietly testing his plan to cripple the entire planet. I love conspiracy theories. And James Bond.
That's easier. Blame Floyd and meet for cocktails.
Now that we have that out of the way and bygones are bygones, about that meeting for cocktails thing...