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    Oh Hello, This Is Just My Coaxial Tube

    Eastern Telegraph's Vast Network of Undersea Cables, Circa 1901

    Undersea Telecom Cables Cut Again: India, Middle East and Asia Hit Hard

    International Telecommunication Union Claims Cut Cables Were Sabotage
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    In reply to Oh Hello, This Is Just My Coaxial Tube
    Here a young Ensign Wesley Crusher demonstrates what happens to your junk upon being assimilated by the Borg collective. He claims that after this he no longer feared feeling Worf's hands upon his thighs in the dead of night.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    04/17/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: Oh, don't let them fool you, his head IS ribbed for YOUR pleasure.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    04/17/09

    In reply to Oh Hello, This Is Just My Coaxial Tube
    So wait, there really are tubes? Does that mean it's NOT a truck?
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/17/09

    @PETAKillsKittens_GitEmSteveDave: It's kind of a truck CARRYING a load of tubes.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @PETAKillsKittens_GitEmSteveDave: Never underestimate the sheer bandwidth of a station wagon full of backup tapes.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/17/09

    In reply to Oh Hello, This Is Just My Coaxial Tube

    "...because it was the most obvious penis joke. This coaxial tube carried over 90,000 telephone calls simultaneously."


    Well, that's nothing. My

    * pauses to scratch *

    coaxial tube carries over

    * pauses again *

    1,000,000 crabs simultaneously.


    No. Seriously. Here's a photo of workers clearing another load of the buggers off the transatlantic cable.



    * scratches mosquito bite one more time *

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    Image of .357 .357
    04/17/09

    @bosskev: 1,000,000 crabs? My friend, I have the thing for you.
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    Image of diverguy diverguy
    04/17/09

    @Lord Pferdestärke the 357th:


    Those are not going to help with crabs.

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    Image of .357 .357
    04/17/09

    @diverguy: If he actually uses them, he may have a lower chance of contracting them again, or spreading them.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @Lord Pferdestärke the 357th: Those suckers just chew right through unless they're steel belted man.
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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    04/17/09

    @Lord Pferdestärke the 357th: Believe me, I have tried these, but they just don't work with crabs. I mean, sure, you get one rolled on, but before you can even move onto the other leg, the first leg's claw has punctured right through the latex. Waste of money.
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/17/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: I have carbon fibre condoms. Best performance and protection.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @Lord Pferdestärke the 357th: Plus they make your car go faster.
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/17/09

    @Lite: does not like fishsticks...: And that's what matters at the end of the day.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    04/17/09

    In reply to Oh Hello, This Is Just My Coaxial Tube
    Looks like that Enzyte is really working out well for Bob...
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    04/17/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Really? Is it? Cause let me tell you, if that's the result, I'm not interested!
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    04/17/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Bob's got a promising future staring in live-action Japanese tentacle pr0n...
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    04/17/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: Oh.


    Excuse me while I reconsider.

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: "Check out this new exciting epic as '92BuickLeSabre takes you on a tentacular romp through GizMo High School..."
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    Image of .357 .357
    04/17/09

    In reply to Oh Hello, This Is Just My Coaxial Tube
    It's so big! (failed attempt at crude sexual innuendo)
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    Image of 1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle 1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle
    04/17/09

    @Lord Pferdestärke the 357th:


    Ugh, you made me do it:


    That what she said.


    I'm so ashamed of myself.

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    Image of .357 .357
    04/17/09

    @1 DVS BSTD-Its off the Hizzle fo $hizzle My Dizzle: Yeah, I know. The only person qualified to say that is Michael Scott.
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    Image of Max Justicz Max Justicz
    04/17/09

    In reply to Oh Hello, This Is Just My Coaxial Tube
    I love the slight smirk that guy has on his face- he's totally oblivious to what the photo looks like.
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    Image of Ryan Maliga Ryan Maliga
    04/17/09

    @Xamizer: if yours looks like that then you should really see a doctor
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    04/17/09

    @Ryan Maliga: This is what happens after the Borg assimilates your junk.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    02/10/09

    In reply to Eastern Telegraph's Vast Network of Undersea Cables, Circa 1901
    Are you sure that's not a giant red insect that landed on a map of the world?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    02/10/09

    In reply to Eastern Telegraph's Vast Network of Undersea Cables, Circa 1901
    So does anyone else want to play RISK now?
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    Image of Maksimir Maksimir
    02/10/09

    In reply to Eastern Telegraph's Vast Network of Undersea Cables, Circa 1901
    so all these cables are not rotting on the bottom of the ocean? Were they copper cables? if so, there's a lot of free copper lying around down there..
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/10/09

    @Maksimir: I would guess that after over 100 years, the insulation in the cables will have worn out and that the copper will have been corroded by seawater.
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    Image of applesgoinpies applesgoinpies
    02/10/09

    In reply to Eastern Telegraph's Vast Network of Undersea Cables, Circa 1901
    slave labor at its finest, beautiful
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    Image of mynameisjoe mynameisjoe
    02/10/09

    @applesgoinpies: Probably true.


    So are these communication cables useless now? Why can't they be used?

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/10/09

    @mynameisjoe: Satellites.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    02/10/09

    In reply to Eastern Telegraph's Vast Network of Undersea Cables, Circa 1901
    This also illustrates how much business has moved to the West Coast of the US from 100 years ago.
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    Image of freelunch freelunch
    02/10/09

    @Curves: where do you get that from?


    West coast is more about entertainment than business.


    The East coast is still a key hub for much of the national and international communications activity... the total coverage has just broadened since 1901.

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    Image of Curves Curves
    02/10/09

    @freelunch: I daresay that the folks in SanFran, Redmond or Seattle (etc) might disagree with you.
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    Image of rockstarjoe rockstarjoe
    02/10/09

    In reply to Eastern Telegraph's Vast Network of Undersea Cables, Circa 1901
    This would make a nice wallpaper... got a high res version?
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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    02/10/09

    @rockstarjoe: seconded
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    Image of alexvanduyn alexvanduyn
    02/10/09

    In reply to Eastern Telegraph's Vast Network of Undersea Cables, Circa 1901
    That map looks like shipping routes, only ships don't cross land, but for the rest of it, global shipping routes.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    02/10/09

    @Alex Van Duyn: Shipping routes are the most direct lines between major cities, so it's natural that they would lay cables there as well. Plus, they must have used ships to lay the cables to begin with.
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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    12/19/08

    In reply to Undersea Telecom Cables Cut Again: India, Middle East and Asia Hit Hard
    How much of India didn't have internet access to begin with?
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    Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was starred Lite: hates Illinois Nazis was unstarred
    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    12/19/08

    In reply to Undersea Telecom Cables Cut Again: India, Middle East and Asia Hit Hard
    "65% of India without internet and phone service"


    WTF?? How much economic activity is going to be disrupted? That's got to be a lot of lost money. Imagine if you could sue the shipping company that broke the cable.

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