Repair Crews Reach Vicinity of Damaged Cables In Mediterranean 145
GWMAW writes "A robotic submarine searched beneath the Mediterranean on Sunday for damaged communications cables, two days after Web and telephone access was knocked out for much of the Middle East.
Telecommunication providers from Cairo to Dubai continued Sunday to scramble to reroute voice and data traffic through potentially costly detours in Asia and North America after the lines running under the Mediterranean Sea were damaged Friday." According to the article, "Once found, the cable ends will be pulled to the surface and repaired on deck — a process that could take several days."
Re:Maybe this time ... (Score:3, Funny)
... they will find Gilligan's Island and rescue the castaways.
And then whom ever owns the copy right to Gilligan's Island will misread the headline and sue them for using the under sea cable to download episodes of Gilligan's Island
Dang! I was getting SUCH a good deal (Score:5, Funny)
Dang it! I was getting SUCH a good deal from the colocation facility in Yemen.
Wow (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Maybe this time ... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How do they do it? (Score:5, Funny)
> How do they repair the cables?
Superglue and duct tape.
Re:How do they do it? (Score:5, Funny)
this is for UNDER WATER use.
therefore, its better left to DUCK tape.
(sorry....)
Re:How do they do it? (Score:5, Funny)
Don't worry, you don't have to do a thing. They already have people who do know what to do.
Re:How do they do it? (Score:3, Funny)
Red Green [wikipedia.org] to the rescue!
cables and eavesdropping (Score:4, Funny)
I've got sources inside US intel that tell me these are botched attempts by Syrian intelligence to tap these undersea lines.
The chair is against the wall.
John has a long mustache. That is all.
Re:How do they do it? (Score:3, Funny)
Surely not! We all know here that ducks float.
Re:How do they do it? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:How do they do it? (Score:1, Funny)
Surely not! We all know here that ducks float.
So we use witch tape?
Re:How do they do it? (Score:5, Funny)
Surely not! We all know here that ducks float.
Only if they weigh the same as a witch!
Re:cables and eavesdropping (Score:1, Funny)
The chair is against the wall.
What was Ballmer's role in all this?
Re:Gilligan Saved the Cable! (Score:5, Funny)
Gilligan didn't cut the cable, ...
He gingerly buried it in Marianne's trench.
Re:How do they do it? (Score:3, Funny)
So, after a nudge, nudge you get a wink, wink? Does that make the cable a goer?