Elderly Georgian Woman Cuts Armenian Internet 282
welcher writes "An elderly Georgian woman was scavenging for copper with a spade when she accidentally sliced through an underground cable and cut off internet services to nearly all of neighboring Armenia. The fibre-optic cable near Tiblisi, Georgia, supplies about 90% of Armenia's internet so the woman's unwitting sabotage had catastrophic consequences. Web users in the nation of 3.2 million people were left twiddling their thumbs for up to five hours. Large parts of Georgia and some areas of Azerbaijan were also affected. Dubbed 'the spade-hacker' by local media, the woman is being investigated on suspicion of damaging property. She faces up to three years in prison if charged and convicted."
Impressive! (Score:3, Funny)
In other words, some old granny succeeded where even 4chan would fail?
Re:Impressive! (Score:4, Funny)
TFA didn't mention if she was wearing a Guy Fawkes mask or not....
Re:Redundancy man. (Score:5, Funny)
I was under the impression that a self healing ring was a fairly common way of dealing with important fiber
Sorry, but you're making it too easy to even try..
Punishment to fit the consequences (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, it was an accident
So said Exxon after the Exxon Valdez oil spill. [wikipedia.org]
If you cause harm due to ignoring the possible consequences of your action you should be punished according to the consequences of your act, not according to your intent. That's what the law defines as "criminal negligence".
Re:All I see is (Score:3, Funny)
Why do they call them "scavengers" instead of what they really are - thieves.
On behalf of all elderly people who have to make living with scavenging copper let me say: "Fuck you!"
Re:All I see is (Score:5, Funny)
Yes it is. It's also understandable, justifiable, and a very poor reflection on the surrounding society, but it's still theft.
Actually it's not fheft it's copyright infrin....wait a second!
Re:All I see is (Score:3, Funny)
Why do they call them "scavengers" instead of what they really are - thieves.
On behalf of all elderly people who have to make living with scavenging copper let me say: "Fuck you!"
On behalf of people who do honest work to get by and PAY for the copper, please insert your brain back into your rectum in order to cleanse it and then DIE IN A FIRE.
Re:How many Americans are thinking... (Score:5, Funny)
This is truly sad reality. I can remember standing in a McDonald's for morning breakfast back in ~2008, this store had a TV with CNN running and the news anchor made a comment that Russia had moved tanks into Georgia. The person taking my order quite literally asked how it was possible that Russia could get tanks into the USA