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Google to run own cable across the Pacific Posted: 2 years ago by Gygash
Google is planning a multi-terabit undersea communications cable across the Pacific Ocean for launch in 2009.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 14 [+].
Enraged cable customer shoots installer Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
A Gary, Ind., man pleaded guilty to killing his cable installer on learning his TV set was not "cable ready."
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 105 [+].
IOGEAR is looking for America's most cable cluttered Home Posted: 8 months ago by iamamaniac
Finally, a reward for having a messy, out of control computer desk or Home Theater setup in your home. IOGEAR is running a fantastic give away that will help you get your rat’s nest of a cable pile-up under control with their award winning prizes.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 58 [+].
Cable Train Runs on the Weight of Sewage Posted: 2 months ago by Bingo
Funiculars, cable trains that were built up the sides of hills and mountains, often ran on water.
In Fribourg, Switzerland, they had a better idea. One area in town is at the top of a hill, and the other at the bottom. And if there is one thing that is always flowing from the top to the bottom, it is sewage. Instead of running in a pipe, they pump some of it into the car at the top; at the bottom, they open it up and let it run into the lower sewer.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 195 [+].
Tipsy beer truck nearly toppled by TV cable Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
It looks as though this beer truck has had one too many, but it was snagged by a heat-stressed, sagging cable wire in Hillsdale at about 2:15 this afternoon.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 183 [+].
Shock burns cable thief beyond recognition Posted: 2 years ago by mitzuzake
A thief in Germany was charred beyond recognition by a 10,000 volt electric shock when he tried to steal a LIVE copper cable. German police found the man's blackened remains by a set of cable cutters and pile of non-live cables he had already stolen.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 239 [+].
Hacked Cable Modems Posted: 11 months ago by stinkobinko
Pennsylvania man faces federal criminal charges for selling modems capable of stealing free, anonymous broadband
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Soldiers Out of Cable Posted: 3 years ago by dork
Pictures of soldiers made out of wire.
It looks really hard to do and really cool!
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 113 [+].
Navigate by cable Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
This proof of concept website is intriguing, if ill-conceived. Instead of a tiny map, this satnav system will project a "cable" into the real environment for you to follow.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 64 [+].
Cable Stays Analog For A While Posted: 2 years ago by punthe
FCC extends analog TV support until 2012.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 78 [+].
Web in trouble? The hidden cables under a Cornish beach feeding the world's internet Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
Most people think the internet is beamed around the planet by satellites. In fact, 90 per cent of global internet traffic is carried by a vast cable network, thousands of miles of which snake under the oceans.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 360 [+].
Real-life Ram-bo: The sheep who abseiled down electricity cable after snagging his horn Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
This hapless sheep has become a real life 'ram-bo' after inadvertently abseiling down a hill when its horn became snagged on an electricity wire.
The unfortunate sheep was spotted bleating for help more than 15 feet above the ground next to an telegraph pole.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 191 [+].
Angry kids protest gas prices after losing cable TV Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Sadie and Pyper Vance have had just about enough of high gas prices. The sisters are still years away from being old enough to drive, but that doesn't mean the $4 per gallon price tag isn't hitting them as hard as anyone else.
Comments: 15 Score: [-] 457 [+].
A Christmas Wreath for the Geek in you Posted: 3 years ago by BrightonCub
If you're anything like any man I know, you never throw away a cable. Put them to use this Chrimbo and make your very own Cable wreath.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 15 [+].
A great viral video by Microsoft Posted: 2 years ago by ted
This has been going around the web today, a video of a giant spool of cable crashing through a plate glass door.
It's actually advertising Microsoft's new VOIP service, where you don't need to install any new cables.
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 113 [+].
500 Students Cross River on a Steel Cable Posted: 2 years ago by mitzuzake
Nearly 500 school children in Fugong, Yunnan Province, China have to cross the often raging Nujiang River each day to get to school. The only problem is that there is no bridge.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 46 [+].
Car clocked at 163 mph held together with cable ties Posted: 2 years ago by aclister
A 21-year-old driver has been booked for doing 263kmh (163 mph) in a 13-year-old car held together with cable ties.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 333 [+].
What Happened To The SF Cable Car Nymphomaniac? Posted: 2 years ago by misswinkle
They called it "The cable car named Desire." It was one of the wildest cases in Bay Area history. In 1964, 23-year-old Gloria Sykes filed a lawsuit claming that injuries from a cable car accident turned her into a nymphomaniac.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 276 [+].
They Pay for Cable, Music and Extra Bags. How About News? Posted: 8 months ago by DerAlt
“People reading news for free on the Web, that’s got to change,” Mr. Murdoch said.
Some industries have pulled it off. Coca-Cola took tap water, filtered it and called it Dasani, and makes millions of dollars a year. People who used to ask why anyone would pay for television now subscribe to cable and TiVo. Airlines charge for luggage, meals, even pillows. And some music fans who have downloaded pirated songs are also patrons of iTunes.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 233 [+].
Cable Guy Image Upgrade Posted: 3 months ago by meggysue
Need to be rescued from a kidnapper? Call Jason Hoff, the Cable Guy! *pins medal on Jason*
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 413 [+].
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