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Undersea saboteurs may have been responsible for cable cuts

arstechnica.com — New information from the UN agency tasked with repairing the undersea cable cuts of early February has reported that they can't rule out sabotage at this point of time. Of the five cuts, only one has been ruled an accidental failure—the cause of the other four is still unknown.

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  • kidvitacus, on 02/20/2008, -6/+93May have been? Gosh, and I thought 5 cables that have all been okay up until now just happened to run into trouble around the same time.
  • unicronband, on 02/20/2008, -2/+85Personally I think it's the internet trying to kill itself for how retarded we've made it.
  • chaddles, on 02/20/2008, -14/+81So "tin-foil hat conspiracy theorists" may be right on this one. I would think the "tin-foil hat" label is hardly appropriate then. Who is more deluded? The conspiracy theorist or the person who doesn't believe in any conspiracies? History shows us that conspiracies have always been part of life.
  • sockpuppets, on 02/20/2008, -6/+72It was the U.SS. HDDVD.
  • Frnnkdlxx, on 02/20/2008, -5/+56NO!! Reaally???? !!!

    I still say we bomb Atlantis and put Aquaman on trial for war crimes.
  • inactive, on 02/20/2008, -5/+54Cheney was seen emerging from the waves in a scuba suit on the beach in Dubai.
  • psyber, on 02/20/2008, -0/+37That someone’s ability to communicate has been disrupted?
  • mrcoderga, on 02/20/2008, -4/+34Only 5 cables severed? That's nothing. In my house, on most days, I often find that seven or eight ethernet cables on my computer network have been cut in two. I don't spend time worrying about it.
  • tastypaste, on 02/20/2008, -6/+32 In this case, connecting the dots was a no-brainer. In most tinfoil hat scenarios the dots they're connecting aren't even on the same page or even in the same book.

    This is hardly tinfoil hat country.
  • positron, on 02/20/2008, -0/+23Could have been accidental after all then considering that the ship has sunk.
  • sockpuppets, on 02/20/2008, -2/+25Whooooosh x2
  • nekochan, on 02/20/2008, -1/+24i never would've expected that!
  • octophobic, on 02/20/2008, -4/+25I though the same thing on 911. One plane could be an accident but two planes was intentional. It didn't take 4 or 5 planes for me to get a clue.
  • sockpuppets, on 02/20/2008, -1/+22Whooooosh
  • hydroplane, on 02/20/2008, -2/+23A communications disruption can mean only one thing....
  • sockpuppets, on 02/20/2008, -0/+21The two of you turn in your Digg cards on the way out.
  • digitalpencil, on 02/20/2008, -0/+20Damn ethernet gremlins..
  • Hellbacon, on 02/20/2008, -2/+18so i herd u leik mudkipz?
  • slvrbullet87, on 02/20/2008, -6/+22It was the Spanish Inquisition!
  • positron, on 02/20/2008, -0/+15Duh. everybody knows that Saddam had Weapons of Mass Resurrection.
  • sockpuppets, on 02/20/2008, -0/+13I readily admit posting things in the hope that someone outshines me. Still when it happens I get a case of clever envy. :)

    Well played.
  • xadhominemx, on 02/20/2008, -2/+15From Wiki:
    "According to Stephen Beckert, a senior analyst at TeleGeography, the events are far less exceptional than they seem because cable cuts happen all the time. Beckert argues that "only the first two cuts had any serious impact on the internet," and this drew public attention to other cable cuts that would not normally have been newsworthy. According to Beckert, cable cuts happen "on average once every three days." He futher noted that there are 25 large ships that do nothing but fix cable cuts and bends, and that such cuts are usually the result of cables rubbing against rocks on the sea floor.[38]

    According to Global Marine Systems,"Undersea cable damage is hardly rare—indeed, more than 50 repair operations were mounted in the Atlantic alone last year". While a cut in a cable crossing the Atlantic has "no significant effect" due to the many alternate cables, only a handful of internet cables serve the Middle East. These disruptions are only noticeable because of the small number of cables."
  • tommyredcoat, on 02/20/2008, -2/+14Jacques Cousteau shows no mercy.
  • scribat, on 02/20/2008, -0/+12Yeah but ethernet cables don't stretch for hundreds and hundreds of miles under the ocean where they're subject to geological movement, current and crab people.
  • jordan1, on 02/20/2008, -0/+12My wifi cable got cut just last week by an undersea terrorist
  • sockpuppets, on 02/20/2008, -0/+12The tooth ferry: shuttling tooth shaped cars around the persian gulf for over 50 years!
  • kooft, on 02/20/2008, -1/+13"...in a scuba suit..."

    Sharks don't need SCUBA gear...
  • rstarr, on 02/20/2008, -0/+10So are you thinking what I'm thinking?

    You get the air tanks and I'll get some hedge clippers. We'll be lag free by spring.
  • Ganja420, on 02/20/2008, -8/+18it was none other than SADAM HUSSEIN
  • tastypaste, on 02/20/2008, -1/+11He had 9 more heart attacks swimming down there, but when asked, he said it was all worth it to keep Iran from spamming his blog with anti-Cheney messages.
  • monkeypaw, on 02/20/2008, -0/+10A "UN Agency" was repairing the cables? I thought the companies that owned the cables were repairing them.
  • MacTyler, on 02/20/2008, -1/+10they held onto your mom as she sank.
  • SurlyDuff, on 02/20/2008, -1/+10Zombie Saddam? That's one way to get back at America...I guess.
  • IslandDog, on 02/20/2008, -4/+13Only moonbats maybe.

    Nobody with any intelligence believes Sept. 11 was an inside job, only loons.
  • DreKor, on 02/20/2008, -2/+115 ***** TOOTHFARIES
  • freshyill, on 02/20/2008, -4/+13Excuse me? No, sensible, rational people don't go for paultard conspiracy theories.
  • toppgun, on 02/20/2008, -3/+12nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
  • nbcaffeine, on 02/20/2008, -0/+8more like SODAMN INSANE!
  • scabbers, on 02/20/2008, -1/+9Giant spiders.
  • KataLieb, on 02/20/2008, -1/+9But still the words "tinfoil hat" were brought up 2 weeks ago when sabotage was first brought up ;)
  • LiquidIse, on 02/20/2008, -1/+9Cheney can't swim.... he was hardly able to maintain a beating heart for a while.
    I would feel bad about that joke it it was almost any other human. but no
  • inactive, on 02/20/2008, -0/+8STFU Aquaman is innocent. I blame rogue dolphins.
  • robertml1, on 02/20/2008, -3/+10No coincidence that just a couple of weeks before Iran is to start selling oil in non-dollar currency that their connection to the internet broke. Israeli papers had stories about this right after it happened.
  • sockpuppets, on 02/20/2008, -2/+9I can has sweet relees of deth?
  • dromni, on 02/20/2008, -0/+7Aquaman is nice guy, my worries are about Namor!
  • maliath, on 02/20/2008, -3/+10LAWLZ STOP HATIN K? THX
  • nbcaffeine, on 02/20/2008, -0/+6He has the strength of a bear that has the strength of 2 bears!
  • inactive, on 02/20/2008, -1/+7It was none other than Saddam Hussein. (Fixed)
  • chrisaug18, on 02/20/2008, -1/+7First comment that actually makes sense
  • mrcoderga, on 02/20/2008, -1/+7It's true. Anonymous sources at the Pentagon told us so, unofficially.
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