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Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the net-comes-with-free-juice dept.

ReLik writes "The BBC has an article regarding power supply via networks. 'Instead of needing adapters, computer networks could soon be supplying the devices they interconnect with both data and power. Some makers of network equipment are already putting the power via data cable system into their products. The basic plugs for computer networks are the same all over the world, raising the possibility that powered data cables could become a universal back-up power supply.'" We've talked a little about specific 802.3 spec advances previously.

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  1. Pun... by Aliencow · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know that this story makes it so easy to make a bad pun in a post... But my brain can't find it !

    1. Re:Pun... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Well, it's refreshing that at least the GNAA assclowns didn't get the first post. Congratulations on getting the fp.

  2. Official NINJA postal flip out! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    REAL Ultimate Power!!!

    Ninjas are sooooooooooo sweet that I want to crap my pants.

    Facts:

    1.Ninjas are mammals.
    2. Ninjas fight ALL the time.
    3. The purpose of the ninja is to flip out and kill people.

  3. Ask Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just let a fart and a whole pea came out. But, I haven't had peas for over a week. What does this mean?

  4. Re:YOU ASKED FOR IT WHITEY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Where can i sign up???

    is there a membership fee? do we have celebrity guests? crazy t-shirt fridays?

  5. OBLIGATORY Family Guy quote by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Damn this itches. I must have gotten it from that skank who needed a ride to the airport. Oh God they can hear me! OH GOD I CAN HEAR ME!

    BA ADADADA ADA DA DA DA DA DADA DADA

  6. Re:SLASHDOT GAY CONSPIRACY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yes, this is all very good, but tell me one thing.

    Does your report run Linux?

  7. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You modded that down pretty quick, Simoniker.

    PS, How is Ken?

  8. Mandrake already supports POE via ripper protocol by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ripper:

    You know when fluoridation first began?

    Mandrake:

    No. No, I don't, Jack. No.

    Ripper:

    Nineteen hundred and forty six. Nineteen fortysix, Mandrake. How
    does that coincide with your postwar commie conspiracy, huh? It's
    incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced
    into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the
    individual, and certainly without any choice. That's the way your
    hard core commie works.

    Mandrake:

    Jack... Jack, listen, tell me, ah... when did you first become,
    well, develop this theory.

    Ripper:

    Well, I ah, I I first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the
    physical act of love.

    Ripper:

    Yes a profound sense of fatigue, a feeling of emptiness followed.
    Luckily I was able to interpret these feelings correctly: loss of
    essence.

    Ripper:

    I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women... women
    sense my power, and they seek the life essence. I do not avoid
    women, Mandrake, but I do deny them my essence.

  9. Re:Power causes interference? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Try to stay on topic please. We are talking about computers here, bro.