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The Problem Of Unused Cabling
Makarand writes "Technological advances constantly render functional cable obsolete by
demanding data transfers at higher rates which older cabling cannot
support. New cables that support higher data rates are laid right over older wires.
The old wires are simply left in place and abandoned. This interesting article talks about the
problems
caused by abandoned cabling. According to an estimate several billion feet of
abandoned cable lies unused in the plenum spaces of buildings that allow air to circulate
creating a fire hazard. Also, very few firms currently worry about removing cabling when they
move out of a building."
must remember to uninstall the Service Pack! oops, would that be doing a favor?
If you keep throwing chairs, one day you'll break windows....
1. Feed loose end of cable out of building, into carpark.
2. Attach cable to axel of bosses car, and forge email from CEO's wife saying she wants him now.
3. Watch boss drive off at great speed.
4. ?????
5. Profit.
What about the problem of used cabling.
Use your head, can't you, use your head,
You're on earth, there's no cure for that - S. Beckett
What else are they going to do, break the bloody windows?!
:)
Bill G already took care of that.
Just put a sign out front, Free Cable.
I guarantee you will get some electrician come pull every piece out. And it will not cost you a dime.
The logic being it's their cabling. The last startup I did, the previous tenants had done exactly that. The cabling was cut within about two feet of the ceiling. There was a bit of slack in the cables, though, and we were cheap, so we wound up with our patch panels right up at ceiling level. Saved us a bunch of time and money upfront though any work afterwards had to be done on top of a ladder.
Several billion feet? That's not long enough to reach Mars even when it came really close recently: it was still over 180 billion feet away.
Nevertheless, there is plenty of cable for making a link to the moon, which is merely about 1.3 billion feet from Earth. Of course, one may need quite a few bridges along the way to keep the signal alive and deal with the variety of recycled cable types :-) Also, the cable may need to be attached to one of the earth's poles to avoid getting wrapped around the earth by the moon's rotation.
Wow, a cable to the moon would be quite an amazing feat of engineering. Do you think it may be remotely possible?
This depends on the amount.
;-))
With my first boss we removed all cabling as the tiles didn't fit anymore. Selling the old cables funded:
- the removal
- replacing all BNC with CAT5 (in 1997)
- a nice party for the company
So it was worth the effort it took. (especially because the effort was limited to 'hey you, remove that junk'
... Wenn ist das Nunstruck git und Slotermeyer? Ja!... Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!
...them's *pull strings*!
I've tried this. The old cables stretch and break. First the jacket stretches, then the copper stretches. When I'm done pulling I get to watch the copper slowly creep out of the ends of the cables while the jacket retracts back but the copper doesn't. It was really creepy in a dark attic the first time it happened.
Kriston
Yep, you said it :)
Ridiculous - how hard can it be?
Bad kids/students might construct Tesla coils or EMP generators if they were allowed access to large amounts of wire. It's not safe. Or they might build a giant electro magnet and use it to attract somebody's car into a ditch.
Children and non-qualified personnel should not be given access to so much wire.
Take all the unused cabling and thread unused AOL Trial CD's and you have yourself a great way to trim that Tree!
Dolemite
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use a water based lube. oil based lube can cause small holes and then the sperm gets through. oh wait, i mean.... ....nevermind.