The Art of Cable Folding

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday November 2, 2004 @01:19AM from the for-the-ocd-in-you dept.

Mudzy writes "Nothing is worst than a bunch of dangling cables inside your computer case. The Tech Zone has a cool article up showing how to do Voodoo PC style cable folds. "

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Yeah... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-02 01:21 · Score: 3, Funny

voodoo'd that ass right out of commission. Mirrors?
Woo! by julesh · 2004-11-02 01:21 · Score: 4, Funny

Zero replies and slashdotted. Well done, Tech Zone. That must be some hot server setup you have their. ;)
1. Re:Woo! by The+Dobber · 2004-11-02 01:34 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  When you're more concerned with cable then bandwidth management, come to the experts at Tech Zone.
2. Re:Woo! by The-Bus · 2004-11-02 01:36 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  My guess is they folded their network cables a little bit TOO much.
  
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3. Re:Woo! by fizban · 2004-11-02 02:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  They folded their cables. We folded their servers.
  
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4. Re:Woo! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-02 07:06 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  More like the art of server folding...
The Art Worst Editing by richie2000 · 2004-11-02 01:23 · Score: 4, Funny

Nothing worst than Slashdot editors high cocaine unable check submissions. :-P
Besides, folding IDE cables an art? Ptoii! Terminating SCSI cables is an art, this is just the locals peddling handicraft to tourists. What is this, national "Bend a cable, get on Slashdot"-day?

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1. Re:The Art Worst Editing by shis-ka-bob · 2004-11-02 01:52 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Give the editors a break, its not like there is any real news going on today...
  
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2. Re:The Art Worst Editing by Mark+Hood · 2004-11-02 03:17 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  So two out of ten, at least for me, and neither of those two are particularly griping.
  
  I think you mean gripping. All the comments on those stories seem to be griping. :)
  
  Mark
  
  PS In accordence with ISO Flaming Standards, this spelling flame contains one (1) spelling error.
  
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3. Re:The Art Worst Editing by Rob+Parkhill · 2004-11-02 03:55 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  I've been waiting many, many years for a /. article that deals with this very serious cable routing issue. Now that it has finally been posted, I can delete /. from my bookmarks and get all of my tech news from news.com.com. What a relief!
  
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4. Re:The Art Worst Editing by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-02 04:22 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  So unless each of the 40 data cables are [i]individually raped in a foil or copper AND grounded AT BOTH ENDS[/i] your cables are not sheilded AND you've been ripped off.
  
  I don't know about you, but I individually rape all of my cables.
What a shame by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-02 01:23 · Score: 5, Funny

That's too bad about the Art Cable. Does anyone know why they're folding? Lack of funding, perhaps?
At last! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-02 01:27 · Score: 1, Funny

The Art of Cable Folding? You don't know how long I've been waiting for Knuth to shed light on this difficult problem! I'm off to buy the first couple of volumes...
The Art Cable Folding by fdiskne1 · 2004-11-02 01:27 · Score: 5, Funny

The Art Using The Word "Of".

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1. Re:The Art Cable Folding by The-Bus · 2004-11-02 01:39 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  You mean The Art Of Using the Word "Of", course.
  
  Wait... damn.
  
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New Slashdot compression technique by PIPBoy3000 · 2004-11-02 01:27 · Score: 4, Funny

But it's a bit lossy.
Nothing is worst than a bunch of dangling... by Dr.+Evil · 2004-11-02 01:28 · Score: 3, Funny

I've seen worse... like bad grammar.
1. Re:Nothing is worst than a bunch of dangling... by AnuradhaRatnaweera · 2004-11-02 01:40 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  I've seen worse... like bad grammar.
  
  `That's right,' said the Queen, patting her on the head, which Alice didn't like at all, `though, when you say "garden," -- I've seen gardens, compare with which this would be a wilderness.'
  
  Alice didn't dare to argue the point, but went on: `-- and I thought I'd try and find my way to the top of that hill -- '
  
  `When you say "hill,"' the Queen interrupted, `I could show you hills, in comparison with which you'd call that a valley.'
  
  `No, I shouldn't,' said Alice, surprised into contradicting her at last: `a hill can't be a valley, you know. That would be nonsense -- '
  
  The Red Queen shook her head, `You may call it "nonsense" if you like,' she said, ` but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!'
Folding cables by ralejs · 2004-11-02 01:30 · Score: 5, Funny

Cables are living organisms. I fold them neatly and put them in a box. The next time I open the box its a complete mess.
1. Re:Folding cables by The-Bus · 2004-11-02 01:51 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  This happens so often with me with audio cables that I always become mystified. Not to toot my own horn, but I can understand basic logic and scientific ideas. That being said, I do not naturally have an engineer's mind. I complained about this to my friend the ME one day, saying my audio cables are being angry, my telephone keeps wrapping itself tighter, my controllers are a mess.
  
  He shook his head and lifted up a controller by its free end (the end that connects to the console). He held it up high. To my amazement, it began to spinning. After a few seconds, it stopped spinning, and he laid it down. "There, now it won't wind up." I aws amazed at this release of Torquential Controller Energy and have since been obsessed with released the TCE from any cables I can find.
  
  Now, to the educated inteeligent elite of Slashdot (those apparently, with user IDs 138059 and under) the reckless childlike wonder that the hoi polloi of society attributes to these facts must be laughable. But I thought it was damn cool. Now, folding cables? Give me a folding proteins story any day over folding cables. Last I need this to be is PcCaseTechExtremeHardwareForumz.net.
  
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Re:Fold Cables....? by zakezuke · 2004-11-02 01:34 · Score: 3, Funny

.. what's wrong with just tossing your cables behind the desk and just let em be!?

Ask the cat that's been trapped back there for another night.

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Re:OF by KyleJacobson · 2004-11-02 01:35 · Score: 1, Funny

Your worried about "of" when I read it as "The Art Cable Fondling"... I though /. was lowering its standards a little too much for my taste

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The Cold Farting Bale by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-02 01:39 · Score: 2, Funny

Maybe the editor meant "The Art: Cable Folding", or "The Art Cable, Folding". It would have been nice if the editor had taken some more time proofing, then the poor bastard who runs the linked site could have finished his coffee before having to extinguish the remains of his server.
worst by X_Bones · 2004-11-02 01:41 · Score: 3, Funny

Nothing is worst than a bunch of dangling cables inside your computer case.

...except maybe your spelling?

I kid, I kid...

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Folding cables. by AndyCap · 2004-11-02 01:46 · Score: 5, Funny

You got to know when to hold'em, know when to fold'em, know when to walk away and know when to run.
Voodoo? by dorward · 2004-11-02 01:46 · Score: 4, Funny

The server has been slashdotted, so maybe someone who got to it early can tell me:

"Do Voodoo Cable Folds involve a rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle?"
New Origami style? by Stupid+White+Man · 2004-11-02 01:49 · Score: 1, Funny

Here I was thinking the japanese only folded paper into little animals. Now they are using cable? Can they make little bunnies out of cables too?

neat!
Unfolded cabling is the best ... by tchiwam · 2004-11-02 01:51 · Score: 2, Funny

Since I always compile everything with -funroll-loops I can't roll and fold my wires. Electrons do miss the curve if cables are bent too much you know !!!!

Then, my office near the stairs, and I see NO point in preventing natural accidents like an IT manager falling down.

BOFH
Nothing worse? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-02 01:59 · Score: 1, Funny

"Nothing is worst than a bunch of dangling cables inside your computer case."

I have cancer you insensitive clod.
What's this? by Art+Cable · 2004-11-02 02:15 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm folding?
Nothing is worst? by night_flyer · 2004-11-02 02:19 · Score: 3, Funny

I always though brat was worst

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Ultimate Troll by pklong · 2004-11-02 02:22 · Score: 5, Funny

This story could be the ultimate Slashdot troll, think about it:

1. Put a worthless story up on the front page.
2. Add grammatical mistakes.
2. Turn the server off once it makes it to the front page.

Watch as the worthless, pointless discussion racks up posts 99.9% of which are on the 3 subjects above.

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so where do we go by samjam · 2004-11-02 02:23 · Score: 2, Funny

If slashdot is stale, no doubt the new hangout place is kept secret to keep the wannabes that supposedly infect slashdot from following.

Wonder why no-one told me... :-)

Sam

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Re:OF by ExKoopaTroopa · 2004-11-02 02:31 · Score: 2, Funny

yeah, poor Art get's a lot of that ...

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Re:Neal? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-02 02:33 · Score: 1, Funny

About 600 pages, I'd wager.
Nothing is worse? by wcrowe · 2004-11-02 04:11 · Score: 2, Funny

Nothing is worst than a bunch of dangling cables inside your computer case.

Are you sure there aren't maybe at least a few things worst[sic] than a bunch of dangling cables? Fire? Flood? Prostate cancer?

Are dangling cables really such a travesty? Do we need to hold a telethon or something?

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SMRT by Zillatron · 2004-11-02 05:49 · Score: 2, Funny

I love it when people try to make a "I'm better than you, I would have never made that bandwidth mistake!" style reply to a post, but can't even spell things correctly. That sure makes you look SMRT!
I kid you not, there was a candidate on the ballot in my disctrict this morning named SMRT. I'd like to buy a vowel please.

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