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Speedcabling - Untangling For Fun and Profit

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-gotta-be-kidding-me dept.

ibnsuleiman writes "A new competitive sport is emerging amongst IT professionals and hobbyists. Speedcabling tests the ability to untangle the rat's nests that grow inside and outside of the beige boxes that pervade todays homes and workplaces. The first public competition was held in an LA gallery for a $50 gift certificate to a local Italian restaurant. The winner, LA web developer Matthew Howell, had to untangle a dozen ethernet cables in record time leaving them in working order to win."

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  1. Hmmm... by hbean · · Score: 5, Funny

    finally a sport where steroids wont help you!

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    1. Re:Hmmm... by explosivejared · · Score: 5, Funny

      finally a sport where steroids wont help you!

      I can see the doping scandals already... Loser: Check his inhaler! I know he's taking stimulants! Look on the inside of glasses I know he's got a hologram of Natalie Portman to keep him relaxed! HE SO CHEATED!!

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  2. Next on... by airedalez · · Score: 5, Funny

    ESPN 8 the ocho!

  3. Limited real-world relevance by Ed+Avis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The trouble is, the techniques that help you disentangle a bundle of cables not attached to any equipment are not applicable when some of the cables are plugged in and need to stay plugged in, as usually in real life. They need a variant of the sport where there are thirty cables, some plugged into various patch panels at both ends, some at one end only, and some free; your task is to extract the loose and dangling cables and leave the working ones.

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    1. Re:Limited real-world relevance by QuietLagoon · · Score: 5, Funny
      They need a variant of the sport

      What they really need is a life.

    2. Re:Limited real-world relevance by MT628496 · · Score: 5, Funny

      You mean that you don't just rip the switch out of the rack and throw it up in the air? I thought everyone untangled like that!

  4. I was nearly with you until... by east+coast · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the blurb: The winner, LA web developer Matthew Howell, had to untangle a dozen ethernet cables in record time leaving them in working order to win.

    Working order? Man, there's a catch to everything. I guess I can put my weed whacker with it's steel blades back...

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    Dedicated Cthulhu Cultist since 4523 BC.