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Egyptian Forces Capture 3 Divers Trying To Cut Undersea Internet Cable

Posted by samzenpus on from the cutting-the-cord dept.

Egypt's Naval forces claim they have captured three scuba divers who were trying to cut an undersea Internet cable in the Mediterranean. Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali said in a statement that the divers were caught while “cutting the undersea cable” of Telecom Egypt. Internet services have been disrupted since March 22 in Egypt. From the article: "The statement was accompanied by a photo showing three young men, apparently Egyptian, staring up at the camera in what looks like an inflatable launch. It did not have further details on who they were or why they would have wanted to cut a cable."

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  1. Measure twice. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    But did they even cut once?

    1. Re: Measure twice. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      The cable was slightly bent during the process, so 0's could get through, but 1's would get stuck where the cable is bent. That's how you end up with slower Internet traffic.

    2. Re: Measure twice. by camperdave · · Score: 3, Funny

      The cable was slightly bent during the process, so 0's could get through, but 1's would get stuck where the cable is bent. That's how you end up with slower Internet traffic.

      That's peculiar. 1s look so much more slender than 0s. You'd think they'd be able to slip through a space where a 0 would get caught.

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    3. Re: Measure twice. by foobsr · · Score: 3, Funny
      That's peculiar. 1s look so much more slender than 0s.

      Here is the magic: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensegrity

      CC.

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  2. Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali by Cito · · Score: 4, Funny

    Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, he makes sure Egypt doesn't lose internet tv.

  3. Re:Copper prices by AK+Marc · · Score: 4, Funny

    I was thinking that Telecom Egypt needed an excuse for screwing up the Internet for so long, so they are framing somebody for it. Two months in jail for $100,000. There were hundreds lined up, and they took the first three.

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  4. How were they able to tell by slackware+3.6 · · Score: 4, Funny

    they were Egyptian simply by the way they looked?

    1. Re:How were they able to tell by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 3, Funny

      they were Egyptian simply by the way they looked?

      I've hear of DUI, DWI and DWB (Driving While Black). But this is the first case of DWE (Diving While Egyptian) that I'm aware of.

    2. Re:How were they able to tell by mingle · · Score: 5, Funny

      ... maybe it was the way they walked?

    3. Re:How were they able to tell by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 5, Funny

      Too bad for them that not all the cops were in the donut shop.

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  5. I mean... by RandomUsername99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who, at some point, hasn't gotten *that* tired of seeing stupid reddit memes?

  6. Re:Really? by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is that even a real name? I swear news stories sound faker and faker every day. So what right will they want to take away in the US because someone "tried to cut an Internet cable"?

    You will no longer be able to have flippers in your carry-on luggage. The TSA will require cavity searches of anyone going to tropical locations that may attract scuba divers. Regulators and frog masks will be banned from carry-on and checked luggage. Anyone purchasing or filling any kind of tank (including, but not limited to oxygen, water, CO2, propane, argon, nitrogen, etc.) will need to be registered, fingerprinted, and relinquish their constitutional rights and future social security payments. Additionally anyone who uses more than 100 gallons of water per month must turn over their first born daughter to spin straw into gold to help finance the new agency offshoot of the TSA to "protect" us all from this new vile form of terrorism.

  7. Re:Copper prices by SuricouRaven · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yet the dog lives.

    I took that into account. The outer layer is a very tough, abrasion-resistant denim. Dog-safe. The kevlar is used underneath that to add tensile strength, and kevlar thread is used in all the stitching. Seams turned inwards, of course. Dog had has that toy for a year and subjected it to a lot of demanding use, and it has yet to tear or puncture.

  8. Re:Are they from the Muslim Brotherhood ? by HeckRuler · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Muslim Brotherhood isn't isolationist like, e.g., the Taliban nor do they have anything in particular against the West

    Oh, well they don't sound all that bad...

    They're more like what you'd get with Pat Robertson and his ultra-conservative compatriots controlling all three branches of the government.

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