"Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA."

jesusluvspegging wrote:

Well, going by the old adage "Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action," we're still at coincidence stage. 

The first two lines were laid right next to each other and could easily have been cut by a single anchor.  The internet has done its job and re-routed around the damage, and judging by this map I'd say that the Mossad or whoever (I don't see the current US admin. as being competent/clever enough to come up with this idea, plus the US military probably would have gone in to sever as many lines at once as possible, and followed with any sort of Geneva-defying attack that they didn't want published immediately after) would be cutting cables to Iran has their work cut out for them before the country goes black.

You have forgotten the 4th line cut yesterday in the Indian Ocean.

Now they're blaming one wayward ship's anchor...

The outage is less troubling than where the traffic reroutes.

In other news holes, the number of people paid wages to inform you - formerly print media and broadcast - shrinks so fucking fast it takes my brave new world breath away.

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Dmtdust wrote:

jesusluvspegging wrote:

Got a link on that?  I can only find references for the first three.

http://www.smartmoney.com/news/on/index … 00320-0524

A third undersea fibre optic cable running through the Suez to Sri Lanka was cut Friday, said a Flag official.

Still no mention of a fourth cable.

Dmtdust wrote:

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2008/February/theworld_February77.xml§ion=theworld&col

I was actually just coming here to post that exact link.

OK, so is it the US or Israel doing it, I wonder.

London's Finest, also known as "The Filth".

George Orr wrote:

"Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA."

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAH.  I'm posting this in my Network Security Course message board..

HAR HAR god.  Har.

I always liked David Lesher's .sig:

A host is a host from coast to coast
& no one will talk to a host that's close
Unless the host (that isn't close)
is busy, hung or dead

tojo2000 wrote:

The attribution to George Orr should cause a nice bit of confusion as well, as long as you (George) have no objections.

Please note that it's not original.  I copied it from a comment posted on the original link.

P.S.  What the fuck is that Carrot Man doing on my right?!  The bird picking the sheep's nose didn't really bother me, but that thing...gah.

choad wrote:

https://cruelery.com/img/Police-Riot1polltax.jpg

Anyone know where they came from?

Dmtdust wrote:

London's Finest, also known as "The Filth".

Hmph.

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Roger_That wrote:

George Orr wrote:

P.S.  What the fuck is that Carrot Man doing on my right?!  The bird picking the sheep's nose didn't really bother me, but that thing...gah.

Just be glad it's carrot man, not Carrot Top.

They're really very similar, except that Carrot Top fights laughter.

choad wrote:

I present you in its place, drumroll please, Peruvian anti-riot police, seen here yesterday parading in celebration of independence day Peruano.

https://cruelery.com/img/riotpolice350.jpg

If you've just joined us, Tojo and I both once called this blighted paradise home.

We never had anything quite so action figure-esque at our parades, though.  Do they come with laser pistols?

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tojo2000 wrote:

We never had anything quite so action figure-esque at our parades, though.

Never seen two legged anticochos?

Do they come with laser pistols?

Es carnaval, no mas. Maybe water?

tojo2000 wrote:

Oh, well in that case break out the water balloons and shaving cream!

Pasting the most loathsome adults with water balloons during carnaval was sanctioned terrorism, the most fun I had as a kid. That and hiding in trees with a peashooter and slingshot. Plus, fireworks were legal.

They look like storm troopers.  Well, black ones.