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OK, now this is getting scary. Even one of my favorite security watchers, Bruce Schneier, weighs in [via /.]:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive..._undersea.html
The comments on both those sites are something to behold. Every theory, from underwater seismic activity to deliberate geopolitical nastiness is being entertained...
What do you think?
Well,
I would rule out seismic activity as that is pretty well monitored globally along with even more sensitive stuff to monitor weapons testing.
I have an alternative theory other than those mentioned.................
Sharks! yes, they are known to attack underwater cables (for at least the past 20 years!), possibly as a defensive or annoyance jesture, pure curiosity, or mistaking them for food.
A computer risk management viewpoint:
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/5.02.html
US patent for underwater cable shark protector (1987):
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4815896.html
Marine biology paper in electrosensory characteristics of sharks:
http://jeb.biologists.org/cgi/content/full/205/23/3609
Shark feeding habits:
http://www.ocean-life.info/What_do_Sharks_Eat.html
Check out cookiecutter sharks in particular.......... they even try to eat submarines!!!!:eek:
Internet growth makes for more cables, so a greater probability of this happening.
Sharks... with lasers? *Pets hairless, wrinkly cat...* :DQuote:
Originally Posted by nihil
Hey phernandez, I want a refund of the time I just spent reading those horribly inane posts on schneier.com. I'll take beer or hookers, your pick. I'll send over my address later.. LOL
As for sharks feeding on those cables, as possible as that is, I would hope that those cable companies would've learned how to protect their cables from shark teeth. Duh!
I'll wait for the repair crews to blame the U.S. for it. :thumbsup: I mean everything is Bush's fault someway, ya nkow? Precursor to war, blech.
Well it is still being researched, as we never had the problem with the old copper wire cables. This is purely a fibre optic cable phenomenon, and we don't know why.Quote:
As for sharks feeding on those cables, as possible as that is, I would hope that those cable companies would've learned how to protect their cables from shark teeth. Duh!
Sure they could armour the stuff better, but that would increase costs considerably.
vs. what it cost to repair: .... hum, let me see ....Quote:
Sure they could armour the stuff better, but that would increase costs considerably.
They talk in terms of $250,000 (USD) per "bite" :D
These cables can be thousands of kilometers long and a typical cable laying ship has a capacity of 5,000 Km.
Armour it to double the thickness and you will probably also double the manufacturing cost and halve the cable laying capacity which would double the cost of that.
At the moment they are financing marine biological research to try to find out what attracts sharks to this type of cable.
The sharks are using it as dental floss! LOL
It's Raghead Luddites! Everybody knows that this "internet" thing is full
of infidel propaganda and nude pics of Britney Spears.
:cool:
Hmmm rcg~ I hadn't considered the possibility of terrorist suicide sharks until now :shocked:
So I conducted some more research and found the truth!.............. complete with irrefutable photographic evidence!
http://sharkdivers.blogspot.com/2008...ry-solved.html
However, we still have what phernandez said:
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Sharks... with lasers? *Pets hairless, wrinkly cat...*
OMG Nihil, I just choked on my food laughing at the shark. I didn't expect that to be there. LOL
Hi Boogymantroy,
Actually I am an agent of the Japanese government engaged in a cover up operation.
This is the real reason:
five cables
all geographically close
it's all a commie plot :eek:
or that geo political bull crap will turn out to be not so shy of th ereason after all
deny information = deny power
Aww h3ll Nihil. You're killin me man. Made me laugh so loud I snorted and other people in the office started lookin at me. LOL
Hi Boogymantroy,
Latest intelligence reports lead me to believe that they might have had an accomplice?
http://www.frozenreality.co.uk/comic...ex.php?id=1094
On a serious note, I am eagerly waiting to see what the real cause(s) were. I know it seems too much to be a coincidence, but these things do happen. For instance 2007 saw the worst floods in the UK for 150 years............ and that was in a year that was the hottest since records began!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, OMG man. You are making me want to visit the UK just to hang out in the comedy clubs. D@mn you got a sense of humor. Something along the lines of you mentioning the floods. Do you think that things are getting worse world wide or that we have become more aware?
Well, I believe that climatic change, in particular cycles do happen.........hell we have had Ice Ages.............. even "little" ones :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age
I believe that we are just more aware, and in particular we now have a database to compare to and our measurements and measuring techniques are that more accurate.
There is a lot of information on current capabilities, predictive modelling techniques and so on here:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
I can even look at satellite images:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/eumet/neatl/loop-vis.html
The problem is that these changes take place over a very large timescale compared to that for which we have reliable data.
Abit late but thank you for the shark blogs Nihil - enjoyed the laugh :)