Can't throw me off the scent
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[email protected]replied to The Picard Maneuver last edited by
Me when I keep moving a super strong monster magnet of 10ΒΉβ° >!(I forgor the unit of measurement for magnetic strength)!< near the copper wire:
(Suddenly the copper shits itself)
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CronyAkatsukireplied to The Picard Maneuver last edited by
Average sign against gypsies, they actually destroyed a couple over here thinking they are coper.
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[email protected]replied to The Picard Maneuver last edited by
Never trust a copper.
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πΎππππ πΏπππreplied to The Picard Maneuver last edited by
The crack pipe is a wonderful touch.
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ERROR: Earth.exe has crashedreplied to The Picard Maneuver last edited by
How valuable is optic fiber "cables" anyway?
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[email protected]replied to πΎππππ πΏπππ last edited by
That is a methpipe...a straight glass tube filled with steel wool would be a crack pipe... don't want that awkward silence and judgement from addicts when you call it the wrong name!!!
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*knowing
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Possibly linuxreplied to ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed last edited by
Extremely
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ERROR: Earth.exe has crashedreplied to Possibly linux last edited by
So instead of copper cable theft, they'll just steal the optic fiber cables then...
The sign isn't helping lol
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Wow, nice EuroRacism.
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πΎππππ πΏπππreplied to [email protected] last edited by
Damn. I wrote meth and changed it to crack at the last second. I have let my addict heritage down. My father would be disappointed if he wasn't so high right now.
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[email protected]replied to ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed last edited by
The difference is that your average crackhead/tweaker copper thief knows a sketchy scrap yard that will pay them a discounted rate for the copper cable and not ask any questions. Itβs unlikely they know where to unload stole fiber optic cable.
The sign is less to discourage theft than to prevent damage by copper thieves who are unaware of the difference and attempt to steal the cable.
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qazreplied to ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed last edited by
Maybe they're harder to resell illegally
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Synapsereplied to ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed last edited by
It's very valuable as a cable, but as material, it's worthless. Pull on it to hard, give it a rough bend, cute it anywhere, and it isn't a cable anymore.
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[email protected]replied to ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed last edited by
Copper cables are easier to reuse or sell as scrap due to the intrinsic value of the metal value and simple structure. Fiber optic cables are harder to reuse because they require precise handling, expensive connectors, and special training and equipment to splice together properly. Unless thieves steal pre-terminated fiber and handle it with extreme care or take entire spools with a buyer ready, fiber is essentially worthless to them since it can't be melted down and reused like copper.
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Now I'm curious, how DO they cut it to size?
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They just cut it roughly, strip back the protective layers, then do a very precise and clean cut on the actual fibre and polish the end.
Most of the time it will get spliced into a patch panel (instead of being installed into the patch panel). At which point the cleanly cut fibre is precisely aligned with the fibre from the patch panel, then melted together.
It's very precise. Splicing tools often use extremely high magnification, and very precise actuators to align the 2 fibre ends before they are fused -
Cutting it is the easy part, splicing them back together is the real trick.
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Cool, always wondered how they fixed our Internet line with it being fiberoptic.
