The repair ship arrived on site between UAE and Oman, recovered
the an end of the cable for splicing. It also found a 5-6 tonnes
ship anchor abandoned near the cable cut.
http://www.flagtelecom.com/index.cfm?channel=4328&NewsID=27493
Doesn’t sound like sabotage to me. In fact, it sounds like bad luck.
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``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.’’ Albert Einstein.
Thats exactly what they want you to think!
Thats exactly what they want you to think!
No, it's perfectly legitimate. It's the anchor from the USS Jimmy
Carter... (Nuclear submarines do indeed have anchors; see
http://boomer.user-services.com/drydock/990313-12-675.html ) It had
to leave in a hurry when the cable repair ship showed up, so its anchor
was left behind....
> Doesn't sound like sabotage to me. In fact, it sounds like bad
> luck.
>
> Roderick S. Beck
> Director of European Sales
> Hibernia Atlantic
> 1, Passage du Chantier, 75012 Paris
> http://www.hiberniaatlantic.com
> Wireless: 1-212-444-8829.
> Landline: 33-1-4346-3209.
> French Wireless: 33-6-14-33-48-97.
> AOL Messenger: GlobalBandwidth
> rod.beck@hiberniaatlantic.com
> rodbeck@erols.com
> ``Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.''
> Albert Einstein.
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> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu on behalf of Sean Donelan
> Sent: Thu 2/7/2008 4:48 PM
> To: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Abandoned ship anchor found at FALCON cable cut
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> The repair ship arrived on site between UAE and Oman, recovered
> the an end of the cable for splicing. It also found a 5-6 tonnes
> ship anchor abandoned near the cable cut.
>
> http://www.flagtelecom.com/index.cfm?channel=4328&NewsID=27493
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--Steve Bellovin, Steven M. Bellovin
Doesn't sound like sabotage to me. In fact, it sounds like bad luck.
Will this now be termed "Anchor fade" in the future?
Tuc
Tuc at T-B-O-H.NET wrote:
Doesn't sound like sabotage to me. In fact, it sounds like bad luck.
Will this now be termed "Anchor fade" in the future?
It's only being occurring for ~160 years at this point, so clearly it's a new and exciting phenomena.
I think in order to be consistent it has to be:
subho
backanchor
Feel free to come up with your own, and start making up jokes like: how do you find an underseas cable? let an anchor fall and see where it lands.
allan