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Comments on news posted 2004-07-12 18:19:21: Some 62,000 customers in Michigan suffered through a six hour phone and DSL outage last week after a Beaver chewed through a fiber optic cable. ..

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Camelot One
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Yep

Leave it to Beaver.(s)

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Technoid
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Re: Yep

I hope that they replaced it with an ARMORED cable...

David
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See below...

IGotThePower
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Save forests. Eat more beaver.

ronpin
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Cleaver

(nobody's gonna recommend a new version of that old fiber tool? -- a "Beaver" Cleaver?)

Ivybridge_I7
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Re: Yep

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Save forests. Eat more beaver.
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Hell ya!!!!!



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IGGY9
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He said beaver = cool!!:D

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..

PWOWNED!

winterforge
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Comcast Beaver

My bet is that this beaver worked for Comcast. It's their new "Operation: Sabotage Beaver" that few have heard about.

MarkyD
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Re: Comcast Beaver

said by winterforge:
My bet is that this beaver worked for Comcast. It's their new "Operation: Sabotage Beaver" that few have heard about.

I like just "Operation: Beaver" better.
Sounds like a film The Dv8or See Profile would star in.

Lumberjack
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Too bad it wasn't a bald beaver....

Heh.

That's like that owl that ran into the power lines carrying a rabbit or something that started one of the big forest fires out west.

When animals strike back 2004.
Deko
join:2004-06-19
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beavers' new diet

The next time you experience packet loss...it's obviously the doings of a beaver.
supertbone
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Re: beavers' new diet

I thought they liked wood.
BosstonesOwn
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Re: beavers' new diet

said by supertbone:
I thought they liked wood.

Depends on the type of beaver. Apparently these one's were the type of beaver that don't like wood. Thought those were rare out there

Ivybridge_I7
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Re: beavers' new diet

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Depends on the type of beaver.
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say what!!!!
drewber
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didnt you know fiber was low carb?

BeesTea
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I believe that is true. Pr0n has been clogging pipes for years.

Ohh.. you meant the other one..

Sorry,
-BeesT

koitsu
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Re: beavers' new diet

If DSLR/BBR supported a ranking system, I would've ranked this follow-up post with 20 million stars.

This entire news post has got me laughing like a hyena. ;D

Vchat20
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Re: beavers' new diet

Couldnt Agree More. This Thread Article Is effing Hilarious!

SirXILE
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Re: beavers' new diet

said by Vchat20:
Couldnt Agree More. This Thread Article Is effing Hilarious!

This thread is funny, lol.

DenverDialup
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said by Deko:
The next time you experience packet loss...it's obviously the doings of a beaver.

It should be their new excuse when you call up to report a problem.

Tech support: What can I help you with today?
You: My broadband internet and phone line are down.
Tech support: It's probably a beaver. Don't worry about it, we'll have it working again soon.

David
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Nevermind...

said by Camelot One:
Leave it to Beaver.(s)

said by MarkyD:
said by winterforge:
My bet is that this beaver worked for Comcast. It's their new "Operation: Sabotage Beaver" that few have heard about.

I like just "Operation: Beaver" better.
Sounds like a film The Dv8or See Profile would star in.

Upon reflection, I do not wish to post. Take me back!

I had absolutlely shut my mind down when I saw these two posts


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Slow Cooker Beaver Paprika Recipe

By popular demand! Delicious, succulent, tender, outta this world! heheh Well, you'll just have to try it yourself and be the judge. But seriously folks, beaver is a very fine wild game to cook and is quite tasty in a variety of recipes

1. Salt and pepper portions of beaver and brown in melted butter.
2. Transfer meat to slow cooker and add remaining ingredients.
3. Cover and cook on low for 10-12 hours. More water may be added if needed.

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Re: Slow Cooker Beaver Paprika Recipe

said by BIGMIKE:
:DBy popular demand! Delicious, succulent, tender, outta this world! heheh Well, you'll just have to try it yourself and be the judge. But seriously folks, beaver is a very fine wild game to cook and is quite tasty in a variety of recipes

ah... and this Beaver comes with added Fiber.


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Re: Slow Cooker Beaver Paprika Recipe

LOL
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Ha ha! Brilliant!!

KrK
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Mmmm... Tastes like Chicken.

highhatsize
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From the Beavers

Monday, July 12, 2004, 14:55 hrs. pdt.

"Ahem. What was a fiber optic cable doing in wetlands? We beavers strongly object to a species stringing its crap through our neighborhood. I recall a project called the Storm Mtn. stored water power generation facility being kayoed in NYC for the very same reason. Please detour your cables in the future. We have our children to consider." - - BPI.

koitsu
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Re: From the Beavers

You got me to laugh outloud over that one. Very amusing (and despite being humourous, there's some actual validity to all of that).

David
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ROTFLMAO!!!

I actually have a joke about that and a damn project...

I thought that one was funny..

PhoenixAZ
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This is why i hate stupid animals

See this is why I hate stupid animals, I just wish all animals are smarter, atleast listen to the human. If they dont, they deserve to get electrocuted by the wire.

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Unit649
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Levee failure

Supposedly Beavers may also be a partial cause of a levee break that occured in San Joaquin county a few months ago. They think that and the shoddy maintance of the levee may have caused it to fail, flooding Jones Tract.

I guess Beavers don't like man's damming competition.

ronkops
join:2004-06-25
Saint Helen, MI

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Lucked Out

I live right by Houghton lake , I never had an outage

ilikeme
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darn squirrels and beavers

I had a similar problem recently except with squirrels. We had been having problems for weeks with road runner and the techs could not figure out the problem and why the signal levels in my house were so horrid in the house but perfect at the tap. They finally decided to inspect the aerial drop from the pole to my house and discovered the wire had been chewed and judging by the marks it looks like squirrels. If that happens to this drop the next one is going down the pole into the ground to the house.

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bigplatypus
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Iraq?

Screw Iraq! We are under attack form the animals!!!!! First fish now beavers???

Tim Bedore would freak!

koitsu
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Amusing, but one question/comment.

...this is exactly why fibre (and all sorts-of network cable) is usually run within conduits. In this case, I would assume dropping PVC pipe first would have been a wise idea (for numerous reasons)

I'd like to strangle whoever dropped raw cable. Live and learn, I suppose.

To the beavers: tearin' it up, boys!

Skilos
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Re: Amusing, but one question/comment.

The beaver wanted FTTD.

koitsu
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koitsu

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Re: Amusing, but one question/comment.

Bhahahahahahahahaha

pcscdma
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so much...

...for redundancy in their network. 1 fiber optic cable gets cut and the network goes down. Verizon should blame only themselves for their crappy network.

Combat Chuck
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dam beavers

Maybe the state of Michigan finally acted on this and chewing thru fibre is their revenge.

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ilikeme
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Dear Verizon

Dear Verizon,

I am writing you to complain about the lack of DSL or other high speed internet services in or within miles of my dam in the wetland area north of Houghton Lake, near the headwaters of the Muskegon River in Michigan. I did find a fiber optic cable that was run in my wetland without my permission and decided to splice it my self to see if I could get any high speed services from it but I realized after cutting it I do not know how or have the tools to terminate fiber optic cable and would like it removed from my property. Please consider making High Speed internet available in this area for me and all the other beavers soon.

Bob A. Beaver

Ivybridge_I7
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Re: Dear Verizon

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Bob A. Beaver
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I can't stop laughing over this post!!!!!!



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Beaver Hunter !!!

That's one hungry little beaver.



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DaMaGeINC
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how?

how would they find a cut in a buried fiber line? Wouldent they have to dig it ALL up to find the cut?

Combat Chuck
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Re: how?

Just an educated guess off the top of my head:
I think that when light hits where the fibre was cut some of it would be reflected back down the fibre. If you knew the speed of light thru the fibre you could shine a laser down it and measure how long it took for the reflected light to come back plug that into the equation.
(speed of light thru fibre) * (time) = 2*(distance to cut)
Just like a laser range finder.

either that or they call a psychic adviser; maybe that's where Miss Cleo went.

Anyone know for sure?
PDXPLT
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Re: how?

said by Combat Chuck:
Anyone know for sure?
Yea, it's called a time-domain reflectometer. Works just like you described. So sorry, don't bother filing that application with the Patent Office.
Jonavin
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Eh?

So how did they find out that it was beaver's fault? Did they match the bite mark with beaver's teeth? Better yet Beaver left a note "It is I the beaver who chew your cable, It tasts like chicken"

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