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This is exactly why I never tell anyone at work that my degree is in IT. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]ChokinMrElmo 1022 points1023 points ago

Found the problem.

So, who wants lunch?

[–]Comment_Commander 215 points216 points ago

BUT WHERE DO WE PLUG IT IN!

[–]ChokinMrElmo 796 points797 points ago

Jesus Christ, Commander, compose yourself.

It goes here.

So, anybody else feeling nachos?

[–]Comment_Commander 26 points27 points ago

But there are sooo maaaanny. AND NACHOS GIVE ME GAS! Or is it gass?

[–]Untitledone 15 points16 points ago

I vote Gauss, because that is what I am feeling from the jungle of bundles of Ethernet cables.

[–]sethboy67 5 points6 points ago

Gausse

[–]Lorkki 2 points3 points ago

Gauze?

[–]venerablegaucho 0 points1 point ago

Bees?

[–]Ice_tail 0 points1 point ago

Sandvich

[–]FuglyShmugly 12 points13 points ago

I'm only on my 3rd year of IT but i'm pretty sure it's the one without cables in it.

[–]wisenheimer 5 points6 points ago

In your 1st year you should have learned about TTL and VPN'S and why this conclusion can be quite dangerous.

[–]simpletonsavant 2 points3 points ago

Also depends what rack, what vpn, or vlan, on what blade for what server. I'd like to see it hooked up to a hub and watch a broadcast propagate and replicate over and over and over until nothing works. yay.

[–]AnonymousRitz 38 points39 points ago

You deserve more upvotes than you're getting.

[–]FlyingPasta 21 points22 points ago

Just give it time...

[–]veisc2 15 points16 points ago

Hold....

[–]Tomoya-kun 54 points55 points ago

FIRE!

[–]LeSniffDerp 11 points12 points ago

I think...I think it worked! We got em'!

[–]Tomoya-kun 13 points14 points ago

Missions a success boys. Lets get the hell out of here.

[–]Tho76 6 points7 points ago

I love this gif. Mainly because I can make the arrows go back INTO the cannons and it makes my brain feel good.

[–]Todomanna 0 points1 point ago

But I want it now! I also want it all, but that can come later.

[–]locksleyrox 2 points3 points ago

what patch panel?

[–]170lbsApe 1 point2 points ago

This is exactly why I love reddit. Have an upboat.

[–]atticanreno 10 points11 points ago

Dont have time to circle on the image. Its just bellow the E in ethernet. Small black rectangle

Edit: first E in internet Edit the edit: first E in ethernet

[–]pile_alcaline 9 points10 points ago

But, there are three Es in Ethernet.

[–]atticanreno 5 points6 points ago

Edited

[–]FartingBob 2 points3 points ago

And 2 E's in edited.

[–]umopapsidn 1 point2 points ago

There are 4 E's in this post.

[–]indyK1ng 2 points3 points ago

There are four lights.

[–]WhyAmINotStudying 1 point2 points ago

But three of them are blinking.

[–]NumerousUsernames 1 point2 points ago

Is it below the E in Internet or the E in ethernet i am confused now!

[–]Tikem 5 points6 points ago

Yes.

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    [–]sjb_7 45 points46 points ago

    Well...huh.

    [–]nmeseth 5 points6 points ago

    That...sums up my response...very well.

    Huh.

    [–]jackal1379 45 points46 points ago

    http://i.imgur.com/yt0nY.gif

    [–]Methylobacterium 21 points22 points ago

    Wow, are you an IT major?

    [–]Macintosh_HD 13 points14 points ago

    http://i.imgur.com/knCGs.gif

    [–]LNMagic 11 points12 points ago

    That was fucking awesome.

    [–]riversofgore 2 points3 points ago

    I'm pretty damn impressed.

    [–]Evilmaze 3 points4 points ago

    Wow you...you're a true hero.

    [–]Suntimehappy 2 points3 points ago

    impressive

    [–]Crossedoutt -1 points0 points ago

    I JUST FOUND... YOU STOLE MY KARMA

    [–]NotANoveltyUser[S] 0 points1 point ago

    Holy shit, Fred, you're good.

    [–]Arturas_93 -1 points0 points ago

    You just won some Internet! LOTS of Internet!

    [–]lisabadcat 114 points115 points ago

    "Hey, my wife's computer is acting strange."

    "Oh yeah, let's talk after 5, I charge $70/hr, or you can do my taxes."

    [–]stupidinternetname 154 points155 points ago

    The first minute is $70, the other 59 are free.

    [–]CanisFamiliaris 38 points39 points ago

    That's a pretty good deal.

    [–]JakeCameraAction 26 points27 points ago

    So if you fix it in 30 seconds, it's only $35?

    [–]plasteredmaster 27 points28 points ago

    always include the boot time...

    [–]SkaveRat 32 points33 points ago

    So 140 it is

    [–]TheYuri 10 points11 points ago

    Fixing any problem ALWAYS takes 30 seconds. Now FINDING the problem, that's a different story...

    [–]tdn 14 points15 points ago

    You've obviously never removed a tumor.

    [–]bwever 13 points14 points ago

    I've never seen a computer with a tumor.

    [–]tdn 5 points6 points ago

    I've never seen a toaster with a machine gun.

    [–]bwever 30 points31 points ago

    http://imgur.com/mnHQh

    I believe my work here is done.

    [–]Joghobs 0 points1 point ago

    Does P=NP?

    [–]TheYuri 0 points1 point ago

    Well. I was talking about IT, not Comp Sci. Completely unrelated fields ;)

    [–]autopsi 1 point2 points ago

    $70/hr, 1 hour minimum.

    [–]morpheousmarty 0 points1 point ago

    I should have thought of this when I was actually trying to make money through repairs.

    [–]bobsomeguy 10 points11 points ago

    I just give them a really long time table of when I would be able to get over there; I'm very busy you know. That usually gets them started on making offers like dropping it off to me when it's most convenient, offers for dinner, beer, etc..... and before you know it, what they thought was going to be me fixing their computer for free has turned into a negotiation. Other than my parents, sisters, and one cousin, if you want me to fix your computer, I'm going to at least get a meal and a couple drinks out of it.

    [–]VeteranKamikaze 4 points5 points ago

    I'll never understand why that's the one thing people who don't even know you think it's okay to ask you to do for free.

    [–]bobsomeguy 2 points3 points ago

    I guess lots of professions get it, doctors and lawyers get asked work questions at gatherings all the time, but with IT people, it seems to go an extra step. I've never seen a doctor asked to prescribe medication or look at someone's test results at a party. I've never seen someone whip out a contract for a lawyer to look at either. But no one seems to have any trouble handing me their smart phone because they can't get their email working or asking me to take a look at their computer, "since I'm there anyway".

    Oh well, it goes with the job I guess.

    [–]polandpower 1 point2 points ago

    Some years ago, a friend of mine just got her hair dresser's degree (or whatever it's called). More and more friends would start for a haircut, at some point she had to started asking for money (10 Euro). And this was one of the nicest persons I've met.. can't blame her at all.

    [–]hardygrove 1 point2 points ago

    I believe that you're thinking of a cosmetology license.

    [–]VeteranKamikaze 0 points1 point ago

    it goes with the job I guess.

    Not for me, I don't run that shit. If it's a personal computer I'll fix it off hours for money if I feel like it. Getting asked will never go away though. I don't mind being asked for advise, I'm more than happy to help if the person isn't inane (I have patience for ignorance, none for stupidity) but asking me to fix your computer for free is basically asking me to do my job without pay because you broke your shit.

    [–]medep 30 points31 points ago

    If they know it's an unplugged cable, then they know which port it's supposed to be plugged into

    [–]chewydude 6 points7 points ago

    unless you have a lot that are unplugged normally where servers used to be at, and the cables are not labeled. then it becomes a pain

    [–]Your_Post_Is_Metal 44 points45 points ago

    Why don't they make the ends of the cables a glaringly different color? Like bright red or something?

    [–]spaceman88 68 points69 points ago

    Dont need to -- there is a device called a tone and probe -- You plug it in one end and it sends a signal that can be detected outside of the cable, which beeps on a little hand held device when you are right next to it.

    Source: Im a Network Engineer

    tone and probe -- This is not me

    Edit: Also someone mentioned down there in the rest of comments that if it becomes unplugged, you should know what device, what rack, and what port, then just go reseat it.. takes 2 minutes, happens all the time when cables get super stretched and eventually pull out enough to cause connection issues.

    Edit: Credit to medep for his comment "If they know it's an unplugged cable, then they know which port it's supposed to be plugged into"

    [–]Your_Post_Is_Metal 13 points14 points ago

    huh....I kinda figured there'd be a more high-tech solution. Pretty cool stuff.

    [–]AugurAuger 6 points7 points ago

    huh...I kinda figured there'd be a more high-tech solution.

    Read: Wow, a high tech solution!

    Not: Wow, that's not high-tech... <- I read it this way at first

    [–]LordCurlyFry 1 point2 points ago

    Actually not that high tech. The device has been around since POTS.

    [–]kangaroostew 7 points8 points ago

    Thankfully PANS came after.

    [–]LordCurlyFry 6 points7 points ago

    Powerful-Ass Network System?

    [–]kangaroostew 1 point2 points ago

    You know it.

    [–]Cybertrash 2 points3 points ago

    As a former on-site tech. Why the fuck didn't we know about those!?

    Also, whilst you should know which cable has been unplugged in theory, such is rarely the case in practice...

    [–]spaceman88 1 point2 points ago

    Usually (at least in my business) all ports are monitored by SNMP or some other way. So once the port goes down, layer 1 physical connectivity should be your first check.

    [–]Cybertrash 2 points3 points ago

    To be honest, I'm not too sure of how the network was monitored (I worked support, not network engineering), but usually when a user didn't have network access, we'd usually go over, check their ethernet port number, head over to the patch panel, find that the numbering's wrong, the switch is full and the entire panel looks like the aftermath of an octopus wrestling match.

    [–]spaceman88 0 points1 point ago

    Ah yes I have done that a lot in the Marines... I despise patch panels.. I would rather just put a switch in the wall lol. Patch panels arent usually monitored actively other than "hey i lost internet".

    [–]Cybertrash 3 points4 points ago

    I think the error message our patch panels usually gave us was something along the lines of "Hey, I can't read my mail!"

    [–]ColrathD 1 point2 points ago

    ust put a switch in the wall

    ಠ_ಠ

    [–]sometimesijustdont 0 points1 point ago

    Everyone who works with cables knows about them.

    [–]polarityomg 1 point2 points ago

    Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

    [–]JakeCameraAction 1 point2 points ago

    Actual question:
    How would this help this situation where you can't see the unplugged cord and there are hundreds?

    [–]spaceman88 1 point2 points ago

    If you cant see it the tone and probe will work like a beacon where the signal would get stronger the closer you get to the cable. So you just wait until you get a very strong signal, and some tone and probes you can plug the other end in and it will verify you have the right cable. So you may have to try a few but not many. If there are hundreds it would work the same way, except you would be fired, so you probably wouldn't even get to use it.

    [–]spaceman88 0 points1 point ago

    Hundreds of unplugged cords or hundreds of cables and the unplugged one is hidden?

    [–]JakeCameraAction 0 points1 point ago

    Just watched the video. Now I get it. I was assuming the tone and probe was something different. I was thinking "plug it into the other end of the ethernet cord" instead of the end port in the place that was experiencing problems.

    [–]isitmeisee 0 points1 point ago

    The answer i was looking for,having worked in a telephone exchange and seeing worse than this i feel it is rather nice cabling , maybe not the best but i have seen much much worse in my time.

    [–]spaceman88 1 point2 points ago

    I was thinking the same thing.. Im like at least you dont have to deal with that under the flooring.. Holy mother of God we have thousands of unused cables that have the ends cut off because people didnt want to pull them out of 100's of feet of floor.

    [–]torgreed 0 points1 point ago

    For all your Underfloor Cabling Nightmares:

    IBM Cabling System cable. Type 1 or 2.

    [–]ColrathD 0 points1 point ago

    So confused why so many people are impressed by a tone/probe. Then I realized this isn't /r/cablefail.

    [–]NotANoveltyUser[S] 0 points1 point ago

    Or... a color would do.

    [–]louky 1 point2 points ago

    Holy shit, really? Who do you work for as a net engineer? Do you prefer cisco, juniper, or one of those two other companies?

    [–]spaceman88 4 points5 points ago

    Walgreens, Cisco. I have been trying to get used to linux.

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      [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

      You can get boots in whatever color you want. I like white cables wih blue boots for standard data, black cables with yellow boots for POE. Makes it nice and easy to pick out the ends from a mess.

      [–]03fb 1 point2 points ago

      So is it the blue wire with white stripes, a white wire with blue stripes?

      [–]zangor 13 points14 points ago

      I swear I remember there being a subreddit for this...

      [–]Flippynaut 12 points13 points ago

      /r/techsupportgore

      [–]elderezlo 14 points15 points ago

      You could go scar the folks at /r/cableporn

      [–]Hovsky 0 points1 point ago

      They would get fearections.

      [–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

      /r/talesfromtechsupport

      [–]ENKC 4 points5 points ago

      All of the above.

      [–]thecampo 7 points8 points ago

      'technically' belongs here /r/cablefail

      [–]zangor 1 point2 points ago

      This is the one I was thinking of.

      [–]Wetmelon 15 points16 points ago

      Later, Fred is found hanging from the ceiling by an ethernet cable.

      [–]MrSyms 10 points11 points ago

      Unfortunately, the college degree in Information Systems does not teach common sense or organization skills.

      [–]doubleyouteef 9 points10 points ago

      A college degree does not teach common sense or organization skills.

      FTFY

      [–]morpheousmarty 1 point2 points ago

      I'm pretty sure librarians learn some organization skills.

      [–]doubleyouteef 1 point2 points ago

      In what century?

      [–]morpheousmarty 1 point2 points ago

      Since the dewey decimal system was created?

      [–]doubleyouteef 1 point2 points ago

      *shrug* Idk. I'll ask my buddy who's got a master's degree in "librarianism". My understanding it's mostly some sort of MIS related knowledge rather than book sorting and library organization, but what do I know, I'm just a lazy semi-retired software engineer.

      [–]MrSyms 0 points1 point ago

      Ha! Indeed.

      [–]cyberpants 6 points7 points ago

      There is an annoying supposition that if you did IT you know ALL THE ANSWERS, or SHOULD know all the answers. "Hey this piece of software you've never used is screwing up, fix it, naooooow".

      [–]ColrathD 1 point2 points ago

      I've never had to tell anyone I couldn't fix a problem, they just had to understand it can't be fixed for free.

      [–]morpheousmarty 0 points1 point ago

      what do you tell them when you know it's your lack of knowledge that's the problem? Assume you can't just look up the information, you'd have to do some hardcore research and waste a couple of days to a week on it.

      [–]ColrathD 0 points1 point ago

      Exactly that.

      [–]morpheousmarty 0 points1 point ago

      What if you still can't solve it? Do you still charge them for all that time?

      [–]ColrathD 0 points1 point ago

      Haven't run into that issue yet.

      [–]Vegas3t 3 points4 points ago

      As a Data Center Technician, fuck that.

      edit: to clarify, the fucking is directed towards the horrible cable management. in the ass.

      [–]berler 1 point2 points ago

      This was not real. It was actually part of an april fools joke.

      Source: http://blog.dreamhost.com/2010/04/01/datacenter-innovation-from-dreamhost/

      Edit: Woops found an earlier source: http://vowe.net/archives/005940.html Still likely made as a joke. There's even a spool of wire on the floor in the shot, so they likely put all that wire there just before taking the photo.

      [–]sch1zo 5 points6 points ago

      /r/cableporn does not approve.

      [–]GameDay98 4 points5 points ago

      Have you tried turning it off and on again?

      [–]mrpopenfresh 0 points1 point ago

      Lemme guess, you actually are an IT guy.

      [–]TeethofBusey 2 points3 points ago

      If our server room looked like that I would quit my job.

      [–]wisenheimer 1 point2 points ago

      Great. When you quit, I will ask for an obscene raise as this is one case of ugly = job security.

      [–]_Summerbreeze_ 0 points1 point ago

      IT isn't just about plugging cables.

      [–]Larillia 0 points1 point ago

      It's not. But people still think it should be your job to do it.

      [–]sdenike 2 points3 points ago

      I have been in the hosting industry for around 10yrs now, and never once have I seen something like this in person. I would love to know the location so I could arrange a datacenter tour to see this first hand.

      [–]spaceman88 1 point2 points ago

      Our racks are not like that, but under the flooring there are thousands of cables that arent even plugged in. They figure its easier to run a new cable than figure out which ones come out where because our data center is huge. So its just a cluttered mess.

      [–]hairyassandballs 3 points4 points ago

      a "degree in IT?"

      I think you are overestimating the worth of your "certifications"

      [–]Tolosan 4 points5 points ago

      Gosh, you're a delight.

      [–]autopsi 0 points1 point ago

      In my experience: certifications > degree.

      [–]fannyalgersabortion 0 points1 point ago

      You must have very limited experience

      [–]autopsi 0 points1 point ago

      Maybe, but 120k for the A+ and 140K for the CCNA or MCITP seems pretty legit.

      [–]fannyalgersabortion 0 points1 point ago

      huh? that makes no sense.

      [–]Richie_16 0 points1 point ago

      You had one job Fred...

      [–]fredthegreat 0 points1 point ago

      Gosh, everytime I try to sit down on reddit somebody unplugs an ethernet cable.

      [–]Aegean 1 point2 points ago

      Which one?

      The yellow one.

      Ugh - reminds me of aircraft wiring harnesses. A giant bundle of white wires with tiny little trace numbers on them.

      [–]plasteredmaster 0 points1 point ago

      atleast there are trace numbers...

      [–]wilson9753 1 point2 points ago

      A fellow teacher asked me today if there was a clicker that accompanied his LCD projector you know so he could switch the slides. I ended up installing all of his technology for him. You should have seen his face light up when I showed him how the document camera worked. It's gonna be a long year. Technology is like kryptonite to most teachers and I'm there FULL TIME IT specialist

      [–]Bitter_Idealist 0 points1 point ago

      So who the hell is supposed to fix it then, if not you?

      [–]WhitePostIt 1 point2 points ago

      The commentary is funny but the idea that someone actually manages that is not. May mercy be upon them.

      [–]Stupidconspiracies 0 points1 point ago

      I do the exact same thing with the espresso machine at my work.

      [–]TrimPot 1 point2 points ago

      I have an AAS degree in industrial maintenance and repair. Of course this means every time the cart pusher/janitor can't fix something it's my job. Half the time it's wiping off a sensor or hitting the big reset button on the motherboard. I save walmart more on repair costs in a month than they pay me in a year.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

      i rarely tell people what i do because the questions can get weird. no, i don't know about UFOs or Bigfoot.

      [–]misterfanwank 1 point2 points ago

      Good fucking howling void, why would anyone design a server room like that?

      [–]plasteredmaster 1 point2 points ago

      it was most likely never designed...

      [–]misterfanwank 3 points4 points ago

      Ah, a Creeping Chaos, a Nyarlathotep.

      [–]Oakland420 -1 points0 points ago

      fox & hound, np

      [–][deleted] ago

      [deleted]

      [–]spaceman88 2 points3 points ago

      That is not necessarily the truth.. We have port security for that exact reason enabled on the switches. So someone cant plug into a core device. We usually run sticky MAC port security so there is only 1 MAC address that is allowed on the port, and with sticky MAC it takes the first thing you plug in and thats the one thats allowed from now on. Other port security is available like static MAC. Its actual very common because people like to plug in there own wireless routers under their desks. Also if the VLAN is wrong and not part of a workstation vlan then you will never connect to anything.

      [–]berler 0 points1 point ago

      Also, that is rather organized, I don't know why there are so many wires though.

      Could be due to the fact that this was a joke.

      [–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

      soo many cables

      [–]zuluthrone -1 points0 points ago

      I thought IT only needed 2 years of coursework.

      [–]psykiv 1 point2 points ago

      get a tone generator. Problem solved. Home depot sells an awesome fluke one for like $60.

      That thing saved my ass so much a few months ago with a huge mess aside other company made. Not a single color at one end matched the other end. All 72 wire stands. But although they're still mismatched everything works.

      [–]SirCampalot 1 point2 points ago

      this belongs in /r/cablefail

      [–]areels 0 points1 point ago

      Illogical, if only a node is disconnected; detect unplugged ports, 10 sec plug it in any port then configure, 30 sec

      [–]so_many_things 0 points1 point ago

      fuck that, sometimes i get to fuck off for a few hours and get paid, lets do this

      [–]stezer 0 points1 point ago

      You should check out /r/cableporn

      [–]CPO_Mendez 0 points1 point ago

      I'm a sound com tech. I know that feel.

      [–]taisha2640 0 points1 point ago

      Do I have to? :(

      [–]XanderWaterman 0 points1 point ago

      Iove this pic, I've never noticed how good an ethernet chord can look as a big picture! Please deliver more op.

      [–]wanderer11 0 points1 point ago

      What if someone were to swap a few cables around? I wonder how many hours it would take to figure out what is wrong.

      [–]Knigel 0 points1 point ago

      This is the only time one should run with scissors.

      snip snip snip

      [–]Thameus 0 points1 point ago

      http://www.brocadechina.com/download/HighDensityCabling_BestPractices_GA-BP-253-02.pdf

      [–]Oed0 0 points1 point ago

      step the fuck back I'm a developer, let me find you a support guy.... this is what happens when I get these questions :P

      [–]Eglitarian 0 points1 point ago

      Having worked with many IT guys in the past, I can say that just as many of them are the root cause of that sort of problem. They try to keep it nice at first, but eventually they hit a "fuck it" point and next thing you know, THIS.

      [–]kynax 0 points1 point ago

      I used to tell people I was a hitman when going to parties.

      Honestly, most of the time it's easier to explain than being a software engineer...

      [–]T0RR0 1 point2 points ago

      I'm pretty sure they don't show that data center to any of their customers or even potential customers.

      [–]Fred_N[!] 0 points1 point ago

      you called me?

      [–]StackR 0 points1 point ago

      why don't you have a job in IT then?

      [–]Gackt 0 points1 point ago

      So what's your job description then?

      [–]cbass668 0 points1 point ago

      As a union electrician this makes me cringe to a point of throwing up.

      [–]workpuppy 0 points1 point ago

      And people fuck with me for not wanting to use the same color cable all the time.

      [–]hedgecore77 0 points1 point ago

      I learned about the wonders of tone generators from our telephony guys. Now tracing cables is a cinch.

      [–]Tatatee 0 points1 point ago

      Can you bring me a new mouse? I've got actual work to do.

      [–]ehorgan 0 points1 point ago

      It's juuuust to the left of the top-left corner of the "G" in "Go Fix It".

      You're welcome, Fred.

      [–]Merfen 0 points1 point ago

      So..many... yellow.... cables. In the server room at our office and at the data center we use different colours for different purposed to make it a lot less confusing. Like yellow for external, blue for internal, etc... These people may need to take some time to organize that shit.

      [–]Baal-Zaphon 0 points1 point ago

      I'd be the one to unplug it and plug it in somewhere else. I'm an agent of chaos.

      [–]fairwayks 1 point2 points ago

      Now, THAT'S a spaghetti monster!

      [–]TheLemonKing 0 points1 point ago

      "Yeah, fuck you too, Steve."

      [–]ickshenbok 0 points1 point ago

      I don't have a degree in IT but since I went to a school that is known for engineering and has Tech in the name I always seem to be conscripted as the de facto IT guy.

      The worst part is whenever I am asked to fix Macs because I have no idea what is going on there. I think some of my co workers finally caught on when I started leaving the troubleshooting webpages up when I finished with their computers.

      [–]demoprov 0 points1 point ago

      I once killed network access to half our clinic when I tried to move similar cables out of the way and snapped a fiber end off, oops.

      [–]shadowsushi 0 points1 point ago

      Looks like someone just sprayed the entire server cabinet with silly string. Jesus christ.

      [–]YouRackaDisciprine 0 points1 point ago

      r/cablemanagement

      [–]fannyalgersabortion 0 points1 point ago

      A degree in IT...a degree...in IT. Do you mean computer science or did Devry see your wallet coming?

      [–]naturalethic -2 points-1 points ago

      If you are taking out loans to learn IT ..... You're a dipshit

      [–]autopsi 4 points5 points ago

      Couldn't that be said about learning anything?

      [–]spiderobert 1 point2 points ago

      It's basically the same reason I never tell my professors that I work at the IT help desk...

      [–]06405 1 point2 points ago

      Um, do people that are not in IT even know that the problem is an unplugged cable?

      [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

      Yes. The jacks know whether they have a cable plugged in or not. Haven't you ever gotten that message in the bottom of your screen telling you that a network cable is unplugged?

      [–]BokehBurgher -1 points0 points ago

      is that really your name?

      [–]canisdormit 0 points1 point ago

      Usually I favor the fire solution for arachnid problems only...but this may be another instance where it should be deployed.

      [–]doubleyouteef -1 points0 points ago

      This is exactly why I never tell anyone at work that my degree is in IT.

      Nobody cares about your degree in IT if your job is to pour coffee all day.

      [–]Bombdiggyyo -1 points0 points ago

      Mmmmm spaghetti! Now get me some meatballs and sauce!

      [–]FB_is_dead 0 points1 point ago

      Death, just death all around this is a major fail

      [–]alikation -1 points0 points ago

      /r/cableporn

      [–]GodKilledThemAll -2 points-1 points ago

      Fred, your Computer Engineer didn't earn his degree at a state college like you. Fix it.

      [–]apullin 0 points1 point ago

      why do you ever need that many cables ... isn't it easier at that point to replace them all with some sort of fiber?

      [–]KarmaKel 3 points4 points ago

      If you replace it all with fiber, then you need all new equipment that can connect to your fiber.

      [–]CocodaMonkey 2 points3 points ago

      You can't replace them with fiber. Fiber doesn't bend well and is very rarely run through a building for this reason. Skyscrapers might run one line straight up but that's about it. You can't do a 90 degree turn without a very wide arc, far wider an arc then a wall would allow. Fiber gets you into a building and then you break it out throughout the building with a room like this.

      Also there isn't any reason to use fiber in a building, you can do 10 gigabit over copper which is far cheaper and can actually bend. Fibers great strength is its run distance which really doesn't matter once you're already in the building.

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