Re: Now that's an odd failure mode...

2015-01-30 Thread joel jaeggli
On 1/30/15 9:37 PM, Chris Adams wrote: >> Don't squirrels go back to their stash? Could a squirrel get through that >> hole, or were those just a lost stash? > > Eh, if the number of small oak trees I find sprouting in my flower beds > is any indication, the squirrels' brains are smaller than the

Re: Now that's an odd failure mode...

2015-01-30 Thread Randy Fischer
Well, y'all probably too young to have read http://www.csmonitor.com/1990/0302/utwain.html - and then it's a bluejay yarn - the woodpeckers hereabout aren't so industrious, I've noticed. -Rand Fischer On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Valdis Kletnieks wrote: > Lauren Weinstein shared a pointer

Re: Now that's an odd failure mode...

2015-01-30 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Chris Hartley said: > At OARNet, the leading cause of aerial fiber outages was squirrels, > followed closely by weather, distantly by angry farmers and once in Akron, > random gunfire... At OSU, the leading cause of fiber outages is squirrels, > followed distantly by fire. What

Re: Now that's an odd failure mode...

2015-01-30 Thread Chris Hartley
At OARNet, the leading cause of aerial fiber outages was squirrels, followed closely by weather, distantly by angry farmers and once in Akron, random gunfire... At OSU, the leading cause of fiber outages is squirrels, followed distantly by fire. Somewhere I have a great picture of a squirrel gnaw

Re: Now that's an odd failure mode...

2015-01-30 Thread Jay Hennigan
On 1/30/15 14:31, Larry Sheldon wrote: > The questions that have always intrigued me about the clip: > > Who made the hole and how long did it take (assumption is "woodpeckers > made it" but I have no idea how long it took to make the hole).) Most likely the woodpeckers, maybe helped by natural

Re: Now that's an odd failure mode...

2015-01-30 Thread Ken Chase
This one time, at band camp, a guy had pigeons get into his pop and sit on the warm ciscos til they gummed up the fans with coredumps til failure was achieved. But that might just be a Dalph rumour. /kc On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 11:12:56PM +, Gary Buhrmaster said: >On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 1

Re: Now that's an odd failure mode...

2015-01-30 Thread Gary Buhrmaster
On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 10:31 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: . > HOW did they make it Maybe the woodpecker had a little help... Obligatory Friday xkcd ref: http://xkcd.com/614/

Re: Now that's an odd failure mode...

2015-01-30 Thread Philip Dorr
In this case the cover is a thin, but ridged peice of plastic. It is possible that the link stayed up until it rained and the acorns absorbed water coming in through the hole. On Jan 30, 2015 4:33 PM, "Larry Sheldon" wrote: > On 1/30/2015 16:23, Larry Sheldon wrote: > >> On 1/30/2015 16:13, Larr

Re: Now that's an odd failure mode...

2015-01-30 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 1/30/2015 16:23, Larry Sheldon wrote: On 1/30/2015 16:13, Larry Sheldon wrote: On 1/30/2015 07:36, Valdis Kletnieks wrote: Lauren Weinstein shared a pointer to this video of one of the stranger failure modes I've ever seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZkAP-CQlhA It is actually an

Re: Now that's an odd failure mode...

2015-01-30 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 1/30/2015 16:13, Larry Sheldon wrote: On 1/30/2015 07:36, Valdis Kletnieks wrote: Lauren Weinstein shared a pointer to this video of one of the stranger failure modes I've ever seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZkAP-CQlhA It is actually an execrable add for something--runs forever

Re: Now that's an odd failure mode...

2015-01-30 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 1/30/2015 07:36, Valdis Kletnieks wrote: Lauren Weinstein shared a pointer to this video of one of the stranger failure modes I've ever seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZkAP-CQlhA It is actually an excreable add for something--runs forever, finally followd by a very old video of