Old Lady Hacks Off Armenia's Internet with Shovel

[swamprat]

Mattmock has it right. There was a comment by someone from some rail/otherinfrastructureheavyindustry business noting that given the lengths the thieves were going to, not to mention the collateral damage, they'd probably be quite well off if they'd apply themselves as much to honest work.

On a separate point, shovels are usually comparatively flimsy (I think) wouldn't she have been more likely to use a spade? I'm sure there's the "call a spade a spade" cliché for a reason.

 

[bustapr]

copper thieves are scum, I hate driving through a freeway in pitchblack darkness because some assholes stole all the copper underground. The most ridiculous thing I saw a few years ago, was when some of those scum stole all the water copper tubing in my neighbors house and caused massive damage. But with all that, I dont think the old lady should go to jail, at least let her free and force her to apologize publicly.

 

[kingnoobe]

Zingam if you would've used black, hispanic, etc instead of gypsies you would've been flamed, and probably banned. You really shouldn't generalize that period. Even if it does have some truth to it. (actual numbers to back it up).

With that said, ok what she did was wrong. But 3 years is to much. Probabtion, house arrest, community service I would agree with for a crime like this for anybody. Unless their repeat offenders it's pointless to waiste tax payer money keeping them in jail when you could be making them pay. (house arrest isn't cheap, and the criminal actaully pays for it).

 

[Guest]

As someone regularly disrupted by cancelled rail services due to signal cable vandalism (copper theft), I'm with the "send her down" crowd.

Scum.

 

[michaelahess]

Nobody seems to care that the telecom can't build a proper network? Diverse fiber paths would seem trivial, and obvious, for a pipe as critical as this one was. Stupid planners are at fault here as much as the crazy old lady.

 

[sslazio77]

Great Story

 

[BulkZerker]

Send that theiving old bitch to a work camp! Sick of old peolple using their age as an excuse to be petty theives. "Oh they're old go easy on them." NO they have been theives for a long time by then time to make them work off 40+ years of theft that they haven't been caught doing.

 

[cookoy]

robust protection? LOL a 75 year old woman managed to find it, access it and damaged it. sounds like the perfect script for the next Mission Impossible movie about Tom Cruise team losing to an old wily vixen!

 

[rohitbaran]

[citation][nom]Zingam[/nom]Old ladies are not supposed to live to 80 unless they are filthy rich.[/citation]
Dude, that's pretty cold.

 

[grieve]

[citation][nom]michaelahess[/nom]Nobody seems to care that the telecom can't build a proper network? Diverse fiber paths would seem trivial, and obvious, for a pipe as critical as this one was. Stupid planners are at fault here as much as the crazy old lady.[/citation]
I agree, the old lady exposed a major network flaw.

 

[grieve]

^
They should reward her with a five pound copper brick and confiscate her shovel/spade!

 

[11796pcs]

Wow, this is actually pretty sad. Also makes me think why does 90% of the internet coverage come from one line? Weird.

 

[azcoyote]

We have a "Scrap Copper" issue in AZ too.
Illegals go to new building zones and steal copper wiring and sell it to the recyclers.
Pretty much what this lady was doing no doubt. She just mistook the fiber for copper until she cut it I am sure...

 

[crinkdude]

was it like on south park?

 

[jkflipflop98]

What if she would have found what she was after? A buried high-voltage transmission wire would have been quite the surprise.

 

[liveonc]

Wow, that old lady did what China would do, all by herself! Makes you wonder...

 

[dalethepcman]

She was just testing the new Egypt inspired Armenian-Georgia internet kill switch. Either that or she thought it was made of tubes....

 

[JD13]

Maybe, they should have buried the lines deeper?

 

[Guest]

virtualban, let me explain something that may lessen your confusion. It's true that the internet protocol was designed to accommodate multiple transmission paths, and that is why you have the roughly accurate idea that the "internetz" is designed to withstand disruption. HOWEVER, design and implementation are two different things. Obviously, in those countries, whoever implemented their connection did not do it in a way that incorporated multiple paths. "The internet" is not a company that comes and installs a service. It is a set of protocols that, used correctly, result in a reliable network.

 

[virtualban]

I was just joking around, but I appreciate the effort to educate fellow humans.

(p.s. I am an AI bot, but don't tell around)