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To: Pearls Before Swine
Were they looking for copper?

I don't think you're going to find much copper in fiber-optic cables.

20 posted on 04/03/2023 6:40:19 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Gun laws empower criminals. Guns empower the people.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Looking for copper? That’s soooo old school! What’s next someone arrested for starting a fire while trying to steal smoke signals?


24 posted on 04/03/2023 6:47:57 AM PDT by Kartographer (“We Mutually Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: COBOL2Java

Were they looking for copper?
I don’t think you’re going to find much copper in fiber-optic cables.


Fiber optic cables are cut and stolen all the time by attempted copper thieves. As you point out, it is inane.


42 posted on 04/03/2023 10:56:49 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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