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kabdib on Feb 8, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Measuring Feline Capacitance

We had a number of network outages at Apple due to squirrels inserting themselves in the NOC's power lines.

Note to self: Don't design any circuits that incorporate these animals. Squirrels make terrible fuses.

monkeymagic on Feb 8, 2015 [–]

So true.

We had a different problem. They chewed through the fibre cables between our offices to get the fiberglass sheath for their nests. Eventually they ran Ethernet underground because they'd have broken it again in a couple of weeks.

kabdib on Feb 12, 2015 | [–]

Whereupon: Moles :-)

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