Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Redundancy/Survival Date: 29 May 2026 06:41:25 GMT Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <10v55mv$2co0n$1@dont-email.me> <10v6qg9$2ot19$2@dont-email.me> <10v8tsh$3ajmv$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 3U9s+Gwgq4vPJLzdKMt/OAx6AcbSYooFh7kDoAW+ILSduXeMAT Cancel-Lock: sha1:1L2udA/GkNdurM6tzd0lYKp7R9Y= sha256:V1BI5eoghn3lJunat/oXmg43tsriNM976Y/HwoTr+Lk= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:87268 On Fri, 29 May 2026 02:08:11 -0400, c186282 wrote: > On 5/28/26 21:21, rbowman wrote: >> On Thu, 28 May 2026 20:34:37 -0400, c186282 wrote: >> >>> On 5/28/26 04:20, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>> On 28/05/2026 08:52, c186282 wrote: >>>>> On 5/27/26 09:10, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>>>>> On 27/05/2026 03:39, c186282 wrote: >>>>>>> Soon the fiber/repeaters will degrade and they'll >>>>>>>    have fired all the humans who knew how to deal with it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Hardly. Fibre does not degrade. Not like copper >>>>> >>>>>    The fiber doesn't ... but fiber requires splitters/repeaters. >>>>>    THOSE will degrade. >>>>>    HUMANS will be required to replace that stuff. Humans are a >>>>>    pain in the ass and expensive. >>>>> >>>> Again,. no, not really. You don send humans under the oceans to fix >>>> cables And fibre junctions are where human access is by definition >>>> possible And fixing fibre connections is not rocket science >>> >>> >>> Fixing copper is even easier - and it's already there. >> >> We're in the middle of a thunderstorm which reminds me of a telco tech >> crouched under his little tent trying to hook a a multitude of wires >> while his little workspace fill with water... > > > Sounds "courageous", "dedicated" - a hero figure. No, just a guy doing a job. Sometimes the job sucks but you do it anyway. Linemen are the same way. When the poles blow over it isn't a nice sunny day but they're out there fixing them. You haven't lived until you've driven a semi through a North Dakota blizzard but you keep on trucking. I'm not sure how much of that attitude is left in Gen Z.