1? Meh. 2? Humm, 3? Wait a sec, 4? OK problem...

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

A grappling hook, A few thousand feet of rope and an acetylene torch? Not terribly hard to come by.

Nope. I just used a hacksaw (although it did take about three blades on each cable).

[Moonliner]

That's it!

Kevy, in a boat with the Hacksaw! Colonel Mustard is innocent!

[Disneyphile]

I blame terrorist whales.

It really brings new depth to the "war on terror". I have this sinking feeling that whales will start taking hostages, according to the audible blubber that has been intercepted.

I swear this world is becoming quite the dive.

[scaeagles]

Well, again, how deep are those cables? Fishing with a grappling hook and rope sounds like a whole bunch of trial and error if the cable are several hundred feet down. Of course cutting them isn't the problem....getting them to cut seems to be the issue.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Well, again, how deep are those cables? Fishing with a grappling hook and rope sounds like a whole bunch of trial and error if the cable are several hundred feet down. Of course cutting them isn't the problem....getting them to cut seems to be the issue.

Not too hard, really. If you know the approximate location and the direction the cable runs (say north-south), then drop a grappling hook to the sea floor and drag it east-west until you hook it.

They need to start looking for suspicious boats carrying mass amounts of rope and a grappling hook. But, most ships do carry stuff like that, so it would be really hard to catch the culprit(s).

[Scrooge McSam]

Hmmm If I wanted to re-direct internet traffic for an entire region through another location where there were listening devices located, how would I do it?

How how how?

It is a puzzler.

[Not Afraid]

I didn't know we were up to 4! Suspicious indeed!

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Scrooge McSam

Hmmm If I wanted to re-direct internet traffic for an entire region through another location where there were listening devices located, how would I do it?

How how how?

It is a puzzler.

Naww that can't be it. The main place getting extra traffic routed through it due to the cuts is the USA......

[€uroMeinke]

I'm just pleased that grappling hooks are involved

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Well, again, how deep are those cables? Fishing with a grappling hook and rope sounds like a whole bunch of trial and error if the cable are several hundred feet down. Of course cutting them isn't the problem....getting them to cut seems to be the issue.

Typically the cables are buried in a meter deep trench out to a depth of ~1000 feet. After that it's just laying on the floor of the ocean.




Note: "Depth" makes a great hangman word. No one ever gets it.