Posted on May 7, 2008 at 3:54 am by cereal87

I do not know how many times I have already mentioned to my housemate, don’t wire the network cable from the router, out to the balcony and back to your room. Yes, you have short network cables. So what? Why can you spend some extra bucks to buy a coupler and few more meters so you can extend your network cable? How much will it cost you? I am sure it will cost far more less than my over RM200 router. You are enjoying the internet and you didn’t even pay a single cent for the router. The last D-link wifi router also was replaced because it wasn’t able to cope with the amount of connections going in and out of it. I wonder who torrents all the time?

For heaven sack, you are taking Electronics engineering majoring in computer. Can’t you understand running live wires (yes, network cables are life wires coz they carry certain degree of current) outside your house can invite lightning to strike it. I believed I have explained this before. More than once. Even if you think I am bullshitting, then as an engineer, why don’t you think the logic behind those heavy insulated ground cables? Why do some Streamyx modem get fried during thunderstorm? Why do some places experiences power trips when a lightning stroked? If you would like to argue, why they don’t insulate power lines, thats because the heat need to dissipate fast enough from high current lines. They do have chances to get stroked by lighting. But they were designed have voltage & current clamper and will ground the over current. They also have mechanism to minimize the effect shall the lightning strikes. Does your network cable have all these features? For godness sack, if you can’t even see the danger, I would strongly suggest you stop your studies, marry a rich man and raise your kids.

Shall the router spoil or having problem, don’t worry. I am a nice guy. I won’t ask for a compensation. All you need is replace it with a brand new same model. Then you will know it is not cheap.

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One Response to “An engineering student being idiot?”

akidos Says:
May 9th, 2008 at 7:21 am
another prove for stupidity knows no limit ….

p/s : the network cable is very cheap !!!

Ian: Couldn’t agree more. It can cost as low as 60-70 cents per meter.