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Re:Aboard an Alcatel-Lucent undersea cable ship by danshapiro on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @03:40AM (#1668344)
The best part of the article is this quote:

This is the cable-splicing machine used on board the Ile de Batz--one of the most delicate and precise pieces of equipment on a ship laden with very heavyweight gear.

Next to it is shown a picture of a fiber optic cable split in half, and a roll of electrical tape.

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Re:Aboard an Alcatel-Lucent undersea cable ship by oiuytgfrgh on Tuesday September 07, 2010 @11:58AM (#1669170)
And the roll of electrical tape is to stop the very fragile and expensive splice rolling off the table.
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