I laughed harder than I should have at this:

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Tech support caller: I cut where the cord told me to in order to activate the firewall. But now I can’t get online at all.

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@Theeo123 Mood.

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some more pixels and the story behind this cable can be found at @BIT

https://www.bit.nl/cut-here-to-activate-firewall-layer-1-firewalls-op-ohm2013/

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I snorted, I did.

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@jaykass @Theeo123 "I see your problem: you do not use VoIP"

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@Theeo123 I used to have a pair of snips that I put a label on that read “emergency layer 1 firewall builder”

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@robje @Theeo123 @BIT
SNIP - Simple Network Interuption Protocol

Most cable manufacturers can print custom text on an order (above a certain size).

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@Theeo123 @archeokluit gejat van de site van bit.nl gok ik.
(Kon de landcode niet lezen... )

Klopt dat @BIT ?

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Hilarious!!!

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@Theeo123 Works reliably and every time and is better than smashing the PC

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@dec23k @robje @BIT

"SNIP - Simple Network Interruption Protocol"

I love that, may I steal it?

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@robje @BIT

Ahh thanks! I found the image as is elsewhere, I appreciate the source!!

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@Theeo123@mastodon.social Best firewall for IT-Security is manufactured by Knippex.