From: sqwertzme@gmail.compost   
      
   On Fri, 07 Apr 2023 16:54:55 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote:   
      
   > On Tue, 4 Apr 2023 10:55:01 -0500, Sqwertz    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>For the optimists: How much cable do you think I have left?   
   >>   
   >>For the pessimists: How much cable do you think is missing?   
   >>   
   >>Originally 1000 feet. CAT5e in a 14x14x8" box. There was no center   
   >>spool. I need 690 feet.   
   >>   
   >>https://i.postimg.cc/66Zjfpn4/Cat5e-Cable.jpg   
   >>https://i.postimg.cc/NFRdsdBk/Cat5e-Cable-2.jpg   
   >>   
   >> c'mon baby... 7 and 11... which will leave me 21...   
   >>   
   >>-sw   
   >   
   > Look at the markings on the cable.  There should be a 5 digit number   
   > printed at various intervals.  Those a the position (length?) in feet.'   
      
   This has got to be the nerdiest answer to any "technical"    
   question ever asked.   
      
   > Scribble down the numbers you find near both ends of the cable,   
   > subtract the numbers, and you have the length in feet:   
   >   
   >    
   > "For example, if a cable is marked 46782 ft. at one end and 46908 ft.   
   > at the other end, 46,908 - 46,782 = 126, so we know the cable is about   
   > 126 ft. long"   
      
   Oh great, "0002FT"  minus - "0652FT" .  Now I need 1,330   
   feet instead of 680. I'm worse off than before I asked the   
   question, dammit!   
      
      
      
   Why don't they just tell you this on the box instead of this BS?   
      
   https://i.postimg.cc/qqHbjS2P/IMG-20230423-015801078.jpg   
      
       I sure as shit didn't know that.  Thanks Jeff ;-)   
      
   -sw   
      
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