http://mathewingram.disqus.com/enThu, 07 Feb 2008 10:05:02 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/06/the-cable-cuts-get-out-the-foil-hats/#comment-131709That's hilarious, Mark. Thanks for the link.mathewiThu, 07 Feb 2008 10:05:02 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/06/the-cable-cuts-get-out-the-foil-hats/#comment-131699Best theory I've seen so far was proposed by Digital Daily (tongue in cheek, of course): Architeuthis TCP/IP.<br><br><a href="http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080206/damn-the-cables-gone-out-again/" rel="nofollow">http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080206/dam...</a>Mark HesmanThu, 07 Feb 2008 10:01:52 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/06/the-cable-cuts-get-out-the-foil-hats/#comment-130942For better or for worse, after all of the 'confusion' about our reasons for occupying Iraq, it doesn't surprise me that more people do become suspicious about government activity in general today, both at home and abroad.Tom O'LearyWed, 06 Feb 2008 22:13:33 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/06/the-cable-cuts-get-out-the-foil-hats/#comment-130917Yeah, I would have to agree, Jesse. Let's face it, headlines about<br>entire countries getting cut off and dark theories about evil empires<br>make for better traffic than stories about how there's no conspiracy.mathewiWed, 06 Feb 2008 21:56:01 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/06/the-cable-cuts-get-out-the-foil-hats/#comment-130909Totally, Tom. That goes without saying.mathewiWed, 06 Feb 2008 21:50:02 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/06/the-cable-cuts-get-out-the-foil-hats/#comment-130903Mathew,<br><br>Thank you for understanding the nuance in this situation and for helping spread the word. It's amazing how much steam this built up in such a short amount of time. After I made my first post on Saturday, I followed it up with a <a href="http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/02/cable_cuts_cons.html" rel="nofollow">conspiracy post</a> because I find these sorts of things are both interesting and possible. However I ended up editing it once the the reverb in the echo-chamber reached critical mass. It is particularly irritating that the digg and slashdot posts weren't meaningfully corrected once it was clear that the "iran is off the internet" headline simply wasn't true. If there is a conspiracy it's for website hits.Jesse RobbinsWed, 06 Feb 2008 21:48:59 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/06/the-cable-cuts-get-out-the-foil-hats/#comment-130868...now the Apollo moon landing; that's a different kettle of smelly fish ;-)Tom O'LearyWed, 06 Feb 2008 21:19:55 -0000http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2008/02/06/the-cable-cuts-get-out-the-foil-hats/#comment-130862I agree, as much as I would like to climb aboard some exciting conspiracy ship and take a joy ride. Unless efforts to resolve the outages are made unusually difficult by some strange, internationally curious events/entities, then we should resist the urge to swim with the conspiracist fishes and admit that sometimes shit just happens.Tom O'LearyWed, 06 Feb 2008 21:14:27 -0000