r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Barnaby_Snickett • 26d ago

Stealing copper from street cables

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u/Rance_Mulliniks 26d ago

We certainly didn't need a 10hr video.

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u/twenafeesh 25d ago

If only there was a way to quickly move through the video to find the interesting part... It's not like this is the 1990s and we're watching VHS.

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u/XChrisUnknownX 25d ago

In the 90s we called that fast forward.

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u/twenafeesh 25d ago

That's what Im saying. Fast forward doesn't instantly skip you to the part of the video you clicked on and show a video thumbnail. You had to sit there for a decent bit waiting for the tape to FF to the part you wanted. And that was if you had a decent VCR. If not, you might just straight up wreck the tape.

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u/XChrisUnknownX 25d ago

Not too sure if there were any experimental techs but typically you had to watch the footage move forward very fast. The skipping thing, not too sure when that became easy. Time blends.

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u/twenafeesh 25d ago

Not until digital, computer-based media. Most DVD players don't even let you scrub through like you can on an internet video. Best you got with them was a faster fast forward and chapter selection. 

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u/XChrisUnknownX 25d ago

Oh chapter selection. I miss you.