Cat 5 wedding rings help nerds couple

There you have it, the single most profound expression of your love and superiority over token ring in a $175 package. Presumably, these Ethernet rings come in both straight-through and cross-over pin-outs for traditional and same-sex nerding.

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[OVerclockerX @ Apr 22nd 2008 3:59AM]

$175 Dollars for something that will undoubtedly lower your chances of getting laid. hmmm

[cmc @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:18AM]

TBF I think most wedding rings would lower your chances of getting laid
(With someone other than your wife obv.)

[Kevin @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:28AM]

@cmc I think George Costanza would disagree with you.

[dervheid @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:54AM]

cmc
you are SO clearly NOT married guy.

[supermeerkat @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:59AM]

I bet at least one of them looks like the Simpson's Fat Comic Book guy.

[BananaBoat @ Apr 22nd 2008 5:41AM]

When that thing you push down to take out the ethernet cable breaks, it's time for divorce.

[Jonathan @ Apr 22nd 2008 6:01AM]

Well, if these were sold at Best Buy, they'd force you into buying Cat 6 and charge you twice as much for it.

[Gus @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:13AM]

@ dervheid

He's not your guy, buddy!

[Uejji @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:49AM]

My girlfriend would actually probably get a kick out of this if I proposed to her with this. She has a lot of brothers and grew up around video games and computers and LAN parties. You just have to find the right woman I guess.

[Evan @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:04AM]

He's not your buddy, friend!

[GuniGuGu @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:23AM]

His not your friend, GUY!!!

(Lol, sorry I had to.. I loved that first comment, and just wanted to show my appreciation) :)

[Deputy Doffoos @ Apr 22nd 2008 12:26PM]

"Mermaidman and Barnacleboy... UNITE!"

[Ed @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:01PM]

He's not your guy, gaylord.

[Aazhdeen @ Apr 23rd 2008 11:03AM]

The problem is, after 100m you have to have a renewal of vows ceremony.

Oops, is my geek hanging out?

[Greg Wilker @ Apr 23rd 2008 9:37AM]

You do know that if your wearing one of those it means your married right? So getting laid wouldn't be an issue unless your trying to cheat... in which case any ring on your left ring figure would halt most women.

[Mr.Tech @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:05AM]

Priest: Now please place your Cat5e into that socket.

[Schfelzerberg @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:09AM]

LOL. I bet the priest doesn't even know what it's called.

Priest: Now please... umm... plug that thing into that thing. Whatever it's called.
Couple: It's a Category 5 RJ45 socket and jack.
Priest: Yeah... whatever. Just hurry up and do it!

BTW the metal doesn't look polished. Bah! For $175 it should have been at least polished metal with some Swavorski crystals at least.

[Uejji @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:47AM]

Well, if you want to be *reaaaaally* technicanal, it's an 8p8c connector. RJ45 is a misnomer that has become a valid term on through its constant misuse. Very few people know what "8p8c" is or means anyway.

[Mutant @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:30AM]

Calling it a 8p8c will lower your chances of getting laid even more!!

[Uejji @ Apr 22nd 2008 3:12PM]

Haha!

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Apr 22nd 2008 5:13PM]

This completely changes the meaning of a TOKEN RING NETWORK.

[LyKwId @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:10AM]

It would suck if the plastic clip broke. I wonder what that would symbolize....

[kapow @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:48AM]

Erectile dysfunction? Impotency?

[giuliop @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:54AM]

Freedom!

[Jeff P. @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:30AM]

Vasectomy

[DP @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:46AM]

Two for three, good enough.

[Chuckles McGee @ Apr 22nd 2008 11:17AM]

I hope the two were using a firewall to prevent unwanted packet transmission

[r3loaded @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:11AM]

Sorry, I'm already using wireless-N. Or at least that should be gigabit ethernet, then I may think about it...

[Chip @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:17AM]

Hate to break it to you, but GigE on copper uses the same RJ-45 connectors as E and FastE.

[r3loaded @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:38AM]

It's a Cat5 wedding ring. Gigabit Ethernet needs Cat6 spec cable..

[Uejji @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:47AM]

gigabit ethernet works fine enough on cat5e

[Teetdogs @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:35AM]

Uhhhm no it doesn't it uses the same cable as a the rest.

[Teetdogs @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:41AM]

wait a minute, just read the listing and its 175 for EACH ring like the idea but the pricing is just dumb.

[Jeff @ Apr 23rd 2008 8:27AM]

Actually, gigE works on standard cat5... which is what I have at home. tested up to 540Mbit actual throughput...

[Jakob Homan @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:21AM]

Pretty nerdy, but I still prefer my binary wedding ring: http://www.jakobhoman.com/2007/09/she-married-geek-my-binary-wedding-ring.html Geeky, but not so much that you can't go out in public.

[Shane @ Apr 22nd 2008 7:53AM]

That's AWESOME. My wedding band is titanium as well but no binary inscription... :-)

You're right about titanium scratching easily...My ring used to be two-tone (one half brushed, one half smooth) but now it is all pretty much smooth.

[Esat Dedezade @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:23AM]

*Honeymoon night, in the hotel room....*

"Honey, lets do it.. lets do it right now, here on the bed... lets....

.... interface."

[Anthony @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:47AM]

hahhaha awsome

[Ray @ Apr 22nd 2008 5:07AM]

when will we get wifi rings??

"oh yea! right in the hotspot"

[paul34 @ Apr 22nd 2008 5:26AM]

No! no! I'm losing signal... noooooooo

"we'll reboot and try again tomorrow night honey... i"M tired, and have a headache"

[ethana2 @ Apr 22nd 2008 5:12AM]

If your spouse asks for USB instead of CAT5, one of you needs your ego checked.

...and then there's firewire, but let's not go there.

[ethana2 @ Apr 22nd 2008 5:13AM]

..Yes. I read protocol specifications for fun.

[ethana2 @ Apr 22nd 2008 5:23AM]

By the way, this reminds me-- here, an excerpt from page 19 of the USB 2.0 specification.

The transaction schedule allows flow control for some stream pipes. At the hardware level, this prevents buffers from underrun or overrun situations by using a NAK handshake to throttle the data rate. When NAKed, a transaction is retried when bus time is available. The flow control mechanism permits the
construction of flexible schedules that accommodate concurrent servicing of a heterogeneous mix of stream pipes. Thus, multiple stream pipes can be serviced at different intervals and with packets of different sizes.

[r3loaded @ Apr 22nd 2008 7:33AM]

I'm often known as a geek, but my head just exploded reading that..

[Jonny @ Apr 22nd 2008 12:41PM]

HAHA... you said 'stream pipe'

[bi0hazard @ Apr 22nd 2008 6:52AM]

Wonder Nerd powers ACTIVATE!

[merf1350 @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:50AM]

Form Of....40 year old virgin!

[Esat Dedezade @ Apr 22nd 2008 6:56AM]

This comments section is bursting with win.

If only there was a way for everyone to be high ranked!

[Iridium @ Apr 22nd 2008 7:57AM]

even if the guy who made that sells one set he made a decent profit. Those rings cost what $10 max to make.

Can you imagine how many things you'd catch those rings on. Seriously, it's a bit late for an April fools joke.

[Ed @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:52PM]

Let not impracticality stand in the way of geekery.