Cat 5 wedding rings help nerds couple

by Thomas Ricker, posted Apr 22nd 2008 at 3:51AM

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.

[Via Engadget Spanish]

Filed under: Wearables

Tags: cat 5, Cat5, ethernet, geek, nerd, ring, wedding ring, WeddingRing

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

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OVerclockerX @ Apr 22nd 2008 3:59AM

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

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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.)

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Kevin @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:28AM

@cmc I think George Costanza would disagree with you.

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dervheid @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:54AM

cmc
you are SO clearly NOT married guy.

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supermeerkat @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:59AM

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

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BananaBoat @ Apr 22nd 2008 5:41AM

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

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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.

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Gus @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:13AM

@ dervheid

He's not your guy, buddy!

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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.

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Evan @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:04AM

He's not your buddy, friend!

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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) :)

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Deputy Doffoos @ Apr 22nd 2008 12:26PM

"Mermaidman and Barnacleboy... UNITE!"

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Ed @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:01PM

He's not your guy, gaylord.

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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?

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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.

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

Priest: Now please place your Cat5e into that socket.

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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.

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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.

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Mutant @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:30AM

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

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Uejji @ Apr 22nd 2008 3:12PM

Haha!

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

This completely changes the meaning of a TOKEN RING NETWORK.

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LyKwId @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:10AM

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

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kapow @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:48AM

Erectile dysfunction? Impotency?

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giuliop @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:54AM

Freedom!

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

Vasectomy

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DP @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:46AM

Two for three, good enough.

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Chuckles McGee @ Apr 22nd 2008 11:17AM

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

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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...

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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.

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r3loaded @ Apr 22nd 2008 8:38AM

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

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Uejji @ Apr 22nd 2008 9:47AM

gigabit ethernet works fine enough on cat5e

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Teetdogs @ Apr 22nd 2008 10:35AM

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

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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."

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Anthony @ Apr 22nd 2008 4:47AM

hahhaha awsome

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Ray @ Apr 22nd 2008 5:07AM

when will we get wifi rings??

"oh yea! right in the hotspot"

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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"

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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.

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ethana2 @ Apr 22nd 2008 5:13AM

..Yes. I read protocol specifications for fun.

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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.

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