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Oh good lord, that's a fire hazard with the power strip hanging like that. Don't show that to /r/cableporn

Sounds like you could use some christmas lights.

568b, will forever be, ingrained in my spotty memory.

Orange-white, Orange, Green-White, Blue, Blue-white, Green, Brown-white Brown.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/img/568b.jpg

You'd have to ask the guy who invented it, whoever he is.

Also, to minimize crosstalk (magnetic interference)

Yes! The WPA and CCC were amazing programs - sort of what AmeriCorps is today, but on a massive scale.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_Conservation_Corps

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration