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Neal Stephenson. "Mother Earth Motherboard" WIRED Dec 1996: 66 pages. Print. http://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/ http://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/ Witho
by ryanmarsh 10y ago
Neal Stephenson. "Mother Earth Motherboard" WIRED Dec 1996: 66 pages. Print.
http://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/ http://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/
Without a doubt my favorite issue of any magazine ever. I still have my copy somewhere.
- jbuzbee 10y agoYep. That's the first thing I though of when I started reading this article. Twenty years ago? Wow. Time flies. And while I enjoyed this Arstechnica article, I quickly came to the conclusion that Stephenson is a better writer. Dormon didn't even mention the sharks that plague the undersea cables! If I recall, for some reason, they like to chew on the cables.
- Qworg 10y agoThey do! It is theorized they detect the electromagnetic fields given off by the cable.
- snowwindwaves 10y agoBears like to chew on armoured Teck cable too. Thought it was the taste of smell of the rubber insulation.