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Tangentially related is this classic long form piece by Neal Stephenson from a 1996 editon of Wired "chronicling the laying of the longest wire on Earth". A gre
by programd 7y ago
Tangentially related is this classic long form piece by Neal Stephenson from a 1996 editon of Wired "chronicling the laying of the longest wire on Earth". A great bit of recent transoceanic cable history.
https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/ https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/
- wrycoder 7y agoAnd this piece served as his source research for the fiberoptic cable network portion of the plotline in Stephenson’s novel, Cryptonomicon.