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The entry on Seymour Cray is disappointing. An "8ft x 4ft" tunnel? What does that even mean? I thought tunnels are 3D.

• andrewl 4y ago
  It means 8 feet high by 4 feet wide. But I’m with you: I’d like to know how long it was.
  • gilleain 4y ago
    From the wiki source (https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,967095,00.html https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,967...) > ...has been dividing his time between building the next generation of supercomputers and digging an underground tunnel that starts below his Chippewa Falls house and heads toward the nearby woods. "He's been working at it for some time now," says Rollwagen, who reports that the tunnel is 8 ft. high, 4 ft. wide and lined with 4-by-4 cedar boards. ... so at that point (1988), it was not yet finished
    • atx42 4y ago
      From the wiki source, my inference is that the tunnel is at least 4 inches long if he was able to line it with 4x4 boards... But aren't 4x4 boards typically called "posts"? I'm amused by how poorly Time reported this.
      • codpiece 4y ago
        We assume inches, but it could be microns.
  • bombcar 4y ago
    "Five feet high the door and three may walk abreast." The tunnel is long enough to get to the dragon.