Nerdbloke » cable http://blog.pluis.com.au Nerd. Bloke. Life Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Laying some cable on xmas day… http://blog.pluis.com.au/2008/12/25/laying-some-cable-on-xmas-day/ http://blog.pluis.com.au/2008/12/25/laying-some-cable-on-xmas-day/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:26:09 +0000 jason http://blog.pluis.com.au/2008/12/25/laying-some-cable-on-xmas-day/ I really enjoyed Neal Stephenson’s “Cryptonomicon“.

I recently read an article written by Neal in 1993/4 for Wired that covers the history, technology and issues with laying cables across oceans and continents. I now know where he got a lot of the background for Cryptonomicon, and why his knowledge of submarine cabling is so detailed.

The article “Mother Board Mother Earth” is quite a long read (~42,000 words) – but fascinating in it’s own nerdy way. Enjoy.

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