Mandatory Neal Stephenson article in Wired on subsea cables [0], as previously discussed [1]. Also now available in the original magazine thanks to Archive.org [2].
I recently watched the Jon Bois documentary "Fool Time" which relates the story of the men involved in the development of telegraph lines to the 90s sitcom Home Improvement. It's an excellent watch.
I thought they were going to go into Oliver Heaviside. Instead we get gutta percha. /sigh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Heaviside
Mandatory Neal Stephenson article in Wired on subsea cables [0], as previously discussed [1]. Also now available in the original magazine thanks to Archive.org [2].
[0] https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30342302
[2] https://archive.org/details/wired-magazine-04.12-1996-decemb...
For many years I've been trying to buy a cross section of an undersea cable to no avail. Anyone have any ideas where I might look?
NPR's Throughline podcast did a nice dive into this subject in October as well: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5582393
I recently watched the Jon Bois documentary "Fool Time" which relates the story of the men involved in the development of telegraph lines to the 90s sitcom Home Improvement. It's an excellent watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmyBSrQodnI
A good story (that does off script at points), but the pictures are great and the ability to zoom in for detail is also great.