[94238] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: AFP article on Taiwan cable repair effort
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (D.H. van der Woude)
Sun Jan 14 05:14:54 2007
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:13:57 +0100
From: "D.H. van der Woude" <dirkvanderwoude@gmail.com>
To: NANOG@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOC.4.61.0701140150210.999@paixhost.pch.net>
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On 1/14/07, Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net> wrote:
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070112/tc_afp/asiaquakeinternet_070112170621
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> A few numbers to help understand the scale of the effort being applied.
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> -Bill
The Smithsonian has a beautiful online exhibition
on the laying of cables in oceans in the 19th
century.
-Dirk
http://www.sil.si.edu/Exhibitions/Underwater-Web/uw-bold-and-cautious-01.htm
--
Each day, one day is added to our past, and thus one
day subtracted from our future. That is why the future
ought to be simpler than the past. Why is it then, that
we always wrestle with the future?
