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Watching time, the only true currency // A journal from John B. Roberts

Day: January 4, 2006

  • Undersea Cable Maps

    Twenty-two Undersea cable maps, ranging from 1858-1992. Reminds me of Neal Stephenson’s Wired Magazine article from December 1996 “Mother Earth Mother Board,” about laying the cables. [Via The Map Room] I wonder how redundant all these cables are now, both in terms of multiple cables per route and wireless/satellite alternatives. Seems like an economic monopoly…

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