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*slaps forehead*
Feb. 7th, 2008 12:32 pmI'm a big, stupid idiot. I missed the deadline to register for the Texas Democratic primary by three days. It matters this time, too. ARGH.
Feb. 7th, 2008
It's been in the news: five undersea telecommunications cables have been severed in the last week. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
siderea pointed out this brilliant essay by Neil Stephenson where he traveled around the world to see the FLAG cable: England, Alexandria, Thailand, Japan. Lots of 19th-century telegraphy history, too. I like the idea of "hacker tourism."
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siderea pointed out this brilliant essay by Neil Stephenson where he traveled around the world to see the FLAG cable: England, Alexandria, Thailand, Japan. Lots of 19th-century telegraphy history, too. I like the idea of "hacker tourism."( Read more... )