[Using the submersible machine to retrieve broken undersea fiberoptic cables...] 'Plucking a cable from the ocean floor is akin to picking up a piece of thread in a blizzard while wearing a catcher's mitt.' Popular Science Apr '09 p49 http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-03/who-protects-intrnet
One internet exchange hub spends $630,000 a month(!) on electricity, mostly for cooling I guess.
This article has a link to a fascinating tool that traces the path of your internet packet across the web:
Also in PopSci this month, a belt-drive bicycle (no grease, no noise). p20
http://www.popsci.com/node/33469
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