General DAH on 02 Feb 2008 01:37 pm
The internet we take for granted
I don’t know if anyone else has been following this, but apparently there have been at least two major undersea cables cut that feed the Middle east with internet access. If i recall it started early this past week. Here is some information about it:
New cable cut compounds net woes
How one clumsy ship cut off the web for 75 million people
I am posting this because not is it only a good thing to realize if you don’t know it, but it has a cool picture that shows all the major internet connections around the globe. sweet!
and on a lighter note (perhaps, is extinction ‘lighter’?), the last filmed waving frog: ‘Last wave’ for wild golden frog
