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Title: Not the Tubes I Was Expecting - Pics of the Internet
Post by: raptor on 2008-03-03T09:01:29-06:00 (Monday)
"The internet is a series of tubes", ehh not quite, but here are some pics of the real internet.

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/multimedia/2008/03/gallery_one_wilshire?slide=1&slideView=9

Scott
Title: Re: Not the Tubes I Was Expecting - Pics of the Internet
Post by: Bryan on 2008-03-03T10:05:01-06:00 (Monday)
It's not something a lot of people really think about, so it's very neat to see one of the "hubs."
Title: Re: Not the Tubes I Was Expecting - Pics of the Internet
Post by: JD on 2008-03-03T11:01:51-06:00 (Monday)
wow i betcha that whole building just hums... "I love wired articles"
Title: Re: Not the Tubes I Was Expecting - Pics of the Internet
Post by: Feather on 2008-03-03T16:25:48-06:00 (Monday)
cool
Title: Re: Not the Tubes I Was Expecting - Pics of the Internet
Post by: Bryan on 2008-03-04T07:37:24-06:00 (Tuesday)
I'm surprised stuff like that is so physically insecure.  Crippling the backbone of our internet would, in this day in age, hurt us greatly.
Title: Re: Not the Tubes I Was Expecting - Pics of the Internet
Post by: Shaun Martin on 2008-03-05T19:55:21-06:00 (Wednesday)
Those are some really interesting pics.
Title: Re: Not the Tubes I Was Expecting - Pics of the Internet
Post by: AidanKay on 2009-01-24T06:50:33-06:00 (Saturday)
Wow, i never thought it so easy to destroy the internet.
1 fire, explosion or whatever else and the majority of the population will be internet'less.

What a sad, sad thought. :huh:

Ah well.

-Aidan.
Title: Re: Not the Tubes I Was Expecting - Pics of the Internet
Post by: Denkspiele on 2009-04-08T03:57:14-05:00 (Wednesday)
I still can not imagine that this could be possible. It is just this small building and right in the center of L.A...i thought there were like giant facilities where the internet connects...


Denkspiele (http://www.denk-spiele.com) - Guess what language this word is in.