Ok, tell me I'm not the only one who gets the obvious Kill Bill reference here?

I couldn't understand the title...until I read the first two lines of the blurb. It's THE Amazon NOT Amazon dot com!

Cable laying is part of the plot in Cryptonomicon, but besides that Stephenson wrote a (very) long article in Wired 4.12 back in 1996:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass_pr.html

"The hacker tourist ventures forth across the wide and wondrous meatspace of three continents, chronicling the laying of the longest wire on Earth."

Entertaining and full of info, a must read if you are at all curious about cable laying.

I believe the true metric for a volume of water is the Olympic size pool. Also, the true metric for an area is the football field.

I knew someone who used to work on the 7 1/2 floor of the Mertin Flemmer building. He had quite a view he said. He always ended up in a ditch though.

Woooe there!

"As of Sept. 30 (2007), the two wars have cost $604 billion, the CBO says"

http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2007-10-23-wacosts_N.htm

As of this year, the cost is probably closer to $800 if not more.

Which render your post null and void.

Although the reference is nerdy, he has a great name for a guy in charge of networking.