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minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 years agoThe first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid down in 1854 and radio waves weren’t even theorized until 1873… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio#History
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoI had no idea radio was such a recent discovery.
minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoNo worries, we can’t all know everything all the time.
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoI kinda suspected I might be wrong about that as I was typing it, and then I was like “Nah! That’s just silly. Of course they didn’t run a cable across the entire Atlantic Ocean in the 1800’s!”. But I was wrong. That’s actually really impressive.
minus-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoDuring a short window, a samurai could’ve faxed president Lincoln (though I believe the samurai and Lincoln would have had to be in the same country)
minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI remembered this article if you’re interested in how we lay cable underwater today. It’s even more wild since it’s fiberoptic cable. https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships
minus-squareremus989@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoYou should look into how it was done. Weirdly enough, it’s pretty similar to how we lay cable now.
The first transatlantic telegraph cable was laid down in 1854 and radio waves weren’t even theorized until 1873… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_telegraph_cable
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio#History
I had no idea radio was such a recent discovery.
Whoops!
No worries, we can’t all know everything all the time.
I kinda suspected I might be wrong about that as I was typing it, and then I was like “Nah! That’s just silly. Of course they didn’t run a cable across the entire Atlantic Ocean in the 1800’s!”. But I was wrong. That’s actually really impressive.
During a short window, a samurai could’ve faxed president Lincoln (though I believe the samurai and Lincoln would have had to be in the same country)
I remembered this article if you’re interested in how we lay cable underwater today. It’s even more wild since it’s fiberoptic cable. https://www.theverge.com/c/24070570/internet-cables-undersea-deep-repair-ships
You should look into how it was done. Weirdly enough, it’s pretty similar to how we lay cable now.