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The Men Who Fix the Internet

Posted by kdawson on from the physical-side-of-things dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Remember all those undersea cables breaking? PopSci.com introduces John Rennie, who '... has braved the towering waves of the North Atlantic Ocean to keep your e-mail coming to you. As chief submersible engineer aboard the Wave Sentinel, part of the fleet operated by UK-based undersea installation and maintenance firm Global Marine Systems, Rennie — a congenial, 6'4", 57-year-old Scotsman — patrols the seas, dispatching a remotely operated submarine deep below the surface to repair undersea cables.' The article goes on to outline the physical infrastructure of the Internet, including some of its points of vulnerability."

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  1. Re:Make the damn fisherman get driver's licenses by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    First of all, there are a lot of stupid, and possibly drunk, sailors out there. second, this post is totally stupid in that the internet was designed to sustain damage, as such. So, why is this even a post on slashdot.....LAME.

  2. Ah yes, Global Marine Systems by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Ah yes, Global Marine Systems, another long time CIA proprietary. Nice how they got the contract to "repair" them, very nice.

  3. Women? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    And what about the women you putzes?!

    As a lover of women of all shapes and sizes (mostly the smaller ones) I find this article title deeply offensive.

  4. Brits look after infrastructure!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Who is the idiot who put the brits in charge of such critical infrastructure?

    If you want to keep the stuff running it would be best to put people in charge who are capable.

    There are billions that were thrown into basic infrastructure in Britain without any success. They are good at finding excuses why it failed yet again but not running anything.