OT:[Infowarrior] - NSA Said to Have Used Heartbleed Bug for Years

Mon Apr 21 23:45:54 UTC 2014

--- mikea at mikea.ath.cx wrote:
From: Mike A <mikea at mikea.ath.cx>
On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 03:47:25PM -0700, Scott Weeks wrote:
> 
> :: There being no cable between the Hawaiian Islands 
> :: and the mainland at the time
> 
> Wait...what?
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_communications_cable#Submarine_cables_across_the_Pacific
> 
> "The first trans-pacific cables were completed in 1902-03, linking the 
> US mainland to Hawaii in 1902 and Guam to the Philippines in 1903.
> Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Fiji were also linked in 1902.

Thanks! I slouch (really comfy chair) corrected. But the War Dept. didn't have
the cable sent by cable.

And I really am grateful for the information. 
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No problem and no biggie.  I have a picture of the guys in the
ceremony for the first official message sent to the US mainland 
on my wall here because I have always been interested in the 
history of communications here in Hawaii since I first found out 
about ALOHAnet. :-)

http://atlantic-cable.com//Article/1902-JournElec/1902-CPC-08.jpg
http://atlantic-cable.com//Article/1902-JournElec

scott