Chapter 6. The Internet Network
It is a fact or I have dreamt it - that by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time? | ||
| --Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of Seven Gables | ||
Did you know that the size of the booster rockets for the space shuttle was determined by the size of a horse's backside? You see, the length of a wagon axle was based on the width of the horses pulling the wagon. As the wagons traveled along the roads, they would wear ruts into the road, making it difficult for wagons whose axle length was something other than the standard. Soon, everyone was making all their axles the same length. When trains came along, they of course made the axles for the railroad ...
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