Comment Carterfone led to innovations such as the fax... (Score 1) 159
The Carterfone precedent of 1950s.
Scottish inventor Alexander Bain is often credited with the first fax patent in 1843.
The Carterfone precedent of 1950s.
Scottish inventor Alexander Bain is often credited with the first fax patent in 1843.
Ben Franklin did it!
The key is to use a
Sigh... if only more politicians would go fly a kite. We could all sleep more securely and save money.
For some reason, female mathematicians are sex machines.
They end up with a nice job in a math department somewhere (or even better, the financial sector) and BAM! you're home relaxed, playing Far Cry 2 and commenting on Slashdot, writing a novel the same way that Brian from Family Guy is "writing a novel" and in twenty minutes she comes home bringing bacon. Of course, be prepared to cook dinner occasionally and perform like a tantric guru. It can be a sweet, if tiring existence.
Now excuse me, I have something on the stove.
It's all fun and games until your math bunny starts multiplying. Then you're stuck at home with dirty diapers.
"After all, the idea for the mobile phone came from Star Trek..."
I think not. Mobile phones existed long before Star Trek.
Thank you.
I was asking an honest question. I was puzzled by the word. I have seen it several times. I did look it up in the dictionary before I asked. In asking a question, I learn more.
Now, somehow without trying, I have insulted some people. Instead of contributing usefully to the conversation, they respond with profanity and mod me down. (I wonder how these same people stand regarding censorship?)
I thought that Slashdot was news for nerds, a forum for intelligent conversation.
Sigh.
What does "prolly" mean? I checked dictionary.com, it doesn't seem to know:
From: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/prolly
No results found for prolly: Did you mean Proll (in dictionary) or Prilly (in reference)?
Schoolhouse Rocks!
So that explains the March 9, 2009 incident with the USNS Impeccable -- Chinese hawkers in junks are crowding around, trying to sell the plans for Fogbank. (Plus a few pirated movies.)
This is true, a better way to measure fuel economy between petrol and diesel fuel would be some measure of kilometers per kilogram of fuel as this would more accurately measure the efficiency of the engine rather than the energy contained in the fuel.
Not always...
Hydrogen has great energy density per kg, but kinda sucks when it comes to energy per liter.
Elite - ever hear of a collective noun?
Xenophobia - The Wikipedia pages on Xenophobia (and Nativism) are flagged biased. It would be poor scholarship for me to accept them as authoritative. That's why I mentioned, "dictionary definition." Have a look at a real dictionary. (Hint - Wikipedia mentions the psychological dictionary.)
Xenophobia != genocide. You attempt to put words in my mouth. Even the Wikipedia article does not say they are equal. (Maybe you need to work on your reading comprehension.)
"friends" - yes, I do have very good friends of many ethnicities, skin colors, and nationalities. I notice you didn't mention my white friends. As I said, they, too, have not accused me of it.
BTW, my college roommate's mom was Vietnamese and his father was white American GI. He invited me over to dinner a month ago. He told me about trying join a minorities group in college. The members wouldn't let him join -- he wasn't minority enough for them.
Putting words in your mouth - You did not use the word "evil," but in your previous posts, without exception, you portrayed white American men that way.
Communist lie - You put words in my mouth. Did I say you are a Communist? You do support Communism with your words. You recite their mantras well. My point was that this is a common lie of the Communists.
Why is it that 99% of the countries that have tried Communism has [sic] failed dramatically?
Communist [sic] always advocate the the redistribution of wealth
You caught me on the sic's. Editing error on my part.
All whites not bad - We finally agree on something.
Also, Black and Hispanic males did not get to vote on allowing women to vote because they were not allowed to vote freely until almost 200 years after the US was founded.
You are saying Black and Hispanic males didn't get to vote until 1987? (or did you mean 1976?) I think you are off by 100 years. The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1870.
Are you referring to voter intimidation? That has happened to people of all races in all countries thru history.
BTW, before, you complained that the U.S. never had a non-White president until January. I am curious, you seem to know Mexico's history well. I admit I don't know much about Mexico. How many ethnic minority presidents has Mexico had? Just an honest question.
Read history instead of Rush and O'Reilly -- I don't have a TV and seldom listen to a radio.
And isn't capitalism supposed to be about the survival of the fittest in the marketplace?
No. (That is another false mantra of the Communists.) That is a narrow minded view of capitalism. Many times, I have seen a company help a competitor stay afloat during a crisis.
U.S. Gov bailouts -- I don't understand your point. Do you think I support the bailouts?
Stalin and Mao brutal men - another point we agree on.
I am curious - why are you so hostile to me? You have attacked my education, reading comprehension, friends, relationships with non-whites, TV viewing, morals, etc.
You make many assumptions about me, but without basis. Do you know my ethnicity? Nationality? Education?
You know I dislike Communism. I doubt you know why.
While I lived in a Communist country, I did some thinking on my own and saw Marx's lies - like the thing about peeled grapes. Marxism is feudalism by another name.
You seem to think Marxism is a nice system. Have you ever lived under it?
Comprehension skills - My reading comprehension is fine. Do you understand coordinating conjunctions?
"Elite [sic]" - How did I misspell it?
Xenophobia - The dictionary definition is a fear of unfamiliar things. That is why I call it a survival instinct.
Closet racist - !?!?!? You are the first to suggest I am. So far, none of my friends has accused me of that -- White, Indian, Asian, or (for lack of a better term), my friends with dark skin who are neither American nor African.
Are all white men bad? Are all other people good?
If your evil "White Men" did not allow women to vote, who voted to give them the right? Could there perhaps be white men who truly believe all people were created equal? (I know there are.)
"Capitalism is all about greed and selfishness" - Another Communist lie. There are plenty of capitalists who work and trade honestly. (Woz had some interesting things to say about that in his Byte interview.)
Marx said, "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." Sounds good, but who decides ability and need? The corrupt Roman Emperors would have agreed with that. In their mind, the peasants had the ability to do manual labor and they didn't need much for food. They were much too delicate for manual labor and needed fine food such as peeled grapes.
Why is it that 99% of the countries that have tried Communism has failed dramatically? What is the appeal of a political system that advocates continual revolution and bloodshed? Communist always advocate the redistribution of wealth -- when will they figure out how to generate it on their own? (i.e. without stealing and murdering from the people who scrimped and saved.)
A wise man once told me, "Before embracing a philosophy, check out the life of the philosopher." (Can he live out his value system?) Marx sure didn't. Neither did Stalin nor Mao.
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I realize the Founding Fathers were not perfect. The founding of America was a step in the right direction.
Slavery existed in Africa long before slaves were sold in the Americas. People fought, bled and died to outlaw it in the U.S. It still exists in Africa and other parts of the world and I understand it is on the rise. (For the record, I believe it was and still is despicable.)
Ever hear of a guy called John Adams? He was a founding father who didn't own slaves.
William Penn?
Japanese -- Wow! I did NOT know the founding fathers threw Japanese Americans in concentration camps. Tell me, which one of the Founding Fathers was still alive in 1942?
BTW, racism is a universal human problem -- all humans are capable of it, not just one particular ethnic group or nationality. That is, people of all colors are capable of it.
In the same way, both men and women are capable of being sexist.
And then there is a survival instinct called xenophobia.
The point of my original post was to point out that Communism and Fascism are inherently selfish and greedy. They never helped anyone except the party elite.
The Founding Fathers were unusual. They were men of wealth and power. They were NOT greedy. They gave up their time, wealth, and power to establish something better for everyone. Yes, it was not perfect. They could not agree to abolish slavery in the new country. (Many of the Founding Fathers were against it.) They still had the taint of European aristocracy. But it was a start.
How many other countries are culturally racist and sexist?
"There are now at least 85,000 Elvis's around the world, compared to only 170 in 1977 when Elvis died. At this rate of growth, experts predict that by 2019 Elvis impersonators will make up a third of the world population." - The Naked Scientists 3rd December, 2000.
By the year 2525, 107% of the earth's population will be an Elvis impersonator.
Thus spake the master programmer: "After three days without programming, life becomes meaningless." -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming"
