Sadly, there is an award named after Edison and he gets all the attention in schoolbooks. Seems Edison's slow, amateur progress from a telegraph addict to inventing one of the least efficient light sources known to man is preferable to teaching about the 'madman' who repeatedly did the 'impossible' and established the technological foundation for the majority of modern age.
Probably just a bunch of teachers scared about what the middle-school science fairs would look like if Tesla had been part of the lesson plan...
Dude did invent quite a few things. He *does* deserve mention as a great inventor. You're right that Tesla is under-appreciated but that's no reason to beat down Edison.
I also stuff it in the cup holder and just listen to the auditory commands, if I'm using it for navigation. The screen *is* a distraction. If I want to study the route, I'll do it when the car isn't moving.
You're one person. Not all of us find an in-car map distracting. You don't want to use one, that's your choice. Don't force the rest of us to lose something we find very useful.
I swear, government must be run by the lowest common denominator.
Vote for Democrats, this is what you get... Vote for someone like Ron Paul and you won't have to worry about this stuff...
rare? today was the first time a measurable amount of snow was seen in the Portland, OR airport..ever.
This is not even close to true. We get measurable snow here in Portland most years....just not in late March.
Isn't this what the MPAA and RIAA have been trying to do with SOPA/PIPA and all these other bills? I guess it's only ok when they do it though.
Well said! Just like all the crap being pulled by Democrats/Leftists in Congress and the White House is the same crap they said the GOP should burn in hell for. The difference being that the Democrats own print and TV media so they stay quiet when the Dems do it.
God help those who do not help themselves. -- Wilson Mizner
