At 11:05 AM 12/31/01 -0800, you wrote:
OB_CC: That makes the old Apple ad exceptionally
out of line. Apple's ad
said that if Edison were to have had an Apple, he could have simulated
everything, instead of actually having to try things out in his
workshop. Would he?
Edison was much more a technition than an inventor. He took other peoples
unique ideas and made working units.
He had a few flops too!
His pre-fab concrete homes were a failure. Pour cement in this home
sized
mold and out comes a home! His real invention was inventing 'inventing'.
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Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *