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by zotz 14y ago
> Frankly I doubt Morgan ever explained his real reasoning to any journalists or authors The proof is in the pudding, imo. Morgan also backed Edison's company (Edison General Electric, which later became General Electric). Morgan, via E
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by zotz 14y ago
The discussion was about wireless transmission of power. It was stated that it was impossible. It's a reality. I'm refraining from further conversation. Good evening.
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by zotz 14y ago
The claim was that wireless is "junk". Soljačić proved it's not.
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by zotz 14y ago
Marin Soljačić might disagree. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin_Soljačić
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by zotz 14y ago
You've read enough of Tesla's diaries to know that?
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by zotz 14y ago
They are to the underwriters that defended them at $38. : )
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by zotz 14y ago
"If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. ... I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theo
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by zotz 14y ago
Tesla was far smarter than Edison was. Tesla's biggest mistake was allowing himself to work for JP Morgan. Morgan didn't want that wireless junk ("Where do you put the meter?") and was happy to let Tesla work himself into obscurity while th
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by zotz 14y ago
Tesla used to work for Edison.
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*nix Commands Unique to OS X/Darwin(matisse.net)
1 points by zotz 14y ago|0 comments
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by zotz 14y ago
Security and its abuses, in all forms, should always be of interest at a place called Hacker News. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html : "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking
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Does this 4-year-old girl look like a gun-wielding terrorist?(wect.com)
1 points by zotz 14y ago|2 comments
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StormFS: Mount Amazon s3 as a local filesystem(stormfs.org)
4 points by zotz 14y ago|0 comments
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by zotz 14y ago
"Titter" is a word having nothing to do with gender. "None could laugh, though the Ape-man had a chattering titter." The Island of Doctor Moreau, HG Wells
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by zotz 14y ago
You beat me to it. I only know Cameron from his work and his mailing list. His Retrobits site is a kick: http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/
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Repo Man director: “The studios...are pretty clearly a criminal enterprise”(torrentfreak.com)
2 points by zotz 14y ago|0 comments
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Leaving Facebook(thefutureofpublishing.com)
1 points by zotz 14y ago|0 comments
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by zotz 14y ago
Wow. Will it kill civilians and crash like the original?
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by zotz 14y ago
No Edward Gorey? http://www.fuddytv.com/blog/books/edward-gorey-and-his-alpha...
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USB Typewriter: A groundbreaking advancement in the field of obsolescence.(usbtypewriter.com)
35 points by zotz 14y ago|18 comments
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by zotz 14y ago
> Dictatorship? Hyperbole maybe... Not in the least. It's a very real possibility.
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NoPlainText: One time, browser-encrypted messaging(noplaintext.com)
44 points by zotz 14y ago|38 comments
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by zotz 14y ago
A city-state of Eternal September basement dwellers does not strike me as a viable nation.
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by zotz 14y ago
Don't kid yourself. Obama and Romney are owned by the same interests. All users of the internet are threatened by any politician that is backed by Daddy Warbucks Inc.
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Visualizing The Banks' $228 Trillion Derivatives Exposure(demonocracy.info)
1 points by zotz 14y ago|0 comments
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by zotz 14y ago
Recorded music is already free with a bit torrent client.
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by zotz 14y ago
I must disagree. Altucher belongs on HN. "I do this with all sincerity. I priced the book as little as I could (99 cents) and it’s even free for Amazon Prime members. Any meager money I make on this will be donated to whatever foundation I
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Seniors get the TSA runaround, lose $300(detroitnews.com)
2 points by zotz 14y ago|0 comments
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by zotz 14y ago
Up until recently, us non-sociopaths used to have a little more recourse, in the US anyway. The past ten years have changed all that. Very little wiggle room to escape them conventionally anymore. We have to resort to more and more extreme
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Sociopathy Is Running the US - Part Two(caseyresearch.com)
2 points by zotz 14y ago|2 comments

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