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Thomas Edison Technology
Posted on 11/15/22 at 10:18 pm
Posted on 11/15/22 at 10:18 pm
Can we go back to some basic technology like what Thomas Edison created? All this new stuff is junk.
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Posted on 11/16/22 at 9:53 am to LSUSportsFan2000
How do you feel about DC current?
Posted on 11/16/22 at 1:59 pm to LSUSportsFan2000
This is staggeringly absurd, and actually a bit ironic, being nearly every one of Edison’s “inventions” were actually iterations on existing technology 
Posted on 11/20/22 at 4:00 pm to Joshjrn
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This is staggeringly absurd, and actually a bit ironic, being nearly every one of Edison’s “inventions” were actually iterations on existing technology
Every invention is an improvement utilizing existing knowledge in a slightly different way. It's like climbing a ladder, each step gets you higher with more rungs supporting what you do.
Posted on 11/20/22 at 4:23 pm to ZydecoTigah
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Every invention is an improvement utilizing existing knowledge in a slightly different way. It's like climbing a ladder, each step gets you higher with more rungs supporting what you do.
While true in a grand sense, Edison’s “inventions” were true iterations, or maybe more clearly stated as improvements, on existing inventions. His talent was understanding how to modify an existing invention to make it more commercially viable, or even commercially viable at all.
Posted on 11/20/22 at 4:29 pm to LSUSportsFan2000
Who is thomas Edison?
Posted on 11/20/22 at 9:42 pm to Joshjrn
It's sometimes hard to understand the concept of 2 different types of stones accidently being struck together and causing a spark by prehistoric men (or women!) could lead to the electronic wonderland we currently live in. Cogs in the wheel.
Posted on 11/20/22 at 11:21 pm to LSUSportsFan2000
quote:I get what you mean, but I think back in the day things were not as reliable as we sometimes imagine them to be. The "junk" we use today is probably ten times more reliable and a hundred times cheaper. And we have a thousand times more options for things to *not* buy.
Can we go back to some basic technology like what Thomas Edison created? All this new stuff is junk.
Posted on 11/24/22 at 9:45 am to LSUSportsFan2000
Side note, if you have the chance to go to the Edison/Ford winter estate in Ft Meyers Fl, it’s worth a stop in.
Posted on 11/24/22 at 10:27 am to ithad2bme
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if you have the chance to go to the Edison/Ford winter estate in Ft Meyers Fl, it’s worth a stop in.
Never saw that, but Menlo Park in Greenfield Village is another worthy destination.
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