Attaboy
Anyone who spends 5 minutes looking at the history of these inventions can be pretty sure of it. See:
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm
Readers of his patent applications can replicate the devices. And telephones are not equipped with self-destruct devices to protect the "sensible" info concealed in their guts. In spite of omitting this precaution Edison made money. Lots of it!
Why didn't "big money" stop him, to protect its investment in existing technology like the telegraph? And for that matter why was the telegraph not earlier suppressed by "big money" to protect its investments in the Pony Express, and tying messages to pigeons' legs? Because the telegraph WORKS.
Electric lighting works too.
Attention on the right kind of things that work - that's the key, seemingly.
The gas interests were quite unable to suppress the new light. They competed with it by introducing improved gas mantles, cooking hobs, water heaters etc., to retain their customers.
The seven systems were:
Quite so!
So J.P.M. - and if there was ever "big money" he was it! - didn't stifle the electric light at birth - he embraced it (because it works), and he and its inventor made millions.
And as to with the cinematograph .... But enough. We see the picture. Why is the history of cold fusion so different? Because it doesn't work; it can't be reproduced, it's not reliable.
Not because it's being suppressed by malevolent all powerful big money manipulators.
Anyone who spends 5 minutes looking at the history of these inventions can be pretty sure of it. See:
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bledison.htm
Readers of his patent applications can replicate the devices. And telephones are not equipped with self-destruct devices to protect the "sensible" info concealed in their guts. In spite of omitting this precaution Edison made money. Lots of it!
Why didn't "big money" stop him, to protect its investment in existing technology like the telegraph? And for that matter why was the telegraph not earlier suppressed by "big money" to protect its investments in the Pony Express, and tying messages to pigeons' legs? Because the telegraph WORKS.
Electric lighting works too.
Attention on the right kind of things that work - that's the key, seemingly.
The gas interests were quite unable to suppress the new light. They competed with it by introducing improved gas mantles, cooking hobs, water heaters etc., to retain their customers.
The seven systems were:
Quite so!
So J.P.M. - and if there was ever "big money" he was it! - didn't stifle the electric light at birth - he embraced it (because it works), and he and its inventor made millions.
And as to with the cinematograph .... But enough. We see the picture. Why is the history of cold fusion so different? Because it doesn't work; it can't be reproduced, it's not reliable.
Not because it's being suppressed by malevolent all powerful big money manipulators.
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