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From: Phat Bytestard on 30 Jul 2006 14:12 On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:40:25 +0100, Fred Abse <excretatauris(a)cerebrumconfus.it> Gave us: >On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:22:49 +0000, Phat Bytestard wrote: > >> OK. If you're so smart... being in Italy... tell me who invented >> the telephone. > >I ain't in Italy. Never been there. > >Neither was Antonio Meucci (sp?), whom some credit with the first >demonstration. I believe he lived in Cuba. He was from Italy, and MOVED to Cuba. Nice that you got it right though. And it was not "some credit". It was his invention, stolen by A.G.Bell and his employers. Proven by the patent office, and the fully documented conspiracy within it at the time. http://www.italianhistorical.org/MeucciStory.htm You email addy suggested Italy.
From: Jim Thompson on 30 Jul 2006 14:15 On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:12:50 GMT, Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org> wrote: >On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:40:25 +0100, Fred Abse ><excretatauris(a)cerebrumconfus.it> Gave us: > >>On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:22:49 +0000, Phat Bytestard wrote: >> >>> OK. If you're so smart... being in Italy... tell me who invented >>> the telephone. >> >>I ain't in Italy. Never been there. >> >>Neither was Antonio Meucci (sp?), whom some credit with the first >>demonstration. I believe he lived in Cuba. > > He was from Italy, and MOVED to Cuba. > > Nice that you got it right though. And it was not "some credit". >It was his invention, stolen by A.G.Bell and his employers. >Proven by the patent office, and the fully documented conspiracy >within it at the time. > >http://www.italianhistorical.org/MeucciStory.htm > > > You email addy suggested Italy. Meucci is even mentioned in "Godfather III" ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: tapwater on 30 Jul 2006 21:06 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. He (and the society that rewarded him) was the popularizer that did all the real work involved in putting a telephone in peoples houses. I am a "Meucci", I know a few "Meucci"s, and none of us are willing to play the game that Bell did. That game is what it really takes to push a crazy idea into popular use. I will give Bell ALL the credit for doing what we "Meucci"s could never do. Without some "Bell", a "Meucci" is useless, and won't even be a web page. Now where can I find a "Bell" to steal my stuff? Please? "Fred Abse" <excretatauris(a)cerebrumconfus.it> wrote in message news:pan.2006.07.30.17.37.46.231423(a)cerebrumconfus.it... > On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:22:49 +0000, Phat Bytestard wrote: > > > OK. If you're so smart... being in Italy... tell me who invented > > the telephone. > > I ain't in Italy. Never been there. > > Neither was Antonio Meucci (sp?), whom some credit with the first > demonstration. I believe he lived in Cuba. > > -- > "Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference > is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more > durable; the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it." > (Stephen Leacock)
From: John Fields on 31 Jul 2006 02:31 On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:06:41 GMT, <tapwater(a)roomtemperature.deg> wrote: >Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. He (and the society that >rewarded him) was the popularizer that did all the real work involved in >putting a telephone in peoples houses. I am a "Meucci", I know a few >"Meucci"s, and none of us are willing to play the game that Bell did. That >game is what it really takes to push a crazy idea into popular use. I will >give Bell ALL the credit for doing what we "Meucci"s could never do. Without >some "Bell", a "Meucci" is useless, and won't even be a web page. Now where >can I find a "Bell" to steal my stuff? Please? --- A Meucci you ain't. A Bell you ain't. You have nothing worth stealing. End of story. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: Michael A. Terrell on 31 Jul 2006 03:41
John Fields wrote: > > On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:06:41 GMT, <tapwater(a)roomtemperature.deg> > wrote: > > >Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. He (and the society that > >rewarded him) was the popularizer that did all the real work involved in > >putting a telephone in peoples houses. I am a "Meucci", I know a few > >"Meucci"s, and none of us are willing to play the game that Bell did. That > >game is what it really takes to push a crazy idea into popular use. I will > >give Bell ALL the credit for doing what we "Meucci"s could never do. Without > >some "Bell", a "Meucci" is useless, and won't even be a web page. Now where > >can I find a "Bell" to steal my stuff? Please? > > --- > A Meucci you ain't. > > A Bell you ain't. Well, he is a DING-DONG. :( > You have nothing worth stealing. > > End of story. > > -- > John Fields > Professional Circuit Designer -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |