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Jumping to conclusions is dangerous.
Unfortunately it is not an Olympic event.
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On similar lines : - "It is impossible for heavier-than-air machines to fly" - Lord Kelvin in 1895. - "Everything that needs to be invented has been invented" - Commissioner of the US Patent office in 1899.
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On similar lines : - "It is impossible for heavier-than-air machines to fly" - Lord Kelvin in 1895. - "Everything that needs to be invented has been invented" - Commissioner of the US Patent office in 1899.
re/ the 2nd Wikipedia provides some discussion.
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Don't believe anything Clifford Stoll or Robert Metcalfe says. Half of the predictions are by them and they're all very wrong :~ The last one about snow being a thing of the past is slowly becoming truth. We used to have snow every winter when I was younger. We now have it maybe a few days per year and not nearly as much.
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On similar lines : - "It is impossible for heavier-than-air machines to fly" - Lord Kelvin in 1895. - "Everything that needs to be invented has been invented" - Commissioner of the US Patent office in 1899.
Amarnath S wrote:
Everything that needs to be invented has been invented
Absolutely correct.
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On similar lines : - "It is impossible for heavier-than-air machines to fly" - Lord Kelvin in 1895. - "Everything that needs to be invented has been invented" - Commissioner of the US Patent office in 1899.
Amarnath S wrote:
"Everything that needs to be invented has been invented"
Problem with that one is: a) Everybody's needs are different b) As things are being invented, new needs will invariably arise I agree with that one being short-sighted. OTOH, I would also agree that more and more "inventions" nowadays seem dumber than ever.
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Apparently I do not understand the importance of the distinction. Wikipedia reports the term as a misrepresentation. Ok. But so what. That merely alters the inquiry. If the bait is swallowed one will find no misrepresentation only numerous brief humorous articles re/ internet from which the title is quoted.
BernardIE5317 wrote:
numerous brief humorous articles re/ internet
You could add that as a synopsis in the post as to why someone (not me) might want to click the link.
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Amarnath S wrote:
"Everything that needs to be invented has been invented"
Problem with that one is: a) Everybody's needs are different b) As things are being invented, new needs will invariably arise I agree with that one being short-sighted. OTOH, I would also agree that more and more "inventions" nowadays seem dumber than ever.
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dandy72 wrote:
I would also agree that more and more "inventions" nowadays seem dumber than ever
Myself I don't see much competition now with 'Ronco' gadgets of the past.
Well, you simply can't improve on some things, like the Pocket Fisherman[^] for example. :laugh:
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Amarnath S wrote:
Everything that needs to be invented has been invented
Absolutely correct.
With perhaps the exception of zero pollution manufacturing honest politicians and of course teleportation from my cozy home in Antarctica to my job on one of the moons of Jupiter.
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With perhaps the exception of zero pollution manufacturing honest politicians and of course teleportation from my cozy home in Antarctica to my job on one of the moons of Jupiter.
... and Windows 14.
