[Phono-L] Len Spencer Talked at his own Funeral

good, me neither. sounded otherwise for a while. On Nov 21, 2007, at 6:11 PM, Rich wrote: > I am not the least bit worried. > > Peter Fraser wrote: >> again, with this sort of worry on your mind, perhaps it might be >> best for you to not use email or the Internet at all... >> On Nov 21, 2007,

[Phono-L] Last Con Edison Direct Current Customer Is History

All true and good, Douglas, but I think the exception is being taken to your theory that Edison didn't understand things he didn't embrace. We may never know why he resisted electric motors in phonographs or slower turntable speeds or the electric microphone, but there's no doubt whatsoever he

[Phono-L] Last Con Edison Direct Current Customer Is History

- Original Message - From: "Douglas Houston" To: "Antique Phonograph List" Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:08 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Last Con Edison Direct Current Customer Is History > > No need to get your backs arched, and claws drawn about Edison's > shortcomings. He had the

[Phono-L] Len Spencer Talked at his own Funeral

I am not the least bit worried. Peter Fraser wrote: > again, with this sort of worry on your mind, perhaps it might be best > for you to not use email or the Internet at all... > > On Nov 21, 2007, at 1:01 PM, Rich wrote: > >> And as you can see, the iPhone is not that nice either. I bet this

[Phono-L] Last Con Edison Direct Current Customer Is History

- Original Message - From: "Douglas Houston" To: "Antique Phonograph List" Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 2:52 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Last Con Edison Direct Current Customer Is History Edison was at a bad disadvantage in the area of power transmission. DC is easy to understand.

[Phono-L] Len Spencer Talked at his own Funeral

The Uneasy Silence story is just the usual paranoia. Here is the update (from http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=1041). It turns out there is nothing to worry about. "Update (2007-1120 09:25 ET): According to posts at Docpool and Heise Online (ViaGizmodo) ?these IDs are identical in all iPhon

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[Phono-L] Len Spencer Talked at his own Funeral

Once you register the NYT sets a tracking cookie on YOUR computer. So the next time you select a NYT story you bypass the registration page. tim venetis wrote: > i must be going to a different page i do not see registration page > - Original Message - From: "Peter Fraser" > To: "Antique

[Phono-L] Last Con Edison Direct Current Customer Is History

Edison was at a bad disadvantage in the area of power transmission. DC is easy to understand. Once you get Ohm's law and power law down, the DC world is yours! But AC is another animal, that makes you drown in mathematics, and that's what Edison couldn't grapple with. The senior year in electrical

[Phono-L] Len Spencer Talked at his own Funeral

On Nov 21, 2007, at 7:59 AM, Peter Fraser wrote: > and if you get a registration page, folks, well, just register. and > then you'll be able to see what is offered. registration may seem > like a privacy invasion of sorts but you can always give phony info > - all that is really needed is

[Phono-L] Len Spencer Talked at his own Funeral

remember that most of our membership is more comfortable with crank'n'spring technology than that of today. so use tinyurl.com for any long or complex urls, and check for any registration requirement on links you provide. and if you get a registration page, folks, well, just register. and

[Phono-L] Last Con Edison Direct Current Customer Is History

and this: Westinghouse responded angrily. "Yes, the alternating current will kill people. So will dynamite and whiskey." On Nov 21, 2007, at 7:51 AM, Peter Fraser wrote: > i think i remember a quote from TAE during the time he and > westinghouse were debating AC vs. DC in the public forum...

[Phono-L] Last Con Edison Direct Current Customer Is History

My apartment building powered its elevators with DC current until last year. Many years ago Con Edison supplied us with a transformer to turn AC current into DC current so they wouldn't have to supply us with the DC current, and then finally paid us to switch the elevators to AC current directl