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Living on Internet Time... Like Thomas Edison Did

Posted by chrisd on from the love-the-automatic-hammer dept.

securitas writes: "If you think that dotcommers are the first people to live on Internet time, then take a trip to the 19th century (NYT Story, here's a Yahoo link). Thomas Edison had 10,000 researchers and scientists working at his Menlo Park labs, who slept on their desks, and had the same problems pleasing the investment community as today's tech companies. The result? Over 1000 patents and many inventions that we take for granted today."

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  1. Bad slashbot. by saintlupus · · Score: 2, Funny

    The result? Over 1000 patents and many inventions that we take for granted today.

    Bad slashbot. Patents are always evil. You are not correctly disseminating RMSthought or ESRspeak.

    Time for re-ned-ucation!

    --saint

  2. Sure he got a lot done. by beamdriver · · Score: 4, Funny
    See how much work your techies can get do when they can't surf for pr0n all day.

    Imagine of they had the Internet back in Edison's day.

    "Hey, did you invent that light bulb yet"

    "Sorry boss, I spent all day downloading 'Naughty Knickers 6'"

  3. I tried this once! by colonelteddy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Trying to keep up with Edison, who survived on little sleep and recharged with catnaps on top of his desk,

    Reading this in one of the physics labs at uni. I decided this method might be the way to increase my grades and come up with that pesky solution, I mean, if it worked for such an obviously great inventor and man as Edison, surely it oculd do something for me!

    So of course, I curled up on one of the benches in the labs, for a quick nap. let me suggest: DONT DO THIS! they dont like having students sleeping on their equipment.


    .... of course, the very blurry hologram of my big toe is rather amusing

    --
    c - a blessed +5 grain of salt
  4. In 50 years.. by insta · · Score: 2, Funny

    We'll be regarding the "one click" patent as the greatest innovation of mandkind!
    Just you wait.

  5. One thing Edison DIDN'T invent... by dimator · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...was the electric hammer!

    --
    python -c "x='python -c %sx=%s; print x%%(chr(34),repr(x),chr(34))%s'; print x%(chr(34),repr(x),chr(34))"
  6. What about...? by mudder · · Score: 2, Funny

    They didn't mention two of Edison's most famous inventions, the automatic hammer, and the 6-legged chair.

  7. Re:Internet Time is a Misnomer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

  8. Re:Where's the connection? by Nightpaw · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unless you call revolutionizing the distribution of pornography a spectacular human achievement, there's nothing approaching what Edison accomplished here.

    Who are you?

  9. Re:Internet Time is a Misnomer by ryanvm · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're high right now - right?

  10. Re:list of patents by 198348726583297634 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I believe the proper phrase is:

    truly an american icon

  11. Re:Million-Nerd March by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A several-dozen nerd march.

    Raymond can show up this time as R2D2. I think even with the price of VA stock he can get a kitchen trash can at WalMart for ten bucks or so.