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75th Anniversary of Television

SpiceWare writes "In the summer of '21, Philo T. Farnsworth was struck by an inspiration after plowing a field. He transmitted the first television image six years later on September 7, 1927."

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  1. In 1927, when TV was invented . . . by Our+Man+In+Redmond · · Score: 4, Funny

    it was "one channel, and nothing good on."

    Things haven't really changed since then.

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  2. Sick by thelexx · · Score: 4, Funny

    This strikes me as being much like celebrating on the anniversary of Hiroshima, considering that tv was pretty much a cultural nuke. Ugh.

    LEXX

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  3. Re:Claimed by foobar104 · · Score: 5, Funny

    As an American you are no doubt some fat, ugly overweight child with a penchant for running a machine gun up and down your local school.

    You, sir, are obviously an idiot. The weapon of choice for rampaging through public high schools is the semi-automatic handgun. Its small size makes it easy to conceal under clothing or in a bag or backpack. Weapons that fire 9mm rounds present a good compromise between power and magazine capacity, but for real effectiveness against targets at close range, go for the .45.

    What a moron.

  4. Re:John Logie Baird in 1926 by Simon+Brooke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yup. Isn't it strange how the Americans were the first people in the world to invent everything, usually several years after we were using it here in Scotland?

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