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Where Are The Edges Of Today's Technology World?

Posted by timothy on from the cold-fusion dept.

Veeru writes "As mentioned on Nova, my great-great-grandfather Amos Ives Root published the first eye witness account of the Wright Brothers flight almost 100 years ago. Scientific American had rejected his article as 'unbelievable' and 'having no practical application'. The secretive Wright Brothers allowed Amos to publish the article in his own Gleanings Bee magazine instead. Because of his objective account, other experimenters may not have received the credit they deserved. I recently realized that Amos was intent on investigating the highest tech advances of the day and that the airplane was the most advanced phenomenon he could find. If Amos were alive today, what obscure technology would he be pursuing?"

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  1. Hello?? by rampant+mac · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "If Amos were alive today, what obscure technology would he be pursuing?"

    perfecting web cookies?

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  2. Funny thing about that rejection by WindBourne · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    I see articles rejected here all the time, and then several days later they show up. Things have not changed.

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  3. What technology!?! by frank_adrian314159 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why, the use of Slahdot to display goatse.cx, of course!

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  4. How about this? by Ghoest · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I'm creating a Gibsonian cyberspace over here. Slashdot wasn't interested in the story; I guess they are turned off by press releases or small time developers.

    There's a report in this gaming journal (I am a former tactical game designer/developer).

    Let me know what you guys think. I know a GUI based cyberspace isn't any more useful then the current indexing/text version, but man is it loads of fun.

  5. Re:Is obscurity still possible? by MisterFancypants · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The GPL is gay and so are you.