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The First Phone Call Was 133 Years Ago
magacious writes "March 10 is the 133rd anniversary of the first telephone call. It occurred between Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant Thomas Watson back on this day in 1876. But there is some debate about whether Bell is actually the rightful owner of the crown for such invention. Having worked on the idea of transmitting speech using electricity for some time, Bell filed his patent on 14 February 1876, either just before or just after his main rival for the title of inventor of the telephone, Elisha Gray, filed his own. Bell won the patent and Gray died in obscurity."
Yay for Doctor Who!
scary. opens the window for many who have lost nearly all, & are still paying attention (cheap enough) to recoup a few more pennies on the $.
why must the last of our dwindling dough be siphoned into the wall street of deceit betting pool, with short sellers, & folks from other countries, taking it all home at the end of the day?
as some things are clearly changing, other failed processes are being clung to as though our lives/well being depended on them. very misleading, as the total opposite is closer to the facts. the disproportionate allocation of assets has not changed... yet.
please do not be confused between 'religion' & being spiritual. taking care of each other is our purpose here. somehow that's become background noise to the greed/fear/ego based trappings of man'kind'.
Every day Obama is announcing some new initiative. *YAWN* Press announcements are not results. Wake me when there's some actual legislation on the table. Meanwhile, his buddy Tim Geitner, the tax-dodger who was supposed to be a financial Doogie Howser and the only man who could save us, has yet to present a clear plan as to how the government is going to fix the banking system, and the stock market has punished him accordingly. I love how Obama built up expectations for Geitner, only to discover that he basically had no plan. Classic! These two guys are fucking clueless!