> cotton gin, powered flight, cheap automobiles and other > inventions or innovations.
Totally changing the subject (but that's ok here, right? ;), didn't we steal the cotton gin, though? I seem to remember hearing that an Englishman memorized the layout and then built one over here. Or am I thinking of something else? Although, we shouldn't call it stealing - taking my cue from M$, I'll say we "Embraced and enhanced the cotton gin!" -RC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
