>From what I've read, most of his "good" ideas he never wrote down, for fear they would be stolen.
If only Edison hadn't been such a selfish, insecure jerk, or the Fed Gov could have funded Tesla's research (and given him the tools he needed), who knows what we could have had. I think that $50,000 bonus Edison withheld was possibly the most shortsighted business move in history, bar none. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Michael Dinowitz < [email protected]> wrote: > > Any man who can save NY with a sledge hammer is to be respected. Of > course, he was the one who threatened NY with what amounted to a > tuning fork. > > If only we could go back in time, get him on some good mood > stabilizing drugs and see what else he would have done. That or find > all of his papers that the government illegally seized when he died. > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:57 PM, denstar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Jerry Johnson wrote: > > ... > >> If you like modern life, then you owe Tesla. Listen to him. And be nice > to a > >> pigeon today. > > > > Tesla is a bad-ass mofo, yo! > > > > Listen to Jerry, he speaks truth! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:312021 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
