In article <MPG.107905ecb9b1e91d9896e5 at nntp.mindspring.com>, qed at pobox.com (Paul Hsieh) wrote:
>>I mean who are you going to compare against? Edison? According to some
>history books, he spent a few years searching for what ended up being
>Tungsten. But the truth is, he commissioned lots of people to do that
>actual hunting, and he did not envision that amount of time it would take
>to find it from the outset. Furthermore, I don't think he expended a lot
>of mental energy looking for it.
>
That leads me to another nominee: Henry Ford, generally considered to
be the father of mass production. But again, this may be the recency
effect.
- Gerry
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gerryq at indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
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