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Re:Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares ... by jakderrida on Sunday January 21, 2024 @07:18PM (#39084514)
1966?? So, like, pretty much all the world-changing, paradigm-shifting revelations were in West Village?

So, while working with Verizon, they falsely claimed it to be Basking Ridge, NJ (which they bought and boasted as the Brains of Bell to invoke a symbolic victory of sorts) until I found out they were either lying or swindled and it was another place in Jersey. Yet again, I find out from you that it was just another fake "Brains of Bell".

Even though I feel used once again, I do appreciate your post.

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Re:Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares ... by hnu234 on Sunday January 21, 2024 @08:25PM (#39084971)
> 1966?? So, like, pretty much all the world-changing, paradigm-shifting revelations were in West Village?

No. Unix, C, C++, etc were in nj.

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Re:Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares ... by Projectiboga on Sunday January 21, 2024 @10:20PM (#39085799)
There was a Bell Lab in the now Westbeth artists housing, named for one of its corners, West and Bethune st, which opened in 1970 or so. https://untappedcities.com/2017/02/27/inside-westbeth-artist...
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Re:Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares ... by bmer on Monday January 22, 2024 @01:16AM (#39086873)
Yeah, but those aren't world-changing, paradigm-shifting revelations. Arguably, they're just ruts the world got caught in. Hopefully we'll be out soon.
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Re:Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares ... by ascagnel_ on Monday January 22, 2024 @11:34PM (#39099689)
Verizon’s current HQ (which is in Basking Ridge) used to be AT&T’s corporate HQ; as far as I’m aware, no significant Bell Labs work was ever done there, and Verizon has never had any legacy with Bell Labs.
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Re:Remembering Bell Labs as legendary idea factory prepares ... by jakderrida on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @06:00AM (#39101842)
You know what? You might be right. However, Verizon seemed to pitch it as some sort of "brain" when I was there. At least, they definitely implied the transistor originated there. But thank you for clarification. Always appreciated.
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