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Re:The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985) by dankohn1 on Sunday January 25, 2015 @08:21AM (#8942853)
The origin of that story is Charles Steinmetz, and it involves Henry Ford, a $10,000 invoice and placing a X in chalk. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charles-proteus-steinm...
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Re:The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985) by baha_man on Sunday January 25, 2015 @08:52AM (#8942907)
According to Snopes[1]:

"Practically anyone famous for his knowledge can be offered up as the virtuoso in this tale... Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, George Washington, the electrical genius Charles Proteus Steinmetz... How long this story has been around is a mystery."

http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/where.asp

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Re:The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985) by BuildTheRobots on Sunday January 25, 2015 @06:51PM (#8944756)
> One Friday afternoon in 1921, Steinmetz hopped in his electric car and headed off for a weekend at...

Whu?

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Re:The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985) by NeverEnough on Monday January 26, 2015 @12:09AM (#8945601)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car#Golden_age

"In 1900, 40% of American automobiles were powered by steam, 38% by electricity, and 22% by gasoline.[19]"

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Re:The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985) by BuildTheRobots on Monday January 26, 2015 @08:09AM (#8946789)
Well, that's absolutely blown my mind -thank you.

Now I just want to know how they were dealing with power storage...

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Re:The Parable of the Two Programmers (1985) by jvanloov on Monday January 26, 2015 @09:59AM (#8947275)
Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Jamais_Contente
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