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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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