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"Ratelle Washington" |
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26 Dec 2005 06:07:59 PM |
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Top 50 Gadgets; 40 Of Them Invented By African-Americans |
Lord have mercy. This strory should get widespread coverage on BET
during Black History Month because the white-dominated media has
buried it so far.
Ratelle
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20051224/tc_pcworld/123950
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.. We then rated the nominated gadgets for usefulness, design, degree
of innovation, influence on subsequent gadgets, and the "cool factor."
Here are the results. (For more on our 50 Greatest Gadgets project,
see the full story.)
Sony Walkman TPS-L2 (1979)
Apple iPod (2001)
(Tie) ReplayTV RTV2001 and TiVo HDR110 (1999)
PalmPilot 1000 (1996)
Sony CDP-101 (1982)
Motorola StarTAC (1996)
Atari Video Computer System (1977)
Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera (1972)
M-Systems DiskOnKey (2000)
Regency TR-1 (1954)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2000)
Motorola Razr V3 (2004)
Motorola PageWriter (1996)
BlackBerry 850 Wireless Handheld (1998)
Phonemate Model 400 (1971)
Texas Instruments Speak & Spell (1978)
Texas Instruments SR-10 (1973)
Diamond Multimedia Rio PMP300 %281998)
Sony Handycam DCR-VX1000 (1995)
Handspring Treo 600 (2003)
Zenith Space Command (1956)
Hamilton Pulsar (1972)
Kodak Instamatic 100 (1963)
MITS Altair 8800 (1975)
Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 (1983)
Nintendo Game Boy (1989)
Commodore 64 (1982)
Apple Newton MessagePad (1994)
Sony Betamax (1975)
Sanyo SCP-5300 (2002)
iRobot Roomba Intelligent Floorvac (2002)
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (1999)
Franklin Rolodex Electronics REX PC Companion (1997)
Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System 10 (1998)
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983)
Iomega Zip Drive (1995)
Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player (1978)
Milton Bradley Simon (1978)
Play, Inc Snappy Video Snapshot (1996)
Connectix QuickCam (1994)
BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator (1993)
Motorola Handie Talkie HT-220 Slimline (1969)
Polaroid Swinger (1965)
Sony Aibo ERS-110 (1999)
Sony Mavica MVC-FD5 (1997)
Learjet Stereo-8 (1965)
Timex/Sinclair 1000 (1982)
Sharp Wizard OZ-7000 (1989)
Jakks Pacific TV Games (2002)
Poqet PC Model PQ-0164 (1990)
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| User: "Chairman Mao" |
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| Title: Re: Top 50 Gadgets; 40 Of Them Invented By African-Americans |
02 Jan 2006 10:35:48 PM |
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All of these things invented by niggers?
Sorry don't think so...try again..
"Ratelle Washington" <rockin@work.org> wrote in message
news:43b085d6.44358812@News.NuthinButNews.com...
Lord have mercy. This strory should get widespread coverage on BET
during Black History Month because the white-dominated media has
buried it so far.
Ratelle
____________
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20051224/tc_pcworld/123950
(...)
. We then rated the nominated gadgets for usefulness, design, degree
of innovation, influence on subsequent gadgets, and the "cool factor."
Here are the results. (For more on our 50 Greatest Gadgets project,
see the full story.)
Sony Walkman TPS-L2 (1979)
Apple iPod (2001)
(Tie) ReplayTV RTV2001 and TiVo HDR110 (1999)
PalmPilot 1000 (1996)
Sony CDP-101 (1982)
Motorola StarTAC (1996)
Atari Video Computer System (1977)
Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera (1972)
M-Systems DiskOnKey (2000)
Regency TR-1 (1954)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2000)
Motorola Razr V3 (2004)
Motorola PageWriter (1996)
BlackBerry 850 Wireless Handheld (1998)
Phonemate Model 400 (1971)
Texas Instruments Speak & Spell (1978)
Texas Instruments SR-10 (1973)
Diamond Multimedia Rio PMP300 %281998)
Sony Handycam DCR-VX1000 (1995)
Handspring Treo 600 (2003)
Zenith Space Command (1956)
Hamilton Pulsar (1972)
Kodak Instamatic 100 (1963)
MITS Altair 8800 (1975)
Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 (1983)
Nintendo Game Boy (1989)
Commodore 64 (1982)
Apple Newton MessagePad (1994)
Sony Betamax (1975)
Sanyo SCP-5300 (2002)
iRobot Roomba Intelligent Floorvac (2002)
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (1999)
Franklin Rolodex Electronics REX PC Companion (1997)
Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System 10 (1998)
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983)
Iomega Zip Drive (1995)
Magnavox Magnavision Model 8000 DiscoVision Videodisc Player (1978)
Milton Bradley Simon (1978)
Play, Inc Snappy Video Snapshot (1996)
Connectix QuickCam (1994)
BellSouth/IBM Simon Personal Communicator (1993)
Motorola Handie Talkie HT-220 Slimline (1969)
Polaroid Swinger (1965)
Sony Aibo ERS-110 (1999)
Sony Mavica MVC-FD5 (1997)
Learjet Stereo-8 (1965)
Timex/Sinclair 1000 (1982)
Sharp Wizard OZ-7000 (1989)
Jakks Pacific TV Games (2002)
Poqet PC Model PQ-0164 (1990)
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| User: "Mark Fergerson" |
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| Title: Re: Top 50 Gadgets; 40 Of Them Invented By African-Americans |
30 Dec 2005 08:14:31 AM |
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Ratelle Washington wrote:
Lord have mercy. This strory should get widespread coverage on BET
during Black History Month because the white-dominated media has
buried it so far.
Ratelle
Assuming any of this has a basis in reality, are you suggesting that
consumer electronics is as black-dominated as say professional basketball?
Sorry, I really don't have time for racists.
Mark L. Fergerson
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| User: "Michael A. Terrell" |
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| Title: Re: Top 50 Gadgets; 40 Of Them Invented By African-Americans |
28 Dec 2005 03:22:37 PM |
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Ratelle Washington wrote:
Lord have mercy. This strory should get widespread coverage on BET
during Black History Month because the white-dominated media has
buried it so far.
Ratelle
____________
http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20051224/tc_pcworld/123950
(...)
. We then rated the nominated gadgets for usefulness, design, degree
of innovation, influence on subsequent gadgets, and the "cool factor."
Here are the results. (For more on our 50 Greatest Gadgets project,
see the full story.)
http://www.bellsystemmemorial.com/pdf/whitealice.pdf
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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.
Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
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| User: "Winfield Hill" |
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| Title: Re: Top 50 Gadgets; 40 Of Them Invented By African-Americans |
28 Dec 2005 04:52:04 PM |
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Michael A. Terrell wrote...
http://www.bellsystemmemorial.com/pdf/whitealice.pdf
Where you there? Is your picture in that 39MB document?
--
Thanks,
- Win
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| User: "Michael A. Terrell" |
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| Title: Re: Top 50 Gadgets; 40 Of Them Invented By African-Americans |
28 Dec 2005 05:51:49 PM |
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Winfield Hill wrote:
Michael A. Terrell wrote...
http://www.bellsystemmemorial.com/pdf/whitealice.pdf
Where you there? Is your picture in that 39MB document?
--
Thanks,
- Win
No, it was built before I got there, but is was an innovative
communication system for the time frame it was designed and built. I
did use it, though. It was expanded to feed Ft greely, and all of our
telephone, teletype and radio network feeds were delivered by that over
the horizon microwave system.
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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.
Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Top 50 Gadgets; 40 Of Them Invented By African-Americans |
26 Dec 2005 08:16:29 PM |
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Ratelle Washington wrote:
Lord have mercy. This strory should get widespread coverage on BET
during Black History Month because the white-dominated media has
buried it so far.
Ratelle
Umm.. actually the history of the Walkman is widely known. The idea of
a small pocket-sized cassete player came from Sony co-founder Masaru
Ibuka. With enthueastic support from his partner Akio Morita he pitched
the idea to Kozo Ohsone who was then head of Sony R&D. Ohsone's
philosophy is "try before you criticize" so, even with a lot of people
being skeptical, he assembled a team to develop the Walkman according
to Ibuka's specification. (also it was his boss's idea - what choice
did he have?).
So the Walkman was Ibuka's idea developed by Ohsone and marketed by
Morita. None of them were of African descent. And certainly none of
them were American.
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| User: "Winfield Hill" |
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| Title: Re: Top 50 Gadgets; 40 Of Them Invented By African-Americans |
27 Dec 2005 08:42:15 AM |
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wrote...
Ratelle Washington wrote:
Lord have mercy. This story should get widespread coverage on
BET during Black History Month because the white-dominated media
has buried it so far.
Umm.. actually the history of the Walkman is widely known. The idea of
a small pocket-sized cassete player came from Sony co-founder Masaru
Ibuka. With enthueastic support from his partner Akio Morita he pitched
the idea to Kozo Ohsone who was then head of Sony R&D. Ohsone's
philosophy is "try before you criticize" so, even with a lot of people
being skeptical, he assembled a team to develop the Walkman according
to Ibuka's specification. (also it was his boss's idea - what choice
did he have?).
So the Walkman was Ibuka's idea developed by Ohsone and marketed by
Morita. None of them were of African descent. And certainly none of
them were American.
Nope, that's wrong, it was invented by RCA, and sold to Sony,
http://news.com.com/5208-7355-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=11069&messageID=84727
Oops, wrong, it was invented by the prolific Jerome H. Lemelson,
http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/jerry.html
Whoa, that's wrong too, it was actually first invented by Brazilian
Andreas Pavel in 1972, who battled Sony for 25 years to finally get
$10M and full proper official recognition as the inventor in 2003.
(For those doing the math, Sony began selling the Walkman in 1979.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Pavel
"The settlement grants Pavel the recognition from Sony that he was
the original inventor of the Walkman; this apparently could only be
achieved after the death of Akio Morita, the founder of Sony and
previously-recognized creator of the personal stereo."
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/12/16/news/profile.php
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/17/international/americas/17pavel.html?
ex=1292475600&en=5f4f6a4c9731e289&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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Thanks,
- Win
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Top 50 Gadgets; 40 Of Them Invented By African-Americans |
28 Dec 2005 01:19:52 PM |
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I believe this person is an Afrocentrist and they are known to
streeeetch the truth.
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| User: "Stan de SD" |
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| Title: Re: Top 50 Gadgets; 40 Of Them Invented By African-Americans |
03 Jan 2006 06:38:34 AM |
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<sinebar@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:1135797592.365447.310470@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
I believe this person is an Afrocentrist and they are known to
streeeetch the truth.
Considering that a third of those products are from Japanese companies, I
tend to believe you...
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