tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post4337199228182006308..comments2024-02-28T22:03:57.237-05:00Comments on The Automatic Earth: The World's First No.1 HitIlargihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09698428009501267664noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-28454128878616281672008-03-31T11:06:00.000-04:002008-03-31T11:06:00.000-04:00As a engineer, I feel compelled to point out that ...As a engineer, I feel compelled to point out that an invention need not be "useful" to be an invention. The above commentators are correct, the ability to record sound does not require a functioning playback methodology. <BR/>Those are two different heads (and buttons) even in modern recording equipment. Two entirely separate functions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-82431639728084157182008-03-31T10:53:00.000-04:002008-03-31T10:53:00.000-04:00Hardly lies. Edison knew the invention is useless...Hardly lies. Edison knew the invention is useless without a playback method.<BR/><BR/>Potters were leaving fingerprint recordings for millennia before somebody realized they could be "played back" to reveal the identity of the potter.<BR/><BR/>I'm reminded of Bronowski's observation in the Ascent of Man that while French artisans were making windup toys for the elite, British engineers were The Lizardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044779666881689690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-86583098601189895272008-03-31T09:18:00.000-04:002008-03-31T09:18:00.000-04:00Yet another example of Edison getting credit he di...Yet another example of Edison getting credit he did not deserve.<BR/><BR/>To anonymous #1:<BR/><BR/>Um, no. Your argument would be credible if you had some sort of relevant example. Dinosaurs were not trying to make a record of their passing, anymore than Rembrandt intended to make an audio recording with painting to be used as the medium.<BR/><BR/>Scott intended to make an audio recording, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-74387344313793045582008-03-31T06:29:00.000-04:002008-03-31T06:29:00.000-04:00From Anonymous to Anonymous above: which part of t...From Anonymous to Anonymous above: which part of the word "recording" did you not understand ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-76014569290081889222008-03-31T04:29:00.000-04:002008-03-31T04:29:00.000-04:00Sorry I have to disagree - for this to count as th...Sorry I have to disagree - for this to count as the earliest recording the inventor would have to provide a means of playback using the technology of the day and he did not. Don`t forget dinosaurs made a record of their passing, shall we count this as the earliest recording? Even Rembrandt, while moving his brush across a painting, spoke to his assistant, this would have modulated the brush Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4921988708619968880.post-28398456645406135012008-03-30T23:01:00.000-04:002008-03-30T23:01:00.000-04:00Cool link, thanks! What an amazing thing, to hear...Cool link, thanks! What an amazing thing, to hear a voice from nearly 150 years ago that has basically lived in soot on a piece of paper all that time. <BR/><BR/>We apparently learn *a lot* of things that just aren't so. I'm reading a book right now called "Lies My Teacher Told Me." It's a good cross section of some of the "less than accurate" spots in traditional American history, but I'm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com