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Amen to that. Edison and Westinghouse were not the heroes we make them out to be.

readymade wrote:I grew up about 10 minutes from Tesla's ill fated Wardenclyffe Tower. The distinctive metal "cage" at the top was long gone but the building remains to this day and they're trying to save it. The more you learn about Tesla, the less you respect about Edison.

SuperNinja wrote:Why do schools keep insisting on brainwashing people by teaching about edison, but not Tesla?

If you read the Wikipedia article on Tesla, you see he was more theory than practice, and in his later years, more showman than anything. I love how he thought he received messages from Mars though and kept a mundane piece of equipment in a box that was supposed to contain his fabled 'death ray'.

He started with sound, good ideas, but as other inventors brought their competing inventions to market time and time again, he became more dreamer than inventor. Dreaming is great for inventing, but only if those dreams are realized.

Pufferfishy wrote:

Funny that you posted this; ANYtime I see something about Nikola Tesla, I think of this song...and then I completely rock out for ~ 5 minutes!

It's always a good day on Woot when there's a Radscoolian design. ^__^

+1 for the Warehouse 13 fans, too.

wootpapa wrote:If you read the Wikipedia article on Tesla, you see he was more theory than practice, and in his later years, more showman than anything. I love how he thought he received messages from Mars though and kept a mundane piece of equipment in a box that was supposed to contain his fabled 'death ray'.

He started with sound, good ideas, but as other inventors brought their competing inventions to market time and time again, he became more dreamer than inventor. Dreaming is great for inventing, but only if those dreams are realized.

That kind of argument is usually a good answer for the things that your average crazy nut-job might dream up.
But Nikola wasn't the average crazy nut-job. The ideas he came up with can't be dismissed that easily. The average nut-job does not leave an impact on society like Nikola did.
And the failure of an invention is not always due to a problem with the invention itself. There are outside influences that can keep inventions from being successful, as Nikola found out.

Super cool! Thanks for the votes!
Clearly, Tesla was the right choice for Bella.

saquack wrote:I named my second son after Tesla. Not that you care, but I thought I'd share.

didn't you name your first son after tesla as well? I mean, he died like 70 years ago, so unless your son is more than 70 years old, he pretty much would have had to be named after tesla was gone.

So glad this one printed... I was sad for days when it didn't win before...

skou wrote:OK, Nicola Tesla did NOT invent the movie. Thomas Edison did.

Guys why are fighting about immegrants? Edison was from Canada. Tesla was from Austria.

Edison wanted DC. Tesla wanted AC. What do we have? Looks like the prize goes to Nicola.

'Nough said!

steve

Tesla was from Yugoslavia/Serbia you fool!

Bummer, I need a WS. Hopefully it sticks around long enough in the Top for the black WS to come back in.

floppyturtle wrote:Is there a reason women's small is unavailable?

Yes, why??

Coolest woot shirt I have seen in a while

In for a shirt, but would rather have a hoodie

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LOVING this shirt! My kid is so excited to get it, I ordered it overnight so he can wear it to school this week. This is one of our most fav woot shirts so far! Woohoo Woot!

To the artist: You've got a knack there, start crankin' out more shirts why don't you?? :-)

I wanted to name our first child after Tesla, wife hasn't agreed yet... I have until July 2ndish to convince her.