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Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
edited 2009-04-15 20:26 in General Discussion
I just noticed that Parallax is on Menlo Drive. Is this any coloration to 'The Wizard'?

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Post Edited (Mike2545) : 4/9/2009 1:25:03 AM GMT

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  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-04-10 12:31
    Ok, for those of you who don't know who I am refering to, The Wizard of Menlo park was :Thomas A. Edison. You know the guy who holds some of the patents that changed the world & how we live.

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  • Beau SchwabeBeau Schwabe Posts: 6,568
    edited 2009-04-10 15:52
    Mike2545,

    That "Meno Park" is in New Jersey and I don't believe that there is in any way a relation to "Menlo Drive"

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  • RiJoRiRiJoRi Posts: 157
    edited 2009-04-10 17:46
    Ah, but if you halt your car on Menlo Drive, and turn the engine off, don't you have a Menlo park? jumpin.gif

    --Rich
    (We need a "barfin' smiley" REAL BAD!! yeah.gif )
  • Mike2545Mike2545 Posts: 433
    edited 2009-04-10 17:58
    Beau, I realize that Edison was in NJ and you guys are in CA. I was wondering if Parallax chose the street because of the connection or its just a coincedence.

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  • PhilldapillPhilldapill Posts: 1,283
    edited 2009-04-10 18:37
    I, for one, hope it's only a coincidence. Edison and Parallax are nothing alike. Parallax is a great company with a REAL brain at the helm, while Edison... Well, it's impolite to use the words I want to use for him, on this forum.

    [noparse]:)[/noparse]

    EDIT: A little off topic, but another "great", which was kind of a jackass - Newton. Seriously, who has a bust made of themself, FOR themself? I bet Edison and Newton are best bud's "up there".

    Post Edited (Philldapill) : 4/10/2009 6:44:10 PM GMT
  • Carl HayesCarl Hayes Posts: 841
    edited 2009-04-12 02:10
    I have great respect for Parallax and its principals, but it would be at best na
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2009-04-12 02:59
    Well, at least you didn't credit Newton with the invention of calculus. (Everyone knows it was Leibniz.) devil.gif

    Perhaps Edison's greatest claim to infamy was the filmed electrocution of an elephant to demonstrate the "dangers" of alternating current. (I'm sure PETA would've torched his lab for that egregious act, had they been around.) Yet, it was only in 2007 that Con Edison ceased providing DC power to its few remaining users, providing them with AC-to-DC converters. (Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents)

    BTW, Menlo Drive may derive from Menlo Park, California (est. 1854). The name seems to have spread from there to numerous California byways and landmarks.

    -Phil
  • PhilldapillPhilldapill Posts: 1,283
    edited 2009-04-12 03:49
    Carl, you're right... Nice quip, btw.

    But really, who has a bust commisioned, and gives it to "himself". Dang. Now you've got me second guessing my grammar.

    I haven't met the guy. I know that he DID think outside the box, especially for his time. Aside from the famous quotes of his, I've read things that suggest he was very proud of his accomplishments, which like you said, he deserves praise for. The whole bust thing just makes me laugh. That's taking it a LITTLE too far... It's only gravity and motion for crying out loud... [noparse]:)[/noparse]
  • Carl HayesCarl Hayes Posts: 841
    edited 2009-04-12 04:31
    In Newton's time it was very common for people·of note to commission paintings of themselves -- almost every portrait that has come down to us originated in that way.· So, why not a bust?· It may perhaps have been a common alternative.

    It was considered a duty of the wealthy to support artists by commissioning works from them.·

    It isn't unknown today, either.· Do you know, there actually are portrait studios in a great many shopping malls?· Preposterous!· Who would even want to associate with someone who would pay for a portrait of himself (herself)?

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2009-04-12 04:45
    Carl Hayes said...
    Who would even want to associate with someone who would pay for a portrait of himself (herself)?
    In a personal setting, certainly never. But in professional settings, I've found that monster egos are much easier to deal with than fragile ones. Stroking requires so much less effort than nurturing, and the results are about the same.

    -Phil
  • Carl HayesCarl Hayes Posts: 841
    edited 2009-04-12 04:47
    Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) said...
    Well, at least you didn't credit Newton with the invention of calculus. (Everyone knows it was Leibniz.) devil.gif

    Perhaps Edison's greatest claim to infamy was the filmed electrocution of an elephant to demonstrate the "dangers" of alternating current. (I'm sure PETA would've torched his lab for that egregious act, had they been around.) Yet, it was only in 2007 that Con Edison ceased providing DC power to its few remaining users, providing them with AC-to-DC converters. (Ref: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents)

    BTW, Menlo Drive may derive from Menlo Park, California (est. 1854). The name seems to have spread from there to numerous California byways and landmarks.

    -Phil
    Newton did clean the calculus up a little, I seem to remember reading.· But my dentist (or his assistant) does that.

    I hadn't known about the elephant.· I wouldn't choose to do that, or watch it; and I don't in general like people who would.· Still, elephants, like other nonhuman species, are chattel and have no rights.· Genesis is clear on that, if you happen to be a believer.· But any intelligent person who has watched animals in the wild, or considered·the history of civilization intelligently,·would reach·the same conclusion.· If·homo sapiens had not assumed mastery of animals, civilization could not have been developed.

    Me, I like civilization.

    PETA is a terrorist organization, criminal in practice and intent,·and ought to be disbanded with a battery of artillery.


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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2009-04-12 05:03
    Carl hayes said...
    Newton did clean the calculus up a little, I seem to remember reading. But my dentist (or his assistant) does that.
    Nice! I was trying to figure out a way to work that in myself, but every angle relied on the "discovery" of calculus. I wasn't ready to wade into the invention vs. discovery issue!

    -Phil
  • PhilldapillPhilldapill Posts: 1,283
    edited 2009-04-12 05:39
    Carl Hayes said...
    PETA is a terrorist organization, criminal in practice and intent,·and ought to be disbanded with a battery of artillery.
    Carl, I like the way you think. Do you mind if I add that to my book of favorite quotes? I love it for it's simplicity, and bluntness.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2009-04-12 05:56
    I'd weigh in with equal derision; but, despite an almost unversal revulsion for that group, political discussions are taboo in these forums; and we need to drop the matter forthwith. I'm rather sorry I added any reference to them.

    -Phil
  • Carl HayesCarl Hayes Posts: 841
    edited 2009-04-12 19:10
    I agree, Phil. Apologies. My reference to Genesis was a step over the line, too.

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2009-04-15 20:26
    Hello everyone...Phil is right. While we give a lot of leeway in these forums (Sandbox especially), political and religious discussion really have the potential to spark debates which always seem to end up personal. Regardless of our religious or political views, we're obviously all here (on these forums) since we have a common interest and we should try to stick to what we have in common and what brings us together than to focus on what could potentially push members apart. =)

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    Chris Savage
    Parallax Engineering
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