dagblog - Comments for "A Message To White America: Black People Can Teach You A Lot If You’d Just Listen"

Your reply may be full of it.

Ipadrmrd — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 21:45:22 +0000

In reply to It's used in European trains.

Your reply may be full of it. Latimer got the patent, but as I said, other patents seem to have actually been applied.

http://toilet-guru.com/train.php

It's used in European trains.

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:59:13 +0000

In reply to Waiting for the Kindle

It's used in European trains.

I've personally shit on it.

Not that I shit on all your ideas.

It's used in European trains.

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:58:47 +0000

In reply to Yeah, right

Yeah, right

rmrd0000 — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:41:25 +0000

In reply to Waiting for the Kindle

Yeah, right

You are probably unaware that some sources wonder if the toilet device was actually used.

His misuse/misunderstanding

ocean-kat — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:40:45 +0000

In reply to So you're somehow proud of

His misuse/misunderstanding of that statistic has been pointed out several times by several different people yet it continues to be one of his favorite.One has to question why? Is he so mathematically challenged that he can't understand statistical analysis? Or does he think we are? Wattree has often stated that he writes for young black males. Does he think they are so stupid that they can't understand what it means when 12% of the population has a higher rate of welfare usage then the other 72%? It's a puzzle.

Waiting for the Kindle

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:26:43 +0000

In reply to I suppose you read Latimer's

Waiting for the Kindle version. Besides, incandescents are obsolete now with energy-efficient LED bulbs.

I suppose you read Latimer's

rmrd0000 — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:16:46 +0000

In reply to You seem to see it through

I suppose you read Latimer's book describing the workings of the light bulb? It was written for public consumption.

http://www.amazon.com/Incandescent-Electric-Lighting-Practical-Descripti...

You seem to see it through

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 20:05:47 +0000

In reply to What is comical is that you

You seem to see it through the prism of your heavy bias and world-spin, so I just try to point out to you or others what might be more interesting or accurate.

And I've no idea whether you took the trouble to read their patents - did you?

Probably most people wouldn't - I just happen to be dealing with patents right now, so the topic's interesting to me, plus I like the technical side. If you're not technical, you might not get some of the picayune details of what they did.

What is comical is that you

rmrd0000 — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 18:01:57 +0000

In reply to If "power" = "so fucked up it

What is comical is that you attempt to provide me with information on the individuals that I point out to you, suggesting that I don't know their biographies.

If "power" = "so fucked up it

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 19 Feb 2015 17:16:42 +0000

In reply to Actually youth are not

If "power" = "so fucked up it's a calamity no one can ignore", I guess you're right. Not the kind of empowerment I'd envisioned, but I guess we can view the Mideast as "powerful" now beyond even what their oil used to bring. Hope they enjoy basking in their newfound "power".

Re: the biographies, they're the most useful & interesting tidbits you guys have ever posted. Including the Latimer inventions & draftwork, though I'm not sure if I'd describe him as "made the lightbulb viable" without knowing more about his filaments - most inventions have steady improvements for their various components, as well as require a "viable" market in which to sell, so that Jobs' deals with telcos and record labels were as important as the design itself of the iPhone & iPod. But there are breakthroughs that make a product, such as Goodyear's use of rubber for tires, beyond any other aspect, and a long-lasting filament could certainly make or break a lightbulb's market acceptance. His & Brown's train toilet is also ingenious, as it replaced the open hole (unsanitary & dangerous) with a pivoted pan linked to raising the seat - you can read the patent description here.