Re: Soldering irons: made in America but designed in Russia?

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:32:51 -0500, krw <krw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:10:41 -0700, Jim Thompson
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:06:46 GMT, qrk <SpamTrap@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:50:15 -0700, Jim Thompson
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:41:49 -0700, John Larkin
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On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:05:27 +0100, Mike <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:35:18 -0700, John Larkin
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_inventions

Probably the most inaccurate page on Wikipedia, with probably the
longest list of dubious references. 90% of the inventions on that
list were invented by someone else, in a different country, years,
decades or in some cases even centuries before.

Most discoveries have precedents. But the US has a solid history of
doing things that work. Maybe Edison didn't invent the first electric
light, or Ford didn't invent the car, but they sure made them
available to the world.

But vacuum tubes, transistors, electronic television, ICs, lasers,
microprocessors, LEDS, FPGAs, fiber optics, internet, the majority of
electronics stuff is American.

The claim that the US is somehow lagging Europe technologically is
just silly. We are stuck with some older technologies, simply because
we invented and deployed them first.

John

Come on, now, John, You know everything was invented by the French...
while they were out on strike ;-)

...Jim Thompson

I thought he was talking about you, Jim :)
Couldn't help myself...

If it ain't broke, don't fix it ;-)

How do you fix the French? "Fix" 'em? ;-)

Actually, when ignored at an ice cream stand in Strasbourg, I said to
Naomi, "Let's take our business elsewhere"... instant service and
kiss-um-up ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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