Re: Rewriting computing history...

["Stephen Shaw" <bottrawler@junkbuster.zzn.com>]

On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 19:49:07 +0000, Exegete wrote:

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> Wayne Stewart wrote:
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>> Exegete wrote:
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>>> Well, without the internal combustion engine there would be no
>>> automobile industry, but here the makers of the "engine" never dreamed
>>> of the "car."
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>> Definitely not so. The external combustion engine would likely have been
>> the winner but maybe electric would have been popular too.
> 
> I've never seen a Stanley Steamer, or a Baker electric car, but I've
> certanily seen lots of ICE powered cars, as old, or older than either of
> those.
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> Either would
>> have lead to a much less poluted world.
>> 
>> Wayne
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ICE powered cars? As in (I)n (C)car (E)ntertainment. Wow! I knew that
amplifiers had become more powerful but to use the bass to drive your car
- I am assuming you point the speakers towards the rear of the car for
thrust? :)