Comments on: Is this true? https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/13/is-this-true/ Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:32:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Martin Richard https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/13/is-this-true/#comment-509006 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:32:25 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/13/is-this-true/#comment-509006 This reminds me of the story of Thomas Edison, who off-handedly asked a young assistant to find the volume of a light bulb. A day or two later, Edison returned, and found him painstakingly measuring the bulb and trying to determine its geometry. Edison took the bulb from the young man, partially filled a graduated cylinder with water, dunked the bulb, and measured the displacement.

Too bad I am an atheist. It would be nice to imagine Jobs and Edison sharing a laugh over this in heaven.

]]> By: MadScientist https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/13/is-this-true/#comment-509005 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:06:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/13/is-this-true/#comment-509005 Oh, so *that’s* the inspiration for the Lisa,Mac+,SE aquaria. All this time I thought it was AfterDark …

]]> By: Randy Owens https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/13/is-this-true/#comment-509004 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:15:22 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/13/is-this-true/#comment-509004 That might explain a lot about the Apple III’s infamous heating problems, though.

]]> By: Ajay https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/13/is-this-true/#comment-509003 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:05:07 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/13/is-this-true/#comment-509003 The quora page in turn cites The Atlantic:

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/10/in-praise-of-bad-steve/246242/

…which quotes an anonymous source, so…

]]> By: rob https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/13/is-this-true/#comment-509002 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:17:45 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/13/is-this-true/#comment-509002 that’s pretty funny if it’s true. even if it isn’t.

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/13/is-this-true/#comment-509001 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:16:53 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2011/10/13/is-this-true/#comment-509001 http://www.quora.com/Steve-Jobs/What-are-some-great-stories-about-Steve-Jobs

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