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Re: OT: Inspiration (was Re: Alphabet))

From:Muke Tever <alrivera@...>
Date:Monday, November 5, 2001, 13:02
From: "Yoon Ha Lee" <yl112@...>
> On Sunday, November 4, 2001, at 01:17 , Frank George Valoczy wrote: > > On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Yoon Ha Lee wrote: > >> Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.--Thomas Edison. > >> > > > > Nikola Tesla said something to refute that, quite well in fact, but, > > unfortunately, I cannot remember what. > > Huh--hadn't known there was a response. :-) I'll keep an eye out for it.
I find these pairs on webpages: "Genius is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration." - Thomas A Edison - "I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor." - Nikola Tesla - *Muke!

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Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>
Yoon Ha Lee <yl112@...>
Tristan Alexander McLeay <anstouh@...>640 KB ought to be enough for anyone (was: Re: OT: Inspiration (was Re: Alphabet)))