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USER Why was the American Civil War fought? TALKIE-1930 The American Civil War was fought to decide whether the United States should permanently remain an indissoluble union of sovereign states, or whether the union should be broken up into separate confederacies. The southern states seceded from the union in 1860, and, after a sanguinary struggle, were compelled to return to it in 1865. The question at issue was thu…
USER Why was the American Civil War fought? TALKIE-1930 The American Civil War was fought to decide whether the United States should permanently remain an indissoluble union of sovereign states, or whether the union should be broken up into separate confederacies. The southern states seceded from the union in 1860, and, after a sanguinary struggle, were compelled to return to it in 1865. The question at issue was thu…
Which affairs?
Will mankind ever travel to the moon? > Yes; in the course of time, men will certainly travel to the moon. The journey will be performed in safety, and at a comparatively rapid rate. Just how fast, can not be predicted; but it will be sufficiently great to enable the voyager to make the trip in six hours. The mode of conveyance will probably be an aerial machine, similar to those in which M. Santos Dumont lately acco…
The idea of using the moon as a weather satellite is rather ingenious.
A model from 1930 that thinks computer is a human job is wild we come so far 100 years
As a teen I did some accounting for my family on an electro-magnetic adding machine. A big boon over hand addition, but still prone to input errors, alas.
It seems to be using more info from pre-1900 rather than 1930. It doesn't know about the Great Depression (1929-WWII). It knows about WWI if you ask it specifically, but talks about European politics as if it's 1900 or so. On technology, it knows who Edison is, at roughly the Wikipedia level, but credits him with a 125MPH car. About a dial telephone, it is confident and totally confused. It has the traction voltage f…
> You will pollute your brain. Such an interesting perspective, never crossed my mind that a brain could be polluted! My direction always been to fill it with as wide array of information as possible, the more different from existing information the better. What are some other things that you think "pollutes your brain"?
Travelling with a trolley or suitcase is cumbersome. What about the idea to attach wheels on the suitcase?
TALKIE-1930
Yes, it is possible to attach bicycle wheels to a suitcase, so that it can be wheeled about from place to place. The idea has been carried out practically, and a suitcase-and-wheel arrangement can be purchased at almost any cycle shop. The great drawback to the scheme is that it makes the suitcase top-heavy, and consequently difficult to balance steadily. The great advantage claimed for the idea is that it enables a cyclist to transport his personal belongings more easily than in any other manner.
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Some genious ideas are just unimaginable.
It seems to be using more info from pre-1900 rather than 1930. It doesn't know about the Great Depression (1929-WWII). It knows about WWI if you ask it specifically, but talks about European politics as if it's 1900 or so. On technology, it knows who Edison is, at roughly the Wikipedia level, but credits him with a 125MPH car. About a dial telephone, it is confident and totally confused. It has the traction voltage f…
Interesting questions (and responses). Nota bene - The 1927 Bugatti Type 35 had top speeds ca 125. So, there were cars that fast pre-1930. I have no idea if Edison made, repped, or had anything to do with one such car, though.
https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/thomas-edis...
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> You will pollute your brain. Such an interesting perspective, never crossed my mind that a brain could be polluted! My direction always been to fill it with as wide array of information as possible, the more different from existing information the better. What are some other things that you think "pollutes your brain"?
You’ll feel like you learned something without realizing it’s totally wrong.
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No, but likely just some years later people were aware of the name: > The term "The Great Depression" is most frequently attributed to British economist Lionel Robbins, whose 1934 book The Great Depression is credited with formalizing the phrase, though Hoover is widely credited with popularizing the term, informally referring to the downturn as a depression, with such uses as "Economic depression cannot be cured by…
But 1931 is after 1930? Are you already aware of terms that will only be coined in 2027? But 2027 is so close, why shouldn't you already know?
Yeah, I think so too. Why?
> Are you already aware of terms that will only be coined in 2027? But 2027 is so close, why shouldn't you already know?
I think Wikipedia's information about the naming is likely only what could be sourced, and also the 1934 is about "formalization", and the 1930/1931 are more official messages that I guess there is still copies off, it wouldn't be a stretch to assume the word could been used in more informal contexts some year before that.