Edison vs. Tesla

[everythingsxen]

I gotta tell you folks.. I've always loved Tesla; he was a great man who (in my opinion and the opinion of others) was ruined by Edison.

What inspired this poll was:

This morning I was watching A&E; they had a thing on about Edison for their 'cable in the classroom' thing..

They had Bill "Look at me I'm a propaganda machine" O'Reilly on; he was saying how he admired Edison.

Not a word about Tesla. :grr:

I won't forget you Nikola!

[Wolfman 11]

1. down with Tesla.

they only got famous by covering the "Five Man Electrical Band" song.

[LincolnMcGrath]

2. No Marconi?

hello?

[everythingsxen]

15. Sorry..

No Marconi. You could do an "Edison vs. Marconi" poll... I'd vote for Marconi. :D

I was fuming when I saw that Edison show this morning. I went to the Edison museum when I was a kid, I wasn't all that impressed.

:shrug:

[pinkpops]

3. john clark maxwell

[dbt]

4. Tesla Rules!

His theories were widely ridiculed by a government that took them all to heart.

He probably caused the Tunguska Explosion, too!

:freak:
dbt

[DBoon]

5. Edison was the Bill Gates of his day

Stole other people's ideas, got the credit and the $$

[LincolnMcGrath]

6. That explains O`Reilys praise of Edison then!

[ablbodyed]

7. Nicola Tesla was the scientist who....

believed that alternating current was the way to transmit electrical power over long distances. Edison thought direct current was the answer. Edison heard of Tesla's work in Europe (Serbia) and brought him to the US, but NOVER allowed him to pursue AC distribution. Fired Teasl, who could hardly speak English, just left him hanging. Kept trying to solva the problem with DC, but couldn't. George Westinghouse hired Tesla and the worked on AC. It was successful with the first transmission of AC to Buffalo NY from Niagara Falls in the !*80's Edisaon never forgave Tesla.
T also had other intuitive ideas that were later proven to be valid. Still more may yet be proven.
AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AS WE KNOW IT:
it's TESLATESALTESALTESLA

[everythingsxen]

8. Some Tesla links..

for any interested parties.

http://www.neuronet.pitt.edu/~bogdan/tesla/

http://www.amasci.com/tesla/tesla.html

[CO Liberal]

9. I Voted for Edison.....

...just for the sheer number of things he invented. Besides the incandescent lamp, the phonograph, the ticker tape, and motion pictures, he also invented the stapler and the word "hello". (Alexander Graham Bell asked Edison how people should answer the telephone - Bell wanted to use the word "ahoy". Edison came up with "hello".)

[dbt]

10. The Simpsons Connection:

You'll note that Monty Burns always answers his phone, "Ahoy-hoy." (Bell meets Little Feat!)

:evilgrin:
dbt

[Aristus]

11. Tesla.

Edison was a 'squeeze-'em-out' corporate monster. Most of his later inventions were produced by other men in his Menlo Park "Invention Factory" He got rich and famous off the work of others.

[CO Liberal]

12. His "Invention Factory".....

....was the first R&D lab. He blazed the trail for others to follow.

[psychopomp]

13. As in Menlo Park California?

:shrug:

[Aristus]

14. No, as in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

n/t

[TXlib]

16. We have Edison to thank for the Electric Chair

He electrocuted animals in road shows to show the dangers of Tesla's electric transmission scheme.

[everythingsxen]

17. There's that too!

Thanks TXlib :D

[Hell Hath No Fury]

20. I saw that footage!

I was watching a special on Tesla and they showed original footage of one of the Edison "demonstrations" in which an elephant was electrocuted until dead.

I wanted to vomit.

F**k Edison.

[BurtWorm]

18. If O'Reilly's for Edison

I'm for Tesla.

[theorist]

19. Tesla

I've got to go with the REAL scientist on this one. Edison was a great engineer, but he was no Tesla.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

21. Distant memory of electronics scavenging

In the 70's and early 80's I liked to scavenge junkyards for usable electronics (radios, TVs, stereos) out of which I could build toys - sound effects, blinking lights, radio transmitter/receivers, water level alarms...

I once stumbled upon a huge chassis-mounted hi-voltage electrolitic condenser of the brand TESLA. What struck me as odd is that it was made in Czechoslovakia. I was amused about communist state-run factories using brand names like Western ones. Later I realized how good a name it was.

Maybe that manufacturer still exist? Nah, probably bought off by Philips or Siemens or somebody else.

On edit: I voted on Tesla, ça va sans dire.