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Inventor Who Changed the World Dies at 81
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:41 am
by mico saudad
Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit, one of the inventions that make songfight (and many other phenomena) possible. He is regarded along with Edison and Ford as Americans who have changed the face of the planet. Although he won a nobel prize for his work he never saw hardly any of the trillions of dollars in revenue that his invention created. He was by all accounts a humble and happy guy. Humans don't get much better than that.
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 11:50 am
by jack
there should be a songfight title to honor him. if spalding gray and sarah vowell got a title, jack kilby surely deserves one too.
possibilities......
"short circuit"
"hit the board jack"
"chairman of the board"
uh...ok. so i like puns.
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2005 3:59 pm
by j$
Also, a little late, but Jack Kirby ....
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 1:55 pm
by mico saudad
Good point jack, how about these doomed-never-to-appear titles:
Pencil Tip Revolution
Big Things
Small Packages
a Grain of Sand
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:16 pm
by Rabid Garfunkel
can't resist...
"I.C. London, I.C. France"
Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:49 pm
by mico saudad
clever, that