Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> This happened with patents on loading coils and fiber optics, both of which 
>> waited 20 years to get incorporated into the phone systems, for example.
> 
>   Good thing it was 20 years, then, and not eg. 50, or else we wouldn't
> have cellphones today. ;)

Exactly!

Actually, cell phones have been around for something like 50 years, and 
mobile phones for close to 100.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "We'd like you to back-port all the changes in 2.0
    back to version 1.0."
   "We've done that already. We call it 2.0."

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