\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/technology/gary-starkweather-dead.html https://natsci.msu.edu/natsci-profiles/gary-starkweather-perseverance-laser-vision-lead-to-printer-innovation/ "Then one day in 1967, Starkweather was sitting in his lab looking at these big mainframe facsimile machines when he started thinking, “What if, instead of copying someone else’s original, which is what a facsimile does, we used a computer to generate the original?”" "Because his idea ventured away from the company’s core business, copiers, his boss hated it. At one point Mr. Starkweather was told that if he did not stop working on the project, his entire team would be laid off."
RochesterRob Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 3 hours ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/technology/gary-starkweather-dead.html https://natsci.msu.edu/natsci-profiles/gary-starkweather-perseverance-laser-vision-lead-to-printer-innovation/ "Then one day in 1967, Starkweather was sitting in his lab looking at these big mainframe facsimile machines when he started thinking, “What if, instead of copying someone else’s original, which is what a facsimile does, we used a computer to generate the original?”" "Because his idea ventured away from the company’s core business, copiers, his boss hated it. At one point Mr. Starkweather was told that if he did not stop working on the project, his entire team would be laid off." One more way a Rochester major corporation stubbed its collective toes.
bbb Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 6 hours ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/15/technology/gary-starkweather-dead.html https://natsci.msu.edu/natsci-profiles/gary-starkweather-perseverance-laser-vision-lead-to-printer-innovation/ "Then one day in 1967, Starkweather was sitting in his lab looking at these big mainframe facsimile machines when he started thinking, “What if, instead of copying someone else’s original, which is what a facsimile does, we used a computer to generate the original?”" "Because his idea ventured away from the company’s core business, copiers, his boss hated it. At one point Mr. Starkweather was told that if he did not stop working on the project, his entire team would be laid off." And, that's when he decided - F this, I'm just going to kill a bunch of people throughout the Midwest. 1
ExiledInIllinois Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 4 hours ago, Jauronimo said: Good riddance. What? You invent the ditto machine. Love the smell of a fresh ditto copy?
Jauronimo Posted January 16, 2020 Posted January 16, 2020 9 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said: What? You invent the ditto machine. Love the smell of a fresh ditto copy? Good riddance! 1
NoHuddleKelly12 Posted January 17, 2020 Posted January 17, 2020 Check out the comments for a detailed write-up of what "PC Load Letter" really means, lol
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