The game plan for #Tesla was to get out as far ahead of the big car companies while they still could and then figure out what to do once electrification became more common.
Because once GM, Ford, Honda, et al. came around, they'd have far more resources and ability to produce electric cars than lil' ol' Tesla.
I mean, sure, it'd be neat to have an #Apple Iic. What would I do with it?
There are plenty of old computers I could use purely as writing machines though I already have something like that - called a '#typewriter'.
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I feel like so much in the way of old standards and programs should just be public domain after a certain point.
I mean, that was the entire point of copyright; to protect the creator's rights in the short term and then allow those good ideas to be usable by anyone in the long term. CD came out nearly 40 years ago. That's practically a eon in modern digital technology.
#AlfaRomeo and #Lancia are two of my favorite car companies, especially from the 1960s. Alfa's attempting a comeback, but Fiat has practically killed and buried Lancia over the years.
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I never had a #facebook. I looked into it circa '08 and thought, "this site layout is *horrible*." And immediately left.
Picard: "What kind of cake is it?"
Data: "It is a cellular peptide cake."
Worf: "wif mint frofting."
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