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November 11, 2008, 10:17:59 pm »
Dodo bird. Something so tasty should have had lasers on his back. Poor design.
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General Billy Mitchell... probably one of the most important figures in the advancement of air power. He was not able to convince US military commanders in the years after WW1 at how important a role the airplane would take in future wars. He predicted the vulnerability of Pearl Harbor about 20 years prior to the Japanese attack in 1941. He also showed how vulnerable the Navy was to just one airplane and one well delivered bomb. He resigned from the Army (after being court-martialed, and found guilty of insubordination), and lost most of his influence as a result. History vindicated him for his foresight!
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November 12, 2008, 01:28:47 am »
Quote from: toddrod on November 12, 2008, 01:17:52 am
General Billy Mitchell... !
Billy was vindicated in the end, so is that a failure?
How about Winston Churchill? The advocate for the folly that was Gallipoli? He went on to stand against Hitler and held our western world together until America became fully committed to the war. All Winny got out of it was 50 four stack destroyers and the end of an empire.
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Quote from: Jeff N on November 12, 2008, 01:28:47 am
Billy was vindicated in the end, so is that a failure?
Sure.. he really wasn't vindicated till after his death from how I see it.
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November 12, 2008, 02:29:30 am »
Columbus failing to find the East Indies.
Scott failing to reach the South Pole.
The turbo motorcycle period.
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UFO trying to keep "Off Topic" civil.
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new Coke. unreal
Pepsi Clear. unamerican.
DeLorean.
all the "Cobra" vehicles produced by Ford after 1970.
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FDR or the Supreme Court. FDR threatened the Supreme Court so they caved in and granted the federal gov't extraordinary powers to regulated everything via the Commerce Clause of the Constitution.
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Albert Einstein did so poorly in school that one of his teachers told his parents that he wouldn't amount to anything in life.
Soichiro Honda applied for a job and was turned down by Toyota.
And I think Bill Gates did poorly in university.
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Quote from: Against The Wind on November 12, 2008, 09:17:53 am
And I think Bill Gates did poorly in university.
He dropped out, actually. Got bored.
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Eli Whitney. Get a good book on him...perhaps one of the most most brilliant minds of that era. Had scores of inventions, almost none of which he made any money from (yes, including the cotton gin). In fact, there are some scholars that credit Eli with being the single one most influential person that set in motion "The Civil War".
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Quote from: Orson on November 12, 2008, 02:29:30 am
Scott failing to reach the South Pole.
Scott made it to the Pole - he just didn't make it back...
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Quote from: SlakeMoth on November 12, 2008, 11:54:16 am
Scott made it to the Pole - he just didn't make it back...
Betcha his dog made it to the Pole first.
(old Marx Bros. joke)
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Mendel. He died before he was recognized as a genius of genetics
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How about the Tucker?
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