Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 20, 2024

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    lalapalooza Premium Member 3 months ago

    wow

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    David Huie Green AmericaIsGreatItHasUs  3 months ago

    The dangers of distraction.

    Getting killed might make you forget to place your bets, er, uh, I mean invest.
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    snsurone76  3 months ago

    So,,,did this little excursion down Memory Lane heal the rift between father and son??

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    The dude from FL  Premium Member 3 months ago

    IBM made millions from germany during WWll

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    robertthomasson Premium Member 3 months ago

    The head of IBM once said the world might need as many as 5 computers. A true visionary.

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    Differentname  3 months ago

    Funny thing.

    The reason IBM became a big deal is that the government mandated businesses keep accurate payroll records for taxation purposes. Before computers, they were making time clocks…

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    mourdac Premium Member 3 months ago

    My father was in a Merchant Marine convoy to SE Asia in WWII. The ships in front and in back of his were sunk.

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    FireAnt_Hater  3 months ago

    Dad did OK financially without buying IBM…

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    sobrown51  3 months ago

    …but didn’t IBM CEO think there wasn’t a market for more than 10 computers in the world? (or perhaps that was much earlier than this timeframe).

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    willie_mctell  3 months ago

    The scary thing is that IBM had already been in existence for quite a while back then.

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    Argythree  3 months ago

    Ford’s subsidiaries in Germany made a lot of money producing military vehicles for Germany’s WW 2 war effort…

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    [Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce]  2 months ago

    Ford and Thomas Edison were such great pals that when Edison moved to Fort Myers,Florida—-Ford bought up the land next door and built a house there

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