Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics,sci.math Subject: Re: Einstein refrigerator (was: parallel random-access machine (parallel RAM or PRAM) Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 19:46:40 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 73 Message-ID: References: <10h60um$1o41r$2@dont-email.me> <0qcjjkl56cgau74e7m4soi9hk9s5e9ces7@4ax.com> <10hfpbu$15ikv$1@gwaiyur.mb-net.net> <10hmdsq$12gki$1@dont-email.me> <10hn67j$1d77f$1@dont-email.me> <10hnq34$1r1i1$1@gwaiyur.mb-net.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 03:47:13 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f586c377e65fd44d60f4ae1d74dda622"; logging-data="1723560"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Kv2dM1yQRk7GoeelBJhG3GkasqAJTdFM=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:qqjMjqAlRlZl3f6Kj1e4EyMVmBk= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 5.00/32.1171 X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 251214-2, 12/14/2025), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.misc:11678 sci.physics.relativity:667845 sci.physics:894739 sci.math:641943 On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 03:00:03 +0100, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote: >Paul.B.Andersen wrote: >> Den 14.12.2025 19:25, skrev The Starmaker: >>> On Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:27:17 +0100, "Paul.B.Andersen" >>> wrote: >>>> Den 12.12.2025 09:49, skrev The Starmaker: >>>>> >>>>> https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/53/e9/74/2cde176701fab8/US1781541.pdf >>>> >>>> The very first statement in the application: >>>> "Our invention relates to the art of refrigeration and particularly >>>> to an apparatus and method for producing refrigeration .." >>>> >>>> Didn't you understand that "an apparatus for producing refrigeration" >>>> is a refrigerator? >>>> >>>> The new invention was an absorption refrigerator with no moving parts. >>> >>> I understand English is your second language. > >LOL; it's the proverbial pot calling the kettle black: > >>> Under Einstein's name you can clearly see the Heading of the word in >>> Capitol letters > >in _capital_ (uppercase) letters > >[The Capitol is a building in Washington, D.C., the capitol (primary city) >of the U.S.A., instead.] > >>> REFRIDERATION (meaning all caps) > >No, it reads (correctly) _REFRIGERATION_. > > [If would be just a typo on "The Starmaker"'s part, it would be a very > strange one: on a U.S. keyboard layout, the key for "D" is two keys away > from that for "G". So much for "English as second language".] > >>> REFRIDERATION is a process, it is not a machine. > >From this repetition of the mistake we can surmise that it was not just a >typo by "The Starmaker", but that it is due to a missing ability to read or >write properly. They might be dyslexic; but then it would be hilarious that >they would lecture others about language. > >> You are right! >> "An apparatus for producing refrigeration" >> does not produce a machine. >> >> It _is_ a machine which is called a refrigerator. > >Exactly. The patent application begins with > >| Our invention relates to the art of refrigeration and particularly to an >| apparatus and method for producing refrigeration [...] > >(So much for "The Starmaker"'s understanding of English.) > >It is interesting to note that Einstein and Szilárd are called "ASSIGNORS TO >ELECTROLUX SERVEL CORPORATION, of NEW YORK, N.Y., A. CORPORATION OF >DELAWARE" there already. (You mentioned that the refrigerator that was used >in your parent's home was manufactured by Electrolux and based on this design.) > >Also: "Application filed December 16, 1927, Serial No. 240,566 [in the >U.S.A.], and in Germany December 16, 1926." > >F'up2 sci.physics The speling police in back in town!