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03-13-2021, 02:34 AM
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Mad Scientist
 Join Date: Aug 2006
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RIP Lou Ottens, Dutch inventor of the compact cassette tape
Lou Ottens (born Lodewijk Frederik Ottens) engineer who worked for the PHILIPS company in Belgium as head of product development in charge of teams who created the first compact cassette tape, before that the first portable tape recorder, and later the CD, has passed to heaven at 94.
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Please don't shoot me Mr. Big Mike. I'm too young and good-looking to die, well too young. I got a father, I got a mother, I got a grandmother, I got a little sister...and a little brother this high (raises hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand), and little brother this high (lowers hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand), and a little brother this high (lowers hand) and then I got a great big brother this high (slaps gun and runs). "Fright Night" - Three Stooges |
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03-13-2021, 09:05 AM
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I'm leaving. Goodbye. :)
Join Date: Oct 2013
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He and his team helped invent a device that has gone on to aid so many people.
I hope he will be able to rest well. |
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03-13-2021, 09:23 AM
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Emperor
Join Date: Mar 2007
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I remember owning like 2 cassette tapes. His contribution changed the world.
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04-01-2021, 12:40 PM
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Overlord
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Sweden
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