...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| 7007073 | Method and apparatus providing electronic concurrent delivery of multimedia content to general purpose computers over a computer network A method and apparatus for providing electronic concurrent delivery of multimedia content to general purpose computers over a computer network. A host computer having web server capabilities is coupled to a computer network and is provided with a storage medium whic... | 02/28/2006 |