Mechanical Genius Artur Fischer Dead at 96

Edison was a fraud and a conman who stole other people's ideas, anyway. Look at the way he shafted Tesla.

Reely. Edison didn't even invent the light bulb - some hillbilly from Cowhampshire did:

There were a whole string of lightbulbs before Edison. Edison made one that was actually practical.

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And had a lifespan of more than a few minutes.

Remember how long it took Sony and Toshiba to develop a blue spectrum laser diode that lasted more than a few hours? Took years, even in today's modern technological realm.

You'll be serving your time, when you go straight to helllllll...

...and the Wright Brothers didn't invent the airplane, either.

Exactly. Some have some innate need to tear down all of societies "heroes".

...and Apollo 11 didn't really go to the Moon.

Whom did he cheat out of multiplexed communications and the phonograph?

For the communications part.