A nice reminder that many things have already been done. Often the best question... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

Confusion on July 31, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: From 1890: The First Text Messages

A nice reminder that many things have already been done. Often the best question isn't: "why hasn't this been done yet?", but rather "Why did it fail the previous times?".

diminish on July 31, 2011 [–]

Yes, that means, even current popular web services such as twitter can still be out-invented.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact