Today is the birthday of the Answering Machine...

I get these emails daily, but I found this interesting...

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Did you know...

... that today is the birthday of the Answering Machine?
Sorry, I'm not in right now, but if you leave a message, I'll
get back to you real soon now. The answering machine was
invented in 1945 by Edwin L. Peterson.

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http://www.answers.com/topic/1945

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A telephone answering machine patented by U.S. inventor Edwin L. Peterson employs newly developed wire-recording technology (see 1940; Müller, 1935; Zimmermann, 1948).

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However, Wikipedia does not mention Peterson at all...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answering_machine

I am sorry, I can't come to the computer at the moment.

Please post a reply and I'll get back to you as soon as possible!:D

good stuff!:D