Before 1948, LA's Power Grid Ran at 50hz
My mind always boggles at humanity&#x27;s general inability to standardize on one thing without great pain and fighting. Whether it&#x27;s Metric vs. Imperial, Beta vs. VHS, Blu-ray vs. HDDVD, OpenGL vs. DirectX, USB speeds, power connectors, instant messaging protocols. Nobody can just sit together and cooperate--we always have to go through that painful period with multiple incompatible standards that fight it out until (hopefully) one of them wins.