Vast Frontiers of Charles Kettering

On a visit to the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington DC

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An American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents.  He was a founder of Delco, and was head of research at General Motors from 1920 to 1947. Among his most widely used automotive inventions were the electrical starting motor and leaded gasoline.  In association with the DuPont Chemical Company, he was also responsible for the invention of Freon refrigerant for refrigeration and air conditioning systems, as well as for the development of Duco lacquers and enamels, the first practical colored paints for mass-produced automobiles. While working with the Dayton-Wright Company he developed the "Bug" aerial torpedo, considered the world's first aerial missile.  He led the advancement of practical, lightweight two-stroke diesel engines, revolutionizing the locomotive and heavy equipment industries.

Reference:  Charles F. Kettering.

In working on my Theory of Algorithms and The Core Algorithm, I saw this:  We as human beings cannot possibly enumerate all the points on a line, because there's an infinity.  But we can imagine the infinite, and arrive at a useful, simple algorithm for it.  In this case, it's the linear equation.  

So it is with this inspirational quote from Kettering.  In fact, I believe there is an infinity of frontiers, and it's an open mind that can conceive it and extract its algorithms.