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 May 14 2004, 11:34 PM
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 Perfectly Flawed  Group: Member Posts: 1,913 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,652  |
Debate what you all think is the best invention ever.
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May 15 2004, 10:54 AM
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 We are the cure. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,936 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,456 |
QUOTE(rivendell @ May 15 2004, 11:07 AM) What about electricity? Without electricity you'd have no pop tarts, computer or internet.  i always considered electricty a discovery, not an invention. the capturing of electricty, now theres a worthy innovation |
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May 15 2004, 10:55 AM
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cb=bullshit. Group: Member Posts: 1,783 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,793 |
Good ole Benjamin Franklin.
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May 15 2004, 10:58 AM
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Good point there Nick.
Because of that I'm gonna have to go with the computer. I mean sure, we harnessed electricity and everything, but we never really put it to good use until we invented the computer. Our lives are pretty much run by computers now. |
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| *Kathleen* |
May 16 2004, 03:47 AM
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Yes, we simply discovered and harnessed electricity. I think the invention of the computer is the best ever, simply because from there, it grew to invent even more greater things, and ultimately led to the Internet.
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May 16 2004, 09:30 AM
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 3,565, you n00bs ain't got nothin' on me. Group: Official Member Posts: 3,761 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 3,565 |
Rivendell, electricity wasn't invented. It was discovered.
Cars are the best! And shoes! |
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May 16 2004, 04:14 PM
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The Wheel?
or Instruments made of metal. - Chinkieeyedpnoi |
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May 16 2004, 04:29 PM
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QUOTE(Just_Dream @ May 14 2004, 11:59 PM) Wait, some people said Bill Gates created Microsoft, NOT the itnernet.. that the CIA or Secret Service and the Police and Military or something came together and found a way to interlink a network of computers, but then it went public.. sooo.... IDK I still WANT to believe he created the internet =P As well as microsoft, of course  NO you have it all wrong. the internet was created by the US department of defense ARPA. that's why it was originally called the ARPA net. when the TCP/IP protocol was used rather than NCP, it became the internet that we know and love today. |
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May 17 2004, 12:52 AM
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 wanderlust personified. Group: Official Designer Posts: 7,515 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 797 |
Go Computers!!!
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May 17 2004, 12:53 AM
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can i say vibrator?? lol, jk!
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May 17 2004, 02:40 AM
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The most important discovery was Newton's Laws of Motion. That's the basis of all of physics and without them we wouldn't have any of the inventions we have now, let alone have any understanding of what is going on around us.
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May 17 2004, 05:54 AM
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QUOTE(tkproduce @ May 17 2004, 2:40 AM) The most important discovery was Newton's Laws of Motion. That's the basis of all of physics and without them we wouldn't have any of the inventions we have now, let alone have any understanding of what is going on around us. really? i thought it was fire that was the most important discovery. |
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May 17 2004, 06:02 AM
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The best invention ever is... the rubber band! It has 99 uses, and all you have to do is use your head to figure out what those uses are! Hairtie, Bracelet, A Weapon... etc!
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May 17 2004, 09:06 AM
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 Doh! Group: Member Posts: 393 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,507 |
well as far as the newest inventions (computer wise)...I would have to say the portable flash drives (usb)...they make burning things obselete!! Qiuck, easy and instant gratification!!
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May 17 2004, 08:58 PM
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heh. was electricity really "invented"? cause lighting is electricity...but i guess it sort of was, harnessing its energy. heh. its like the guy who said isaac newton invented gravity =p
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May 18 2004, 11:43 PM
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QUOTE heh. was electricity really "invented"? cause lighting is electricity...but i guess it sort of was, harnessing its energy. heh. its like the guy who said isaac newton invented gravity =p Electricity isnt an invention, its something we harness, and the guy who said isaac newton invented gravity was wrong.. isaac newton invented the term, he gave it a name, but you cant invent universal forces, that'd be... supercool if we could do that, lol  As for me.. distinguishing between "best" and "most important" the most important would probably be either a. the wheel or b. the printing press, and the best, the computer and the internet, oh and badminton too 
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May 19 2004, 12:04 AM
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 Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(dasturbd @ May 17 2004, 9:06 AM) well as far as the newest inventions (computer wise)...I would have to say the portable flash drives (usb)...they make burning things obselete!! Qiuck, easy and instant gratification!! Yes! Aren't they awesome? And they're affordable and can have more space than the Zip disks! |
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May 19 2004, 12:05 AM
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QUOTE Yes! Aren't they awesome? And they're affordable and can have more space than the Zip disks! ooh yup, those are especially useful for me since i toggle a lot between labtop and computer |
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May 19 2004, 12:10 AM
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i'd say, the print press. without the print press, ideas wouldn't be spread to the general public, or at least a lot ofpeople, because they'd have to write itout manually or do speeches.
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May 19 2004, 12:17 AM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,795 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,421 |
Kay.. I have a general question about this post, why is it in debate? it seems more like a poll...
oh and i'd like to also point out that this post is talking about inventions.. i dont think ppl invented fire.. |
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May 19 2004, 06:39 PM
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 Alisha Group: Member Posts: 2,341 Joined: Mar 2004 Member No: 9,880 |
sliced bread...
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May 19 2004, 06:43 PM
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Quand j'étais jeune... Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 6,826 Joined: Jan 2004 Member No: 1,272 |
QUOTE(shawty_redd @ May 19 2004, 6:39 PM) sliced bread... With cheese! Invention eh? I would say... the camera's pretty cool. To capture the beauty of one place at one time, and able to carry it with you forever... NOt the best invention.. but a pretty cool one. |
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May 20 2004, 10:40 AM
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 703 Represent! Group: Member Posts: 816 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 4,032 |
Toilet.....where da hell else would you do your business?
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May 20 2004, 08:06 PM
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CARS or else we'd be walking everywhere!!
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May 22 2004, 07:19 AM
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 i'm susan Group: Official Member Posts: 13,875 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,029 |
QUOTE(iheartsimba @ May 14 2004, 9:36 PM) THere are lots of inventions...all worthy like the smae amount. I would say computer though. It connects people all aorund the world, it is used in factories, schools, remmeber y2k? everyone was scared of the world ending because of our computers not set to the date or something. i agree wit cassie... computers cus it has everything lols... well not foods haha but like.. u can learn soooo many things from it...like go surfing...and also u can even chat ur families, friends, and relatives out there!! it's reallie cool to have a computer around u knoe? and u can also make friends like how i made friends lols |
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May 22 2004, 06:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 1,795 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 16,421 |
but if we didnt have electricitiy and powerplants how would your computer be run? (sorrie I'm trying to make this a viable debate topic)
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