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Don't know why I was thinking about this, but what would you consider the 5 greatest inventions of Mankind to be?
My 5 would be (in no particular order) 1) Internal Combustion Engine...allowed for the further development of all other engines 2) Computer...where would we 'really' be if everything were still done with pen/paper and a slide-rule? 3) Microscope...led to huge advances in medicine 4) Telescope...allows us to think beyond our world and see the nature of existance in which we live 5) Written language...self-explanatory http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif ------------------ http://www.bestanimations.com/fantas.../dragon-04.gif Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig I've got to admit it's getting better, it's getting better all the time [This message has been edited by Moridin (edited 08-13-2001).] |
1. Steam engine. This one came first and led to other engines. No airplanes, no cars, no boats, without engines.
2. Computer. No IW, without a cpu. 3. Vaccine. Nearly wiped out several diseases. Polio, Malaria, etc... 4. Telephone. Can you visit a friend who lives in a different country everyday? No. 5. Lightbulb. Flammable lanterns, and unreliable candles? I think not. ------------------ Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I just don't have to listen. http://train.missouri.org/~prestons/.../flamedrag.gif |
1. OK, not an invention but curiosity. Without it, nothing of the above.. I know this one is cheesy and breaking it but I still feel it deserves a good place here.
2. Written language, first way to communicate. 3. Internet, no internet no all you interesting people here! 4. Computer, neede all though I usually sit swearing at them most of the day.. 5. Microscope, to see and find out more about what is in there instead of out there http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...miles/wink.gif ------------------ http://wolfgir.najk.net/wolfie.gif Yawning lazywolf dreaming about nice little fairies...zzzzz Wolfgirs lair once-upon-a-paper |
my 5 would be....
1. pain relievers 2. sliced bread 3. walkman 4. computer 5. windows http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif boo-hah! ------------------ http://imagehosting.bidbay.com/image.php3?imgID=505256 |
1. Have we forgotten, the WHEEL?
2. Engine (forget the name of it, maybe what Moridin said.) 3. Language 4. Computer 5. Lightbulb ------------------ a bunch of long hairs. trux |
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shoes toothbrush hairbrush soap http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif Moni ------------------ http://members.aol.com/lasttrueprincess/images/ltp4.gif |
Printing press
Seed Drill Spinning jenny Steam Engine Microprocessor or Left handed Pencil Solar powered torch Brewing Helicopter Ejector seat Chocolate tea Pot ------------------ http://www.wheatsheaf.freeserve.co.uk/roastspurs.gif Save Chip - Don't let Sarah win! Official Titterer of the Laughing Hyenas |
1)I can believe this hasn't come up yet (trumpent blar) the flushing toliet!!!!!! think of your life with out one.
2)medacine. 3)fire! 4)stustanable arculture. 5)telecomactions. 6)(i know there only ment to be five)cartoons! ------------------ http://www.angelfire.com/al4/cheesewizz01/penfold.gif |
1. Written word
2. Printing press 3. Books 4. Dishwashers 5. Computers 6. CRPGs http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif ------------------ http://www.paulbunyan.net/mnssc/bilqisd.gif Having abandoned my search for truth, I am now looking for a good fantasy. For R³ in thanks: Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness. |
1: Toilet Paper
2: Big green Garbage bags & twist ties 3: Refridgerator (sp?) magnets 4: Tuppaware burp bowls 5: Termalnuclear weapons Real list 1: Fire 2: Wheel 3: Writen language 4: Mathamatics 5: Toilet Paper ------------------ http://www.123imagehost.com/images/b...arrissig02.gif "the memories of a man in his old age, are deeds of a man in his prime" |
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The flushable toilet, of course! There´s nothing of greater importance, followed by Calvin and Hobbes.
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1)the flushing toilet! id hate to live in a world without one...
2)the wheel. this was purely a sympathy vote, seeing as how deodorant should be high on my list... 3)FIRE! FIRE FIRE FIRE!!! mwahaha, and learning what burns... where would be be without it? 4)computers. even tho i spend half my day trying to convince mine to print, i still love emhttp://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif 5)diesel engines. one of the first fuel-efficient engines ------------------ With each kill, I grow wiser, and with added wisdom, I grow stronger. Does anybody have any idea what this means? |
Just to be pedantic, I presume that by "inventions", we mean things created. The others (fire,etc.) were there all along and thus are more properly termed "discoveries"
P.S. Just for the record, it is Saturday a.m. and I am very slightly hungover http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...iles/frown.gif ------------------ Regards <marquee direction=left scrollamount=7> http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/noncgi/smiles/anr.gif </marquee> Mouse [This message has been edited by Mouse (edited 08-18-2001).] |
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yeah the written word is great, but what cave would we be living in if some bright individual hadn't figured out to give things names and start a spoken language?
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1. Matches (instant fire)
2. Fishing hook with a barbed end. (food) 3. The Axe (to build shelter) 4. Stringed instruments (including piano, harp, lute, guitar etc) 5. The various musical scales. ------------------ I am the walrus!.... er, no hang on.... http://www.animfactory.com/animation...ing_lg_clr.gif A fair dinkum laughing Hyena! |
Oh, one I should have put down is: Tampons.
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Thank you, Yorick
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1- Man made fire
2- Wheel 3- Mathematics and other written languages 4- Peniciline 5- Man made irrigation |
1 - Plumbing
2 - Computers 3 - Phones 4 - Cars 5 - Flushing toilet (ohhh yea .... my very favorite) |
Wheel
Plough Baby sling (frees the hands of all mothers worldwide and possibly the first human invention) Axe Ceramic ------------------ http://www.gldb.com/wayno/e1.jpg Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Epona of The Laughing Hyenas |
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