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


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[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.

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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

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my 5 would be....

1. pain relievers
2. sliced bread
3. walkman
4. computer
5. windows

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1. Have we forgotten, the WHEEL?
2. Engine (forget the name of it, maybe what Moridin said.)
3. Language
4. Computer
5. Lightbulb

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roofing shingles
shoes
toothbrush
hairbrush
soap

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Printing press
Seed Drill
Spinning jenny
Steam Engine
Microprocessor

or

Left handed Pencil
Solar powered torch
Brewing
Helicopter Ejector seat
Chocolate tea Pot



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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!

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1. Written word
2. Printing press
3. Books
4. Dishwashers
5. Computers
6. CRPGs http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...es/biggrin.gif

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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

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