Tried this at another board, and it seemed pretty fun.
My top 10:
Space exploration
Packet switching (proto-internets)
Open heart surgery
Automobile
Capturing sound and video to recordable media
Broadcast technology
Harnessing electricity
Refrigeration
Airline travel
Printing Press
Full Version: New list game
no particular order,
internet
computer
phone
radio
tv
lasic
any modern medical device
sat radio
satilites
nfl sunday ticket
internet
computer
phone
radio
tv
lasic
any modern medical device
sat radio
satilites
nfl sunday ticket
Toilet Paper (especially the really soft stuff)
Indoor Toilet
Tim Hortons Coffee
Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
Beer and Tomato Juice Mix
Electric Washer and Dryer
Books (libraries)
Electric Router (any wood working tool)
internetssssssssssssss
rolling papers
filler for rolling papers
that's it for now.....that's all I need to survive.......
Indoor Toilet
Tim Hortons Coffee
Reeses Peanut Butter Cups
Beer and Tomato Juice Mix
Electric Washer and Dryer
Books (libraries)
Electric Router (any wood working tool)
internetssssssssssssss
rolling papers
filler for rolling papers
that's it for now.....that's all I need to survive.......
QUOTE (carmenjonze @ Jun 27 2008, 07:25 AM) 
Tried this at another board, and it seemed pretty fun.
My top 10:
Space exploration
Packet switching (proto-internets)
Open heart surgery
Automobile
Capturing sound and video to recordable media
Broadcast technology
Harnessing electricity
Refrigeration
Airline travel
Printing Press
My top 10:
Space exploration
Packet switching (proto-internets)
Open heart surgery
Automobile
Capturing sound and video to recordable media
Broadcast technology
Harnessing electricity
Refrigeration
Airline travel
Printing Press
I honestly thought when I opened this post that the first line was going to be "in McCain's lifetime".
The expression goes something like "since white bread".
But I guess any bread was a big accomplishment.
A "warm place to shit" would have to be also on the list.
"Loose fitting shoes" would have to be on there too.
We need protection from the hostile environment.
And then there's all the ways we intelligent beings have made to transport our overweight bodies from one point on the planet to another.
Let us not forget all the benefits that underwear have done for us too.
But I guess any bread was a big accomplishment.
A "warm place to shit" would have to be also on the list.
"Loose fitting shoes" would have to be on there too.
We need protection from the hostile environment.
And then there's all the ways we intelligent beings have made to transport our overweight bodies from one point on the planet to another.
Let us not forget all the benefits that underwear have done for us too.
QUOTE (zemo @ Jun 27 2008, 06:13 PM)
...
A "warm place to shit" would have to be also on the list.
...
A "warm place to shit" would have to be also on the list.
...
I was going to pitch vaginal reconstruction, but I think Zemo hit the nail on the head.
Not necessarily in this order,
1-Flight
2-Vaccines
3-Lasers
4-Internet
5-Interstate Highway
6-Geodesic Dome
7-LSD
8-Nuclear Fission
9-Refrigeration
10-Beer
1-Flight
2-Vaccines
3-Lasers
4-Internet
5-Interstate Highway
6-Geodesic Dome
7-LSD
8-Nuclear Fission
9-Refrigeration
10-Beer
1. Soap
2. Indoor plumbing
3. Toilet paper
4. Fire
5. Tool creation
6. Housing
7. The wheel
8. Anesthesiology
9. Sexology
10. Dragonology
2. Indoor plumbing
3. Toilet paper
4. Fire
5. Tool creation
6. Housing
7. The wheel
8. Anesthesiology
9. Sexology
10. Dragonology
- Monostat Chafing Relief Gel Powder
- Photography
- The loom
- The Sewing Machine
- Mass transportation
- The Fishing Reel
- Wine
- Night Vision goggles
- Thermal Underwear
- Modern dentistry
1. Internet
QUOTE (Stoon @ Jun 27 2008, 11:01 PM)
7. The wheel
I was considering that one too but chose to go for the contemporary.
I have a whole nuther list for ancient technology.
1-Fire
2-Lever
3-Wheel
4-Bow and Arrow
5-Pulley
6-Wedge
7-Screw
8-Plow
9-Irrigation
10-Beer
1. vagina
2. cannabis
3. Yeagermeister
4. Wild Turkey
5. computer
6. internet
7. html writing
8. singing
9. forums
10. writing
these are all interchangeable
2. cannabis
3. Yeagermeister
4. Wild Turkey
5. computer
6. internet
7. html writing
8. singing
9. forums
10. writing
these are all interchangeable
QUOTE (carmenjonze @ Jun 27 2008, 05:25 AM)
Tried this at another board, and it seemed pretty fun.
My top 10:
Packet switching (proto-internets)
My top 10:
Packet switching (proto-internets)
Spread-spectrum radio technology. The basis for all wireless computing and cell phones. Co-invented by her:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr
QUOTE
[edit] Frequency-hopped spread spectrum invention
Avant garde composer George Antheil, a son of German immigrants and neighbor of Lamarr, had experimented with automated control of instruments. Together, he and Lamarr submitted the idea of a Secret Communication System in June 1941. On 11 August 1942, U.S. Patent 2,292,387 was granted to Antheil and Hedy Kiesler Markey. This early version of frequency hopping used a piano roll to change between 88 frequencies and was intended to make radio-guided torpedoes harder for enemies to detect or jam.
The idea was impractical, ahead of its time, and not feasible due to the state of mechanical technology in 1942. It was not implemented in the USA until 1962, when it was used by U.S. military ships during a blockade of Cuba,[4] after the patent had expired. Neither Lamarr nor Antheil (who died in 1959) made any money from the patent. Perhaps due to this lag in development, the patent was little-known until 1997, when the Electronic Frontier Foundation gave Lamarr an award for this contribution.[1]
Lamarr's and Antheil's frequency-hopping idea serves as a basis for modern spread-spectrum communication technology, e.g. CDMA used in devices ranging from cordless telephones to WiFi network connections.[5] Similar patents had been granted to others earlier, like in Germany in 1935 to Telefunken engineers Paul Kotowski and Kurt Dannehl who also received U.S. Patent 2,158,662 and U.S. Patent 2,211,132 in 1939 and 1940.
Lamarr wanted to join the National Inventors Council, but she was told that she could better help the war effort by using her celebrity status to sell War Bonds. She once raised $7,000,000 at just one event.
In May 2008, playwright Elyse Singer was slated to premiere a new play in New York City, Frequency Hopping, about Antheil and Lamarr's frequency-hopping invention.
Avant garde composer George Antheil, a son of German immigrants and neighbor of Lamarr, had experimented with automated control of instruments. Together, he and Lamarr submitted the idea of a Secret Communication System in June 1941. On 11 August 1942, U.S. Patent 2,292,387 was granted to Antheil and Hedy Kiesler Markey. This early version of frequency hopping used a piano roll to change between 88 frequencies and was intended to make radio-guided torpedoes harder for enemies to detect or jam.
The idea was impractical, ahead of its time, and not feasible due to the state of mechanical technology in 1942. It was not implemented in the USA until 1962, when it was used by U.S. military ships during a blockade of Cuba,[4] after the patent had expired. Neither Lamarr nor Antheil (who died in 1959) made any money from the patent. Perhaps due to this lag in development, the patent was little-known until 1997, when the Electronic Frontier Foundation gave Lamarr an award for this contribution.[1]
Lamarr's and Antheil's frequency-hopping idea serves as a basis for modern spread-spectrum communication technology, e.g. CDMA used in devices ranging from cordless telephones to WiFi network connections.[5] Similar patents had been granted to others earlier, like in Germany in 1935 to Telefunken engineers Paul Kotowski and Kurt Dannehl who also received U.S. Patent 2,158,662 and U.S. Patent 2,211,132 in 1939 and 1940.
Lamarr wanted to join the National Inventors Council, but she was told that she could better help the war effort by using her celebrity status to sell War Bonds. She once raised $7,000,000 at just one event.
In May 2008, playwright Elyse Singer was slated to premiere a new play in New York City, Frequency Hopping, about Antheil and Lamarr's frequency-hopping invention.
She also met all the top Nazis through her first husband including Hitler and the castle from The Sound of Music is her old house.
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