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What do you consider to be the best invention ever?
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This whole Segway deal made me ask myself an interesting question this morning...What is the best invention mankind has ever come up with?
Personally, I think the greatest invention of all times would have to be the cup. No, not the kind you wear, the kind you drink out of. Why the cup? Because it's simple, it makes sense, and I use it every single day. Also, as long as it's not a styrofoam cup, it doesn't hurt the environment every time I use one.
I even think the cup is an even better invention than the wheel.
So, what do you consider to be the greatest invention of all times?
edit: I said "since" instead of "sense," ...which didn't make since...lol.
[ 12-06-2001: Message edited by: MinivanH8R ]
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Originally posted by SpYn:
<STRONG>suburban moms</STRONG>
suburban moms are a great invention. Their naive daughters are even better!
oh yeah......and also the lever is a great invention.
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email/the internet
how else would we be able to waste so much time talking so much shite to so many people we don't even know who live in so many countries we've never been to? 
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The pencil... but it could be improved.
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The Chrysler minivan � with those innovative cup holders for suburban Moms.
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Originally posted by 3gg3:
<STRONG>The Chrysler minivan � with those innovative cup holders for suburban Moms.</STRONG>
Lee Iacocca is my hero.
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organic chem--invented to make students go insane and drop out of school...
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i tried to think of something funny and failed.
Guess i'll stick with my serious choice of:
The Printing Press
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It's wise to know who wrote the music to which we dance.
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Originally posted by grok420:
<STRONG>i tried to think of something funny and failed.
Guess i'll stick with my serious choice of:
The Printing Press</STRONG>
yeah, me too
my posts were serious...
w/out suburban moms, this country wouldnt be as it is now--think of the decrease in fatal car accidents...
more people would be alive--its great for filtering out the crowds, eh? 
and organics the same way--it gives less stupid doctors, cause they all drop out because that class...
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religion.
Probably the most successfull concept in the world.
Many different versions are available.
Endless list of accessories (or optionals)
Service points everywhere, from city centres to remote grotto's.
Instruction manual, well... the usual. a bit long and rather vague.
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Originally posted by sek929:
<STRONG>Ball berrings....</STRONG>
aye, friction be a harsh mistress!!
religion.
Probably the most successfull concept in the world.
Many different versions are available.
Endless list of accessories (or optionals)
Service points everywhere, from city centres to remote grotto's.
Instruction manual, well... the usual. a bit long and rather vague.
impossible without the printing press.
AND THAT GOES FOR THE REST OF YOU TOO!!
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It's wise to know who wrote the music to which we dance.
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Paper. In second place, the printing press.
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Originally posted by micha schraven:
<STRONG>fire</STRONG>
clearly very important, but it begs the question:
Discovery or Invention? Maybe a new thread for greatest Discovery?
oh yeah, saran wrap....
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Originally posted by M�lum:
<STRONG>religion.
Probably the most successfull concept in the world.
Many different versions are available.
Endless list of accessories (or optionals)
Service points everywhere, from city centres to remote grotto's.
Instruction manual, well... the usual. a bit long and rather vague.</STRONG>
I had this on my mind the second I read this topic's title! What else could set ridiculous notions in place, then have people follow them because they feel bad if they don't? It's like a mind-control device =)
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Originally posted by Bluebomber21XX:
<STRONG>
I had this on my mind the second I read this topic's title! What else could set ridiculous notions in place, then have people follow them because they feel bad if they don't? It's like a mind-control device =)</STRONG>
touch�!!!!
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Ok, I can see how the printing press could possibly be the greatest invention of all time. Though I must say, when it comes down to it, the cup just seems much more practical and useful.
And no, suburban moms are not the greatest invention ever, because they are what sparked the invention of the minivan!
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I can see the "cup" as being a great invention but somehow I was also thinking on a more "grandiouse" scale.
So I also vote for "The Printing Press".
I'd say second to that would be the Personal Computer/Internet (if you can count that as "one" thing).
There's really so many to list it's tough to say which one "rules"
Mike
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I'd have to say velcro.
er....wait! no, cheeeeeeessseee!
durn it! no, no, really, here it is: Karaoke!
no? okay...um.....the loincloth! I mean, really, trying to wrestle a sabertooth tiger and getting your short hairs caught in something is well....well....an unnecessary distraction at an inopportune time!
In fact, I'm pretty sure all the cavemen without loincloths are dead now.
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I shoulda said Pornography
Hey how about Contraception?
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crossed helical gears.
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Originally posted by scaught:
<STRONG>toilets/indoor plumbing.</STRONG>
And paper.
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Soft toilet paper..imagine having to wipe your ass with a leaf forever.
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I think shoes are a pretty good invention. Maybe the best. Maybe not. I always wondered who invented shoes. I finally decided it was probably the first guy to ever step on a sharp rock.
come on guys, It's all ballbearings these days!
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Originally posted by otis52:
<STRONG>Soft toilet paper..imagine having to wipe your ass with a leaf forever.</STRONG>
Or licking yourself clean, like my cat does.
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Originally posted by otis52:
<STRONG>Soft toilet paper..imagine having to wipe your ass with a leaf forever.</STRONG>
the bidet.
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Originally posted by M�lum:
<STRONG>religion.
Probably the most successfull concept in the world.
Many different versions are available.
Endless list of accessories (or optionals)
Service points everywhere, from city centres to remote grotto's.
Instruction manual, well... the usual. a bit long and rather vague.</STRONG>
Clever answer, but the question was for the BEST invention, not the Most Deadly and one that is the cause for most of the wars in history. I am being a smart ass now, sorry.
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I've got to go with fire - has anyone here ever eated raw meat (ie. steak tar tar)? Gross!!
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the WHEEL has to be the best invention EVER.
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Mac Paint
Not for what the program could do, but for what it represents, Seeing the mac 128 for the first time. It also represents the emergence of the media experience we all know as the web.
Boy I wish I still had that program.
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Originally posted by Silky Voice of The Gorn:
<STRONG>pr0n.</STRONG>
LOL!!
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<STRONG>The double-ended dildo.</STRONG>
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