I was wondering what people think about human achievements. I mean discoveries, inventions, or other things.
Despite all great things we have done, especially in the 20th century, I believe the most important of them all is toilet.
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I was wondering what people think about human achievements. I mean discoveries, inventions, or other things.
Despite all great things we have done, especially in the 20th century, I believe the most important of them all is toilet.
You forgot:
"Climbing to the top of the food chain"
the poll is incomplete, it should contain about 1000 items.
Hi,
Greatest achivement is Internet. throught we Chit Chat.
Correct.
Bye
That is included with the computer option. There is no internet without computers.Quote:
Greatest achivement is Internet. throught we Chit Chat
Quickly voted for toilet. I'm in a hurry to go there.... :D
Bye!
It should be multiple choice...
Toilet
Computer
C/C++/Visual
A-Bomb/H-Bomb
Are pretty darn great, albeit in not exactly the same order.
Just greatest from this incomplete list: toilet. :cool:
EDIT: one important should be added: Fluffing discussion threads. :D
did you mean flushing ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hokutata
I'm sure he meant "fluff" which means "Make a mess of, destroy or ruin".Quote:
Originally Posted by s|lent
my bad, sorry.
what about chewing gum?
toilet: After inventing the toilet, John P. Crapper used this device and a bowl of chili for deep thought into the discovery of the Magic 8 Ball.
DNA discovery: Watson and Crick used Magic 8 Ball in their rigorous scientific trials.
cloning: Public opinion on cloning closely matches the Magic 8 Ball opinion on cloning.
walk on the Moon: Magic 8 Ball used to decide who got out of the lunar module first.
radio, TV: Executive network programming decisions finalized by Magic 8 Ball
computer: Unable to reproduce the true multi-state logic of the Magic 8 Ball, a binary machine was the best that mankind could do.
antibiotics: Fluid in Magic 8 Ball decreases swelling, stops infection, soothing to the skin.
writing: Magic 8 Ball contains the minimum set of phrases to combat illiteracy worldwide.
A-bomb, H-bomb: Concern over the ramifications of global nuclear weapons build dismissed by Magic 8 Ball from Oct.6, 1951 to present.
C/C++/VisualC++ : Magic 8 Ball used to manage bug priority list at Microsoft.
The greatest is the radio (discovered by the famous russian scientist Popov, Alexander Stepanovitch under his pillow). :D
Well it seems to me that the greatest human achievement, up to this point, is
that enough of the buggers have been born, survived and reproduced that
eventually I came along.