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  • toilet

    8 32.00%
  • DNA discovery

    2 8.00%
  • cloning

    0 0%
  • walk on the Moon

    0 0%
  • radio, TV

    0 0%
  • computer

    3 12.00%
  • antibiotics

    3 12.00%
  • writing

    5 20.00%
  • A-bomb, H-bomb

    3 12.00%
  • C/C++/VisualC++

    1 4.00%
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  1. #1
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    Greatest human achievement

    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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    Re: Greatest human achievement

    You forgot:
    "Climbing to the top of the food chain"

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    Re: Greatest human achievement

    the poll is incomplete, it should contain about 1000 items.
    the doer alone learneth. (nietzsche)

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    Smile Re: Greatest human achievement

    Hi,

    Greatest achivement is Internet. throught we Chit Chat.
    Correct.

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    Re: Greatest human achievement

    Greatest achivement is Internet. throught we Chit Chat
    That is included with the computer option. There is no internet without computers.
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    Re: Greatest human achievement

    Quickly voted for toilet. I'm in a hurry to go there....

    Bye!

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    Re: Greatest human achievement

    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.
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    Re: Greatest human achievement

    Just greatest from this incomplete list: toilet.

    EDIT: one important should be added: Fluffing discussion threads.
    Last edited by Hokutata; September 30th, 2004 at 09:12 AM.
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    Re: Greatest human achievement

    Quote Originally Posted by Hokutata
    Just greatest from this incomplete list: toilet.

    EDIT: one important should be added: Fluffing discussion threads.
    did you mean flushing ?
    the doer alone learneth. (nietzsche)

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    Re: Greatest human achievement

    Quote Originally Posted by s|lent
    did you mean flushing ?
    I'm sure he meant "fluff" which means "Make a mess of, destroy or ruin".
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    Re: Greatest human achievement

    my bad, sorry.
    the doer alone learneth. (nietzsche)

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    Re: Greatest human achievement

    what about chewing gum?
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    Re: Greatest human achievement

    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.

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    Re: Greatest human achievement

    The greatest is the radio (discovered by the famous russian scientist Popov, Alexander Stepanovitch under his pillow).
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    Re: Greatest human achievement

    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.
    Wakeup in the morning and kick the day in the teeth!! Or something like that.

    "i don't want to write leak free code or most efficient code, like others traditional (so called expert) coders do."

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