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On July 14 2009 09:08 Straylight wrote:
Random but interesting blog. Nice.
Could use some pictures of each thing though.
btw, I've tried to put pictures,but there is no "preview" function while making a blog, so I was not sure if adding pictures will be a good idea or will create a total mess. However I wanted to wake up some interest in the readers to research by themselves some of the items listed here. Especially the bridge in France.
Because of this bridge I added the overused pyramid, to make a reference. I really cant understand ppl's surprise for not finding the internet and the computer, or anything to do with electricity. This is like saying that math is the greatest science - no, as great as it is, the math is a tool in hands of the Real Science. I see the computer as a tool as well - you can pay 5000$ and play games on it or create music, visual art etc. Internet is the modern tool of globalization, believe it or not in the years before the second world war economically the world was as globalized as it is today.
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On July 14 2009 09:49 disciple wrote:
This is like saying that math is the greatest science - no, as great as it is, the math is a tool in hands of the Real Science.
http://xkcd.com/435/
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+ Show Spoiler +And yeah, Purity =/= greatness; I don't entirely disagree with your point but it seemed like an appropriate opportunity to link XKCD.
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I hate how you have guitar over other instruments.
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Mainly violin.
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Dude, the transistor, space shuttle, sliced bread. So many better things that could populate this list, and yeah the spitfire isn't even a contender.
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^^+ Show Spoiler +the arrow between the E and the x
but I think plastic is the most overlooked invention by mankind. we take it for granted but try for a second to imagine a world without plastic.
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Corn is also in a lot of the foods that we eat. Even the other vegetables at groceries at there because of corn, not to mention most everything in the aisles. Nice list, I'm looking forward to the next editions. Hopefully nothing too scholarly.
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I was really considering the space shuttle, I mean I like it a lot, but... You see, I've followed my own weird logic while making this and on top of all criteria I've put the inspirational factor, what was the impact of this thing to the other inventions in this area. Yes, sometimes the peak of the evolution is the best, like the Katana, as a sword there is no better one. But I took the Spitfire cause its simple, cause it refers to the very basic desire of man to fly, and lets be honest, this is one great looking thing as well.
I do believe the space shuttles will get better with time, cause the progress in this area was always to fly higher and faster, ever since the first plane. But maybe I should have put it in...
As for the transistor, like I said I'm very sensible on the radio technologies topic - I'm almost sure we took the wrong way to progress in this area. It will take a huge text wall to elaborate what I mean by that, but there was a time in the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th when science was rapidly developing and man looked for the most practical and useful ways to apply it in everyday life. Regarding many technologies, we just took the wrong choices. There were alternatives that could have speeded up our progress by decades...but nevermind that, the topic is vast I would need time to explain, what I think should have been done otherwise. And in the end I still could be wrong 
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Good read, however, I'd have to say that Go>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Chess by a long shot. The sheer simplicity and elegance of Go combined with the incredible strategic depth is much more beautiful and impressive than chess.
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Will you put out the 11 worst things man has created? I'd love to see how that list turns out - The Emo haircut might just deserve to be on there, or possibly ET The Video Game.
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On July 16 2009 09:24 MutaDoom wrote:
Will you put out the 11 worst things man has created? I'd love to see how that list turns out - The Emo haircut might just deserve to be on there, or possibly ET The Video Game.
yeah, I can think of great contenders for such a list, but I already have some things prepared for the next list, hopefully it will be a lot better and still not standard
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nike also brainwashed a whole generation. just douche it.
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