2 Year Old Thread Bumped: Most underrated invention of all time ??

[WorldNumberOne]

i say the fax machine... amazing to me how a piece of paper in my office can be printed on a machine in another office anywhere in the world...

 

[HacheMan]

I stil think the Television

A little box with a glass/plastic screen that shows you what's going on at the very same time across the country or world........

 

[bellyputter]

The 6.5 pt even-money NFL teaser.

 

[steaktartar]

corkscrew and it isnt close

 

[WorldNumberOne]

belly and steak..... takes 3 of a kind to beat that pair...

 

[Betallsports]

corkscrew and it isnt close

Thought you would have said Wine. and that it's Amazing how they take all those Grapes and turn it into a product that makes People All over the World....Happy ! :grandmais

 

[PedroGuerrero]

Fish and if you do not believe me just ask him.

 

[D2bets]

i say the fax machine... amazing to me how a piece of paper in my office can be printed on a machine in another office anywhere in the world...

Fax machine is irrelevant now with the advent of e-mail.

 

[WorldNumberOne]

Fax machine is irrelevant now with the advent of e-mail.

not in my business.. i would have to call and ask for someone's email before i sent a request for quote .

i already have their fax number .

alot of my vendors reply via email cause i list mine on my faxed quote.

from there on , i will email them.

 

[kidslick]

microwave


astroglide...............................

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[Jack Herer]

Birth control

 

[Haystacks]

....the Air conditioner, the poker chip, the pick 4,

 

[Bryan24K]

 

[3PtShooter]

The Wheel

 

[JakeT.]

Birth control

Nice.

 

[wolfie_cr]

for people that like to learn about how something 'stupid' trigger an incredible chain reaction of events that lead to the invention of 'x' I recommend a series called "Connections" by James Burke

you can buy it in Amazon......(or download it from the internet as it is very expensive)

there have been sequels 2,3 and so on ......but nothing beats the original

I watched it as a kid in Costa Rica and it is one of those things that change you forever. Of course when I watched it in English (the guy is from the UK) I thought it sucked, the appocaliptic tone of voice of the Spanish version can't be matched (specially when I watched this during the late 70s/early 80s where nuclear armageddon was around the corner)

for example: it tells you how the need for the priests to have a way to wake up to pray in the middle of the 14th century......leads inventions related to computers.

really really interesting

 

[Number_9]

for people that like to learn about how something 'stupid' trigger an incredible chain reaction of events that lead to the invention of 'x' I recommend a series called "Connections" by James Burke

you can buy it in Amazon......(or download it from the internet as it is very expensive)

there have been sequels 2,3 and so on ......but nothing beats the original

I watched it as a kid in Costa Rica and it is one of those things that change you forever. Of course when I watched it in English (the guy is from the UK) I thought it sucked, the appocaliptic tone of voice of the Spanish version can't be matched (specially when I watched this during the late 70s/early 80s where nuclear armageddon was around the corner)

for example: it tells you how the need for the priests to have a way to wake up to pray in the middle of the 14th century......leads inventions related to computers.

really really interesting

Great suggestion wolfie_cr! Hadn't thought of connections in years, but it was an amazing series.

Check it out if you get a chance:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connections_(TV_series)

 

[fhmesq44]

plastic, steel and concrete

WNO, you need to look into efax

 

[NES]

The Redbull

 

[Untermeyer]

There is only one answer to this.

Air conditioning.

Has relieved more human misery than any other device include Jesus.