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The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
Category: Science > Technology Asked by: probonopublico-ga List Price: $5.00 |
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08 May 2006 06:26 PDT
Expires: 07 Jun 2006 06:26 PDT Question ID: 726504 |
I reckon it's the Remote Control. Otherwise I am sure I would have become even madder even sooner. Any arguments? |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
Answered By: eiffel-ga on 08 May 2006 07:21 PDT Rated: |
Hi Bryan, I thought the greatest invention ever was supposed to be sliced bread, because all other inventions seem to be compared to it. Using Google's wildcard facility, I performed a search for "the greatest invention ever is *". It seems that not everyone agrees with you about the remote control, because I got the following results: the seedless watermelon the internet spell check auto start those gift bags music nanoloop - a music writing program for Gameboy zombie paper - like fly paper but for zombies peanut butter and jelly paper - in 105 AD cheese green potatoes with ... apple custard stew the circle the Razor Electric Scooter the sundial the airplane the Thermos the opposite sex the i-pod the mind of a child the remote control to the TV the two party system the world wide web the air conditioner the book the air guitar the $0.13 bag of flavored Ramen noodles beer "The remote control to the TV" was suggested as the greatest invention ever in a "Homecoming 2005" article from "Inside Binghampton University": 'Pearlstein ?66 gave a comical talk about aging strategies. ?Modern technology,? she sighed, ?some of us fear it and get crazy about it, but the greatest invention ever is the remote control to the TV.' http://inside.binghamton.edu/news/newspage.cgi?issue=2005oct27&id=13 I tried turning the phrase around and searching for "remote control is the greatest invention ever", but this yielded no results. Shortening it to "remote control is the greatest invention" yielded four qualified endorsements: "The remote control is the greatest invention since the television" http://forums.ugo.com/archive/index.php/t-20288.html "The remote control is the greatest invention of the 20th century" http://www.ae.utexas.edu/design/rube/rube2000.htm "The all-in-one remote control is the greatest invention since self-flush toilets" http://www.g4tv.com/freshgear/features/47886/Lab_Blog_Whats_Up_Next.html "The remote control is the greatest invention since the wheel" http://www.angelfire.com/moon/eggless/ihateyou.html I'd have to agree with the first of these, that the remote control is the greatest invention since television. The remote control cannot be the greatest invention ever, since it is of little use unless the television has been invented first. I trust this provides the information you require. Regards, eiffel-ga Google Search Strategy: "the greatest invention ever is *" ://www.google.com/search?q=%22the+greatest+invention+ever+is+*%22&hl=en "remote control is the greatest invention" ://www.google.com/search?q=%22remote+control+is+the+greatest+invention%22&hl=en | |
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Perfection, Eiffel, Go to the top of your Tower. I never knew that there was a fart machine and I've never had the need for one. All the Best Bryan |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: politicalguru-ga on 08 May 2006 06:44 PDT |
No way. It is the soother (dummy, pacifier). You cannot watch your telly in any case if a baby is screaming next to you. And you would have become madder much sooner than without a remote (or a TV altogether). It is the best thing ever. |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: frde-ga on 08 May 2006 06:58 PDT |
Probably the written word The 'remote' is just for channel surfing - multiple channels are a rather recent innovation. |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: elids-ga on 08 May 2006 08:00 PDT |
the pill |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: myoarin-ga on 08 May 2006 09:20 PDT |
The Pill? Although I have been a secondary beneficiary of its use, it has been the downfall of Western morals (not that that did not have its enjoyable side), instrumental in the rise of women's lib with all its negative effects (please don't ask me to enumerate), the decline of the family, upsetting government pension schemes, ... What about the dishwashing machine? |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: elids-ga on 08 May 2006 09:53 PDT |
"What about the dishwashing machine?" Not so sure about this one... after all, when those arrived the wifie didn?t do the dishes on a regular basis anymore. Then her self-esteem kinda got shot due to feelings of having been supplanted by a mechanical device. That in turn led to the downfall of Western morals (not that that did not have its enjoyable side), it became instrumental in the rise of women's lib with all its negative effects (started with the dishes...), the decline of the family, upsetting government pension schemes ... |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: myoarin-ga on 08 May 2006 10:00 PDT |
Elids, Maybe, somewhere, but not in my house. And I was thinking that dishwashers freed males from enslavery in the kitchen, allowing them to show their appreciation for wifie's good cooking in ways that they could enjoy together. But perhaps I can't generalize. |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: denco-ga on 08 May 2006 10:06 PDT |
Without a doubt, hot water on demand. |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: pinkfreud-ga on 08 May 2006 10:06 PDT |
Although I haven't needed one for many years, I'd like to cast a vote for the humble condom. It helps to prevent the spread of disease and unwanted pregnancy, and it makes a good water-balloon. |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: elids-ga on 08 May 2006 10:30 PDT |
it was a joke... ;-) |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: markvmd-ga on 08 May 2006 12:30 PDT |
Except for "The remote control is the greatest invention since the wheel" in the Answer, nobody has mentioned the lowly wheel without which there would be no remote control fart machines, air guitars, zombie papers or the opposite sex (okay, this is too funny-- I assigned numbers to each of the items mentioned in this entire posting and had people randomly pick four. Leave it to Murphy for those four to have remarkably little to do with the wheel!). I'm going for the wheel. That and Isaac Newton's best known invention, the cat flap. |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: eiffel-ga on 08 May 2006 13:43 PDT |
Thanks Bryan. eiffel-ga |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: frde-ga on 09 May 2006 07:52 PDT |
paper - in 105 AD Papyrus in .... 1200 BC ? Probably long before. |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: kemlo-ga on 09 May 2006 10:22 PDT |
To markvmd-ga Not the man who invented the wheel but the man who thought of TWO wheels and an AXLE between them. Kemlo |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: markvmd-ga on 09 May 2006 13:26 PDT |
Kemlo-- No, no-- the unicycle is the epitome of form and function as one! --Mark PS Seriously, folks; Isaac Newton invented the cat flap. |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: pinkfreud-ga on 09 May 2006 13:30 PDT |
>> Seriously, folks; Isaac Newton invented the cat flap. I remember reading about this. Newton was just sitting there when a cat turd fell on his head, and this brilliant idea occurred... |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: myoarin-ga on 09 May 2006 13:32 PDT |
Personally, I don't think the wheel or two wheels with an axel were so difficult to invent. Why? Once someone happened to discover that a round thing rolled - as rocks and logs will, and played with rolling a round rock or piece of wood under his/her hand, it seems to me that the wheel was a simple and logical development. With all respect for Poly-guru's suggestion, again I think that nursing mums quickly discovered a substitute. I understand that Louisiana Cajuns used to tie poppy seeds in a piece of cloth for this purpose, introducing a natural sleeping "inducer". What about double entry bookkeeping? |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: pugwashjw65-ga on 10 May 2006 05:48 PDT |
The Inca's survived WITHOUT the wheel. |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: weed_4_me-ga on 13 May 2006 00:40 PDT |
Think its pretty obvious beer is the greatest invention ever. closely followed by the internet. otherwise this discussion wouldnt have happened in the way it has. u try discussin things like this usin ur carrier pigeon :) |
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Re: The Greatest Man-Made Invention in the World - Ever
From: frodo2366-ga on 10 Aug 2006 18:55 PDT |
I would suggest that most woman would select BOB as "The Greatest MAN-Made Invention in the World - Ever". BOB = Battery Operated Boyfriend |
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