Saintsman From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2002, 2065 posts, RR: 2 Reply 1, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 2894 times:
People have been able to move around mechanically on the ground for centuries, even if you were pulled by a horse. The car just automated the process. No one was able to fly though and that's what people have wanted to do since they first saw a bird so the aeroplane has to be up there at the top (next to beer of course )
VectorVictor From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 0 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 2824 times:
Tbar220 From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7011 posts, RR: 28 Reply 15, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 2789 times:
Newtonian Physics. Newton practically invented modern physics all by himself, and so much has spawned from it. That man was a genius.
Hartsfieldboy From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 552 posts, RR: 1 Reply 19, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 2759 times:
Crop rotation, the wheel, writing, the arch, oral sex.
KYIPpilot From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 1383 posts, RR: 7 Reply 20, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 2745 times:
The Personal Computer, the wheel, writing.
"It starts when you're always afraid; You step out of line, the man come and take you away" -Buffalo Springfield
Srbmod From United States of America, joined Mar 2001, 16896 posts, RR: 51 Reply 21, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 2740 times:
The internal combustion engine.
Electric generators.
Nuclear Weapons.
Flyingbronco05 From United States of America, joined May 2002, 3838 posts, RR: 3 Reply 23, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 2730 times:
Electricity.....
without it, 99.99999999% of the stuff we use today wouldn't have any funtion.
JAL777 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 24, posted (9 years 7 months 2 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 2729 times:
Last time I checked, we didn't invent electricity. That falls in the same category as weather and gravity... we just use it to your advantage.
25 Teva: I have to admit it is a difficult question. I hesitate between wine and the garlic butter (for my snails) teva
26 Kilavoud: Glasses, because I couldn't read now without them and couldn't stay in contact with you. Around 1000AD, the first vision aid was invented (inventor un
28 CanyonBlue: Steel to build the worlds infrastructure Mini skirts The printing press Porn The guitar Alcoholic beverages Gee, maybe my mind is REALLY in the gutter
29 EmiratesA345: SN-A330 , That woman must have the most horribly plucked eyebrows I have ever seen in my life. They look lik they are drawn on, too thin and the right
35 Vafi88: Hey superfly! thanks for letting me know A.net was offering thongs now... I'ma have to get me a pair...
36 Superfly: Vafi88: Yes indeed they do. Please don't make Alex wear them!
37 AWspicious: After seeing SN A330's post, I'll have to go with the first thing that came to mind when I saw this post some days ago... Toothpaste Without it, we'd
38 TheGov: ...............toilet paper what else could teenage pranksters wrap a house with???? ..........and I'm sure that there are other uses out there.......
39 Gordonsmall: Guys you're all forgetting the single most globally significant invention in the history of modern man (and 707cmf) ......................... KROC's s
40 Sleekjet: No brainer. It's the PVR that Dish Network sells you.
42 IMissPiedmont: And of course, for those with a brain, the printing press is the most important invention ever. I cannot live without books to read. The rest is pure
43 Bigphilnyc: printing press and homosexual repellent.
44 Lehpron: "The World's Greatest Invention" ELECTRICITY, hands down; without it, 99% of our lives would cease to exist.
45 High_flyr69: I have been bought up being taught that there is nothing stickytape cant fix, since then i have found that to be complete bullshit but yeah stickytape
46 L-188: I am surprised that nobody mentioned the condom yet. Personally I will go for gunpowder and the 30-06 rifle.
47 An-225: Sleekjet, I worked for Dish Network. Those PVR's are a major piece of shit. Dendryte growth in some of the chips... Constant Signal problems/pixelling
49 Airplay: I think I would classify electricity as a discovery. Not an invention. It was always there. I would say that anything that allows us to manipulate or