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85 Big Ideas that Changed the World

Posted by michael on from the mass-spectrometer dept.

ccnull writes "Forbes just put out its well thought-out list of 85 breakthroughs since 1917 (sneakers) that have revolutionized the way we live. This is interesting on a number of levels -- crazy trivia (the microprocessor and the answering machine invented in the same year!?), a reminder of the past (the modem: 1962), and a frightening realization that not much of interest has come out of the last 10 years (a whopping 4 of the 85 ideas). Easily digestible and worth discussing."

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  1. Re:Hmmm... To all citizens of the USA by xA40D · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Well 'scuse me, I just happen to thing that shooting at people is not something you do to get your own way.

    Yep, it's something you do back to the people who are shooting at you to get their own way.

    But if you can temp them into shootiong first?

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    Do you mind, your karma has just run over my dogma.