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Pre-20th Century Gadgetery
The Byelorussian Hatter writes "Wired, presumably bored to death of Cellphones, Zunes, MairBook Nacs and what-have-you, looks back at the elegant inventions of a less civilized age. 'The Turk was a chess player concealed in a table packed with cogs and gears, contrived to give the appearance of a mighty chess-playing machine. Atop the table, an articulated automaton would be seen to make the moves determined by the master within. One of the 18th and 19th century's many illustrious hoaxes, the Turk is perhaps the greatest gadget that wasn't.'"
What the heck is this in a list of the greatest gadgets for? Push a button and out comes God (to melt faces)?
why don't you just go back to sucking dicks you luddite fag?
It didn't make the list, but was vapourware at the time:
Duke Nukem Forever
How about that one couple thousand year old computer/clock/astronomical/big gear thing that I read about on slashdot like a year ago. That thing was pretty bad ass lol. Did they ever find out what that thing did? Was it compatible with the Divx codec?
Google's Super Secret Search Algorithm: SELECT @search_results FROM internet WHERE @search_results = 'good'
Kinda like Vista.
Fiat Homos et Pereat Theos
The mechanical turk most certainly solves a practical problem if you need to defraud someone.
s/relize/realise
s/seemless/seamless
s/Its all/It's all
s/simplier/simpler
s/eletronics/electronics
s/eletricity/electricity
s/mediums/media
s/matter. Etc../matter, etc.
s/rememeber/remember
s/were but a step/we're but a step
Recast cliché
> Makes you relize how far man has NOT come.
Amen, brother.