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| hhc314@yahoo.com |
 Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:39 pm |
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On May 1, 1:05 am, Benj <bjac...@iwaynet.net> wrote:
Quote: On Apr 30, 9:07 am, "Tom Potter" <tdp1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
1. The Internet - Al Gore
2. The GPS System - Einstein
3. The LASER - Einstein
4, DNA - Einstein
5. Radio/TV - Einstein
6. Transistor - Einstein
7. Information theory - Einstein
8. The refrigerator - Einstein
9. Digital computers - Einstein
10 Compression codes - Einstein
If anyone has a better list,
please post it..
1. Anthropogenic Global Warming - Algore
2. Atomic and Hydrogen bomb - Einstein
3. Telemarketing - Einstein
4. Bass Guitar - Einstein
5. SUVs - Einstein
6. Analog computers -Einstein
7. Tubes/valves - Einstein
8. "Stealth" technology - Einstein
9. Burning food for vehicle fuel - Einstein
10. LSD and all other psychoactive drugs - Einstein
But the real question is just WHO of the myriad array of people in
this newsgroup who are "smarter than Einstein" are going to be getting
credit for the major inventions of the NEXT century?
Beng,, get a grip. Every other reader of this newsgroup except you
takes this thread as a joke, and properly so. Obviously Al Gore did
not invent the internet, nor did Einstein invent either television or
the Bass Guitar.
Nobody really cares if anone is smarter than Einstein, simply because
Einstein, as gifted as he was, was only one of many, many contributers
to the advancements in scintific knowledge made during the past
century.
I'f you don't understand this, it would be a poor idea for you to give
up your day job at Walmart!
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| The Natural Philosopher |
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 9:05 pm |
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| Robert J. Kolker |
| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:07 pm |
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jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
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Not to mention that by that logic, the ancient Chinese invented the
Maxim machine gun.
The chinese did not have bullets that generated gas blowback. They may
have invented the magazine loaded crossbow of ballistea but that is not
how the Maxim works. The Maxim is a gas powered repeating fire-arm.
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And DNA wasn't invented, it was discovered.
The atomic model (with its associated theory of bonds) used to describe
DNA was invented. It is an artifact.
Bob Kolker
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| Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:35 pm |
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Robert J. Kolker <bobkolker@comcast.net> wrote:
Quote: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
Not to mention that by that logic, the ancient Chinese invented the
Maxim machine gun.
The chinese did not have bullets that generated gas blowback. They may
have invented the magazine loaded crossbow of ballistea but that is not
how the Maxim works. The Maxim is a gas powered repeating fire-arm.
The Chinese invented gunpowder. All guns are powered by something
derived from gunpowder. Therefor the Chinese invented all guns.
Get the false login now?
Quote: And DNA wasn't invented, it was discovered.
The atomic model (with its associated theory of bonds) used to describe
DNA was invented. It is an artifact.
And various mathematics is used to describe electromagnetic radiation.
The light bulb and radio were invented, light and RF were discovered.
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Jim Pennino
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| Robert J. Kolker |
| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 10:30 am |
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Benj wrote:
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Well this is terrific reference given that it lists Marconi as the
inventor or radio! But they are correct about the "invention of TV
The courts later decided that Tesla had the better claim.
It wasn't until 1943—a few months after Tesla's death— that the U.S.
Supreme Court upheld Tesla's radio patent number 645576.
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| BradGuth |
| Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 12:39 pm |
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On Apr 30, 5:25 pm, foolsrushin <dolomi...@hotmail.com> wrote:
Quote: On 30 Apr, 14:07, "Tom Potter" <tdp1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
1. The Internet - Al Gore
2. The GPS System - Einstein
3. The LASER - Einstein
4, DNA - Einstein
5. Radio/TV - Einstein
6. Transistor - Einstein
7. Information theory - Einstein
8. The refrigerator - Einstein
9. Digital computers - Einstein
10 Compression codes - Einstein
If anyone has a better list,
please post it..
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Tom Potter
http://www.geocities.com/tdp1001/index.htmlhttp://notsocrazyideas.blo...
Excellent! My list contains one item:
1. DNS
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'foolsrushin.'
China actually invented most everything under the sun.
None of which had been derived by mensa or having otherwise been
contributed to by way of mensa.
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