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- kamikazicondon, on 02/05/2008, -0/+62Digg is the home of 10 lists
- inactive, on 02/05/2008, -2/+43The Internet.
"oops, it was supposed to be only a series of tubes between military installations". - kinggimped, on 02/05/2008, -3/+383 things:
1) I wrote this article.
2) I submitted it to Digg last week since I was fairly happy with the way the article turned out (http://www.digg.com/design/Serendipity_10_accident ... I didn't write the article with the purpose of it getting on Digg, I just thought I'd post it for the hell of it. It got a grand total of 69 diggs. I sighed and moved on with my life.
3) I haven't paid anyone to digg it. I haven't paid anyone to resubmit it. I just opened Digg this morning and found my opening paragraph on the front page. It was a nice surprise.
If you want to play the belligerent *****, that's fair enough. But please do your research first. Otherwise it's a bit embarrassing when your assumptions turn out to be pure paranoia.
Probably a thetan issue. - geekchic, on 02/05/2008, -1/+24I think the laser is an often overlooked entry in such lists as while it wasn't an accidental discovery, it was developed long before anyone knew what to do with it.
It was much later that it found applications in commercial devices - and today we can barely imagine life without the laser. Not bad for something which was invented just to test one of Einstein's theories. - kinggimped, on 02/05/2008, -1/+15So just because Motley Crue's songwriter didn't need drugs to write their awful music, your point stands?
I dunno, man. I dunno. - satanguy, on 02/05/2008, -1/+13the slinky?? seriously? how can that be in the list with things like penicillin, the microwave and the pacemaker?
Sure it's fun...but changed the world?? - JITerraza, on 02/05/2008, -0/+12"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!', but 'That's funny ...'" - Isaac Asimov
- megaton, on 02/05/2008, -4/+1510 Top-10 Lists that Frontpaged Digg Multiple Times:
#10: 10 Accidental Inventions that Changed the World
#9: 10... - VSLOATHE, on 02/05/2008, -0/+10The laser is absolutely vital to another great invention: Sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads.
- DickyT83, on 02/05/2008, -0/+10Can anyone save this woman?!
Don't worry! I have a slinky! - geekchic, on 02/05/2008, -2/+12The penicillin story is not entirely true though - there is a lot of controversial myth and hype about what actually happened and it is now accepted that Flemming is given a vastly more important role than he really deserved.
The hard work was done by other scientists, whom most people have never heard of - Fleming was hardly involved at all until the very end of the process and as he helped with some of the human trials, he landed the prize of all the media attention. - subterfuge, on 02/05/2008, -1/+11"LSD changing the world may be a fraudulent assumption."
it's certainly changed my world! - sfacets, on 02/05/2008, -0/+9surely you realize the futility of your comment?
- kinggimped, on 02/05/2008, -1/+10According to a few sources I found, the egg they tested actually exploded in one of the researchers' faces. It took everything I had to resist making a gruesomely unfunny 'egg on your face' pun.
I still find microwaves slightly scary, even now that I know a little more about how they work. You put something in a box, press a button, and it comes out scalding hot a minute later. Yet it can't make toast. If the microwave was a person, it'd be a WITCH! WITCH! BURN THE WITCH! - sfacets, on 02/05/2008, -0/+7But who invented the top 10 list?
- lkms, on 02/05/2008, -2/+9#2 sounds scary. Have the guy's internal organs which happen to be near that pocket got melted too?
- Hayaemsay, on 02/05/2008, -0/+7I suggest you ignore the troll and move on with your life.
- 4rp4n3t, on 02/05/2008, -1/+7Duh. The article doesn't say anything about LSD enhancing creativity. It says it led to a cultural revolution. Which is undeniable.
- phenolholic, on 02/05/2008, -2/+811 is null. god hasn't been discovered. its a thought experiment.
- Origins, on 02/05/2008, -1/+6Slinky And Post-It Notes > Pacemaker...wtf?
- 1awesomeguy, on 08/19/2008, -0/+5they actually do mention x-rays and saccharine at the bottom of the list
- kinggimped, on 02/05/2008, -1/+6I'm perfectly relaxed, thanks. Just correcting the guy. Why do you assume I'm anything but calm? I'm typing words into a keyboard, it's quite difficult to do that in a 'defensive' way.
The blog is mine... it's the exact same article I submitted, this submitter's just played with the URL a bit. No copy-pasting, no plagiarism. Suxmonkey hasn't done anything wrong as far as I see, neither have I. He can't make money off it if it's my blog... there are no adwords, it's purely non-profit.
I doubt there's any paid diggs nonsense going on; suxmonkey simply has a much better submitter's account than mine, so the story obviously gets much more visibility.
I just didn't see the need for bingobongony to throw around accusations of plagiarism and repetition of content - this story has never been on the front page before. Like I said above, I submitted it and it got 69 diggs, which, although a rather amusing number, wouldn't have propelled the article to front page status. Although I did see a story on the front page this morning with only 60 diggs, which confused the hell out of me. But that's another comment, for another thread.
Meh, I'm just stoked my crappy article has been considered good enough to hit the front page. Thanks everybody for digging!
Oh, and the ice cream cone was accidental because it wouldn't have been discovered had those two stalls not been next to each other at the World's Fair that year. Although to be honest I find that story almost too convenient to believe. Probably cooked up by some company specialising in manufacturing ice cream cones. - BigBallistix, on 02/05/2008, -1/+5Dude, the stimulant effect and misdirection of signals throughout the neural pathways have been proven multiple times (by anti-drug and pro-drug researchers) to lessen the brains ability to suppress unnecessary thoughts. This both endangers and releases the individual. Thought becomes unhindered and unsuppressed, but so do emotions and memories - including traumas.
- ronaldinho, on 02/05/2008, -0/+4well at least THIS was a good list, some of them are quite terrible
- MikeyLanders, on 02/05/2008, -2/+6list is not complete without Viagra
- nshady, on 02/05/2008, -0/+4I wish that they'd elaborated on all the other stuff they only mentioned at the end.
- kinggimped, on 02/05/2008, -0/+4Good call.
- repairman2003, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3Yeah, thanks Al Gore...
- phenolholic, on 02/05/2008, -1/+4because Nikki Sixx is a credited neurologist, right? how about a control? how can he pinpoint his creativity to not being from drugs when he did drugs? a better test to make such claims would be having two identical copies of Nikki Sixx (a clone), having one (that you know of) taking drugs and one not taking drugs, then measuring the creativity level (however that may be). then, you can make such claims. but you're quoting a Motley Crue songwriter so you probably can't think in terms of the scientific method, and go by heresay.
- kinggimped, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3If you check the dates on the actual blog entries, you'll find this article was actually posted the day before the other one... but the submission wasn't as successful because I submitted it from my own lame Digg account... just goes to show how much more visibility a story gets when it's a decent submitter.
Algorithm change, my ass... :) - Sle3per, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3Oh god not traumas! Have you considered that lsd could be used for rehabilitation by letting people work through their mental issues? As long as you have a non-lsd using sitter and some orange slices, what's the big deal?
- TheOneTrueGod, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3Magic Mushrooms (Psilocin/Psilocybin), which are not far away from LSD, certainly changed *my* life! For the better, I might add.
- inactive, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3Lame. Period.
- phenolholic, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3RTFA. you're not getting no pussy points by listing stuff they've unlistedly mentioned
- kinggimped, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3Everyone knows it's Slinky, though.
- avatar28, on 02/05/2008, -1/+4It turned me into a newt!
- avatar28, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3Buried. Silicone is a type of polymer and, while it can be fun to look at, is not especially efficient at generating solar power.
SiliCON, on the other hand, is one of the elements used in semiconductors and, as such, is rather useful in the generation of solar power. - kinggimped, on 02/05/2008, -0/+3The superglue story was more compelling. Vulcanised rubber was a result of a sulphur spillage.
It is mentioned at the bottom of the article though. - cctoronto05, on 02/05/2008, -1/+416, Solar power generation using silicone, Bell Labs. That's a BIG one!
- geekchic, on 02/05/2008, -1/+4"oops, it was supposed to be only a series of tubes between military installations".
And only for use by systems developers, not the military itself.
The idea that the internet protocols were designed for military communications can be easy killed when you at how insecure internet connections can be. Something designed for the military woud be covered in secure systems. - TheOneTrueGod, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2NASA. :]
- kinggimped, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2Meh, who ever reads to the end anyway? Much easier to skip that bit while the cynical ammunition for needless criticism is fresh in your mind, so that you can rush to the Digg comments and complain about the content without thanking either the author for the effort of writing all that ***** or the submitter for bringing it to your attention.
This is the internet. Everybody's an expert here. You should know better! - cozb, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2tell that to steve jobs.
- Sabarok, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2It all started with Urts Top 10 Ways to Kill your Prey
1) Pointed Stick
2) Big club
3) Sharp rocks
4) Strangle
5) Drown in river
6) Use fists
7) Use teeth
8) Scare to Death
9) Use someone as bait and chase prey off a cliff
10) Wait for prey to die of natural causes - ila002, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2No they put it in under LSD,
"Here are a few other accidental innovations that deserve at least a mention: saccharin (artificial sweetener), Scotchguard (aka Sellotape), Teflon, the band-aid, the frisbee, the sandwich, the popsicle, Silly Putty, x-rays, vulcanized rubber, velcro, and safety glass."
They just didn't go into great detail about how it was accidentally discovered... - Arkaris01, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2You would have a higher percentage of Ron Paul spam though. Variety is the spice of life?
- clinton1550, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2It's a good list and an interesting read.
- avatar28, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2Not accidental I think.
- absurdist, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2If you're actually going to compare LSD to cocaine and heroin, you're even more clueless than your comment history would lead one to believe.
- brotherfranciz, on 02/05/2008, -0/+2What about tempered glass?
Whoa, while googling some proof of tempered glass being an accidental discovery, I found a "top ten" accidental discoveries list:
http://www.exn.ca/Stories/2004/04/19/51.asp?t=dp -
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