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- Surferess, on 11/04/2009, -0/+35Really? ... Not sliced bread? I think I will go make a sandwich so bread doesn't feel left out.
- dvsbastard, on 11/05/2009, -0/+23I am getting to assume all the participants were radiologists...
These were the discoveries that could be voted on:
Steam Engine
Stephenson's Rocket
Electric Telegraph
X-ray Machine
Model T Ford
Penicillin
V2 Rocket Engine
Pilot ACE Computer
DNA Double Helix
Apollo 10 Capsule
More info: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/Centenary/Home.asp ... - RunDiggMC, on 11/05/2009, -1/+19It must have sucked to break a bone before X-rays and have everyone just think you're a crybaby. I can only imagine how many times a farmer told a gnarly story, only for it to be met with "Pics, or it didn't happen." X-rays are a huge milestone -- make no bones about it.
- belthize, on 11/05/2009, -0/+16Ahh yes, the discovery of the Model T was a great event. I remember watching a movie about a young John Ford hiking in the woods and falling down a cave where he discovered the first Model T.
Discovery and invention are hardly the same thing. Just a gripe about the subject line.
In any event considering they go back to 'steam engine' then I'd probably have to vote for electrical power generation without which all but the steam engine would have been impossible. What they really did was pick 10 random ass things and then order them as if the one that came in first was the greatest in the set of all discoveries, not just the set of 10 random ass things they thought of. - wonderchemist, on 11/05/2009, -0/+14Did they not include the transistor as one of the options?
- craftyguy, on 11/05/2009, -1/+15Penicillin probably added upwards of 20 years to the average lifespan..
- 0biKwiet, on 11/05/2009, -0/+12As an electrical engineering student, it boggles my mind to think that people came up with all the stuff we have today. There are so many equations I use that are just crude approximations of transistor behavior for certain conditions. The fact that people came up with something so complected, with so many invisible fields going every which way, understood them and then used them to revolutionize the world as absolutely astounding. The complexity of modern electronics is far, far greater than most will ever appreciate, and everyone already thinks they are complected as hell.
- tomjthayer, on 11/05/2009, -0/+12you have a ***** computer? I would never leave the house.
- appleseed1234, on 11/05/2009, -2/+13Bacon is not a modern discovery as much as it is an ancient fact of life.
- MatzahMan, on 11/05/2009, -0/+10The transistor should have won. It changed everything.
- browwiw, on 11/05/2009, -0/+9Well, I'm a water plant operator, so I'm biased, but...chlorinated water.
Just think how little you'd get done if you always had dysentery. - Expl0siv0, on 11/05/2009, -0/+8Thank you for looking out for bread. He'll appreciate it.
- iPlunder, on 11/05/2009, -0/+7Or.. you know.. a ***** computer.
- aargh01, on 11/05/2009, -0/+7No laser? Weak.
- jmdwinter, on 11/05/2009, -0/+7Nuclear fission.
- Lefts, on 11/05/2009, -0/+6Well, with laptops....
- hankthedwarf, on 11/05/2009, -0/+6what about Pokemon?
- Berkana, on 11/05/2009, -0/+5What about the transistor?
- halyard, on 11/05/2009, -0/+5WD-40.
- brownsound00, on 11/05/2009, -0/+4Duct Tape
/red green - sentinel106, on 11/05/2009, -3/+7Internet porn, anyone?
- DifferentAngle, on 11/05/2009, -1/+5Penicillin owns the X-ray for sure as far as medical. Cheap transportation revolutionized our economy as things no longer needed to be produced locally.
- belthize, on 11/05/2009, -0/+4Duct tape, no contest.
- ZincSaucier, on 11/05/2009, -0/+4not nearly as important as the smelloscope will be
- sgtbutterscotch, on 11/05/2009, -0/+4I'm sure *heel appreciate it.
- Wakkyweed, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3I'm sorry, but X-rays more important than DNA? That's a joke. What we have learned from DNA already is astounding and cuts across several scientific fields, and it's only the tip of the iceberg. Genetic engineering has almost unlimited potential, and already is a powerful tool.
- bridow, on 11/05/2009, -1/+4Birth Control Pills =]
- DirtyVicar, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3I'm sure those wounds from a cold steel blade will make him feel better.
- killOzap, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3As mush as how I want to agree on DNA's impact on today's society, I would like to argue that it was by X-ray crystallography that the structure of DNA was discovered.
- rsdhami, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3few people actually realize the significance of semiconductors
- TripinVA, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3I assume you mean "solder a capacitor."
- brownsound00, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3Yeah i know, I was contemplating the same thing the other day. just to think about all the stuff we as humans have invented... out of materials on our own planet. it's just mind boggling!
- Lefts, on 11/05/2009, -0/+3Penicillin always wins, give something else a chance.
- Willtheway, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2dugg
- Foda, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2First thing that came to mind... Hell, even the vacuum tube.
- Berkana, on 11/05/2009, -1/+3I contend that the self-contained primed bullet cartridge (and all the weapons it enabled) has made a bigger impact on the world than the X-ray machine.
- abk0110, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2But the discovery of X-rays has led to Superman being able to see ladies naked.
- Jeepinator, on 11/05/2009, -1/+3None of those are discoveries.
- Expl0siv0, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2Oh my god how did I not even see that before.
- Yomoska, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2Can't wait until we find that prothean disk
- DirtyVicar, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2The hand gets voted "most important discovery". Internet porn, by contrast, falls under "most useful discovery".
- gkiltz, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2That's one good candidate.
I would, however nominate the transistor.
In addition to changing the world more than any other one thing, it also made the X-ray safer, cheaper, and more readily available. - rushnerd, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2ARPANET, and the invention of packet exchange technology, a concept pioneered by Vannevar Bush.
OR as we know it today, The World Wide Web. That's the ***** invention of the millennium. - kd1s, on 11/06/2009, -0/+2If I had to name the single greatest innovation of the 20th century it would have to be the transistor. Without it we wouldn't have the computer.
And without the computer we wouldn't have advanced scanning technologies like MRI, f-MRI, etc. - brownsound00, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2The X ray seems middle of the pack when looking at those. Steam Engine? Double Helix? Penicillin? the Apollo 10 Capsule? the Model T? How did none of these win? They all started their own mini-revolutions!
- nowhereelse, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2Dugg for having a ***** clue.
Someone should tell the Science Museum (or the Telegraph?) that only Penicillin and the DNA double helix were actually discovered. - codyman, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2How about electronics? They tell me it's changed the world several times over...
- yaosio, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2How do you go about discovering the Apollo 10 capsule?
- ampdj89, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2What about Fiber Optics?
- lurrch1, on 11/05/2009, -0/+2"most likely to cause chafing"
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