85 Big Ideas that Changed the World 524
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."
Should have been 86 ideas.. (Score:2, Funny)
"In Soviet Russia.."
86th Idea That Changed the World (Score:2, Funny)
mmm.... errr... a...
Thumbnail galleries?
what? (Score:5, Funny)
Spandex (Score:4, Funny)
Mr. Stein's cure? (Score:2, Funny)
Genius.
Umm... missed one (Score:5, Funny)
Others that didn't make it (Score:3, Funny)
#87 - The first post robot.
#88 - The last post robot.
#89 - Underpants gnomes (Phase 1, 2, 3, etc).
#90 - Microsoft Tablet PC.
#91 - Microsoft
Re:Spandex (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The problem with recent ideas... (Score:3, Funny)
Depends. If you happen to be an 85 year old man who can't get an erection then it's one hell of an invention. Probably beats the internet all to hell.
Now we just need a pill that makes old men attractive to their wives again.
Re:what? (Score:4, Funny)
And no one-click shopping either! Philistines!
Re:Recent Ideas (Score:5, Funny)
So what you're really saying then is that you're the only person on the whole planet?
One invention per page!!! (Score:2, Funny)
What they should have put on the list is the !@#!~ scrollbar! Why the hell did they put only one invention per page?!?!?
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Other than that, not a bad article....
Re:86th Idea That Changed the World (Score:1, Funny)
I don't know (Score:2, Funny)
Re:The problem with recent ideas... (Score:2, Funny)
Oh man, I didn't need to picture his "Capitalist Tool." Now I'm going to have nightmares for a week.
Re:Anyone know (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Spandex (Score:2, Funny)
Re: Recent issues (Score:2, Funny)
Innovations that Revolutionized Slashdot
from the not-I-said-jonkatz dept.
That's all I can think of, anyone care to add more?
Re:1972 - Ethernet (Score:2, Funny)
Hmm. Interesting. No wonder it's listed.
Re:Spandex (Score:2, Funny)
Ahh, Wal-Mart. The place to go to feel thin again.
And Then, Chillingly... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:BUSINESS breakthroughs (Score:2, Funny)
A different kind of groundbreaking invention (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Exactly (Score:3, Funny)
Uhh... think about baseball?
Gypsum Wallboard (Score:2, Funny)