In your opinion, what technological advancement has had the biggest impact on you?

[RichUK]

Off the top of my head, without much thought, I would say Sky+. Sky is a company in the UK that provides a television broadcast service via satellite comms. Sky+ is an advance in the service provided over the original Sky box. It allows you to record T.V. from a program list upto a week in advance (maybe longer I?m not sure), which is possible thanks to the built in hard drive. It also boasts a whole lot of other features too. I?m not sure if Tivo is something similar or not.

I could probably think of a whole pool of other ideas, however, right this minute this is the technological advancement I am most grateful for. Since I work away from home frequently, this service is very beneficial to me.

I?m sure you guys can come up with some more significant opinions (Other than computers and televisions, lol).

 

[Minjin]

Internet.

 

[thecrecarc]

internet or computer

 

[BigJ]

Way to pimp your own company

Way back when this guy harnessed electricity. That was pretty badass. The transistor was another good one.

EDIT: For brain fart.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

The PC

I started work just before the first IBM PC hit the market, as an accountant they literally changed the way we do business.

 

[Leros]

internet/computer as a whole. It completely changes the way I go about my everyday life.

 

[Leros]

Holy Double Post Batman!

 

[nweaver]

fire...

or maybe the wheel....

 

[Minerva]

Blackberry.

There's people that need therapy (amongst other things hehe) because their hands are so messed up from typing 24/7 on the damn things.

 

[So]

Electricity.

 

[ntdz]

Internet. It's already easily the most important form of communication.

 

[Platypus]

transistor probably for all of us

 

[Amused]

Antibiotics have saved my life on more than one occasion.

 

[amish]

Originally posted by: GuitarDaddy
The PC

I started work just before the first IBM PC hit the market, as an accountant they literally changed the way we do business.

i still hear stories about people pining over faxes

 

[RichUK]

Coffee machine

 

[Motek]

GPS

 

[thegimp03]

Easily the internet.

 

[TheNinja]

Computer

 

[everman]

Democracy

oh...hm tech, would be the integrated circuit.

 

[ChaoZ]

Broadband

 

[ppdes]

Blood transfusions, would have been dead without one.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Minjin
Internet.

 

[iamwiz82]

The greatest advancement to you is a DVR? That scares and saddens me.

 

[waggy]

a realdoll

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
The greatest advancement to you is a DVR? That scares and saddens me.

If you thoroughly read through my OP, you might have understood.

I was looking forward to all the things that I had set to record during the week I was working away.

Having watched what I had recorded. It is now, fairly insignificant.