is the internet the greatest invention of all time?

[nageov3t]

today, youtube taught me how to tie a windsor knot for the wedding I have to go to next weekend. al gore ftw :heart:

 

[Crono]

All time is a stretch, especially considering all the other major inventions that the internet is dependent on.

 

[JulesMaximus]

It pales in comparison to the computer.

 

[AreaCode707]

I think the light bulb might take that honor for me. There's a clear delineation between the eons humans spent in the dark with fire and the short period of time where we have light completely at our command.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
It pales in comparison to the computer.

idk, before the internet all my computer was good for was playing Kings Quest V and reading Encarta.

 

[Tiamat]

No, the greatest invention of all time is sliced bread. DUH everybody knows that!

 

[her209]

The modern day sewage system is the greatest invention of all time.

 

[Chronoshock]

I think domestication (both animals and crops) was far more significant. Without either, we'd be forced to spend the majority of our time hunting and gathering, preventing any major advances in science and technology. It was through organized farming or domesticated crops that early man was able to produce a surplus of goods allowing other members of society to spend their time on other things.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
It pales in comparison to the computer.

idk, before the internet all my computer was good for was playing Kings Quest V and reading Encarta.

/facepalm

 

[oiprocs]

Electricity?

 

[I Saw OJ]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
It pales in comparison to the computer.

idk, before the internet all my computer was good for was playing Kings Quest V and reading Encarta.

I could never get KQV to work properly

 

[SKORPI0]

WHAT WERE THE GREATEST INVENTIONS OF ALL TIME?

Television for me...

 

[sonambulo]

No. Boobs are.

The internet is definitely top 3.

 

[Crono]

If I had to choose an invention, I would say the knife, or cutting tools in general. Other discoveries and later inventions might have been important, but knives are really under appreciated for what they allowed us to do from early history until now.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Sad, that people are actually voting yes.

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Sad, that people are actually voting yes.

As a caveman, I hope you appreciate my nomination

 

[ultimatebob]

My vote would be electricity... the Internet would be pretty hard to pull off without that shiznit!

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
My vote would be electricity... the Internet would be pretty hard to pull off without that shiznit!

Of course, you'd have to question how successful the Internet would be if the TCP/IP protocol wasn't invented. IPX? No thanks.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
It pales in comparison to the computer.

idk, before the internet all my computer was good for was playing Kings Quest V and reading Encarta.

Without the computer, what good would the internet be?

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
It pales in comparison to the computer.

idk, before the internet all my computer was good for was playing Kings Quest V and reading Encarta.

Without the computer, what good would the internet be?

That's the problem with naming "greatest invention". All the modern inventions (pretty much everything since prehistory) are dependent on prior inventions.

 

[UberNeuman]

Sex.

 

[venkman]

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
It pales in comparison to the computer.

idk, before the internet all my computer was good for was playing Kings Quest V and reading Encarta.

Without the computer, what good would the internet be?

That's the problem with naming "greatest invention". All the modern inventions (pretty much everything since prehistory) are dependent on prior inventions.

greatest invention of all time = big bang

i win

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: venkman

Originally posted by: Crono

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
It pales in comparison to the computer.

idk, before the internet all my computer was good for was playing Kings Quest V and reading Encarta.

Without the computer, what good would the internet be?

That's the problem with naming "greatest invention". All the modern inventions (pretty much everything since prehistory) are dependent on prior inventions.

greatest invention of all time = big bang

i win

You created the big bang?
If so, that is indeed win.

 

[destrekor]

The club. Aka a big bone from a dead animal.

We owe prehistoric man-apes our thanks for figuring out how to use rudimentary tools to accomplish tasks they were not capable of doing with their own hands.

Thus, the "invention" of tools, or else we wouldn't even be here today. Thanks man-apes! Thanks for figuring out a big bone could be used to smash in the head of some large, tasty animal - and the heads of the competition for sex.

 

[Kadarin]

I'd go with the printing press, followed very closely by the wheel.