10-05-2003, 05:29 PM | #1 (permalink) |
Darth Papa
Location: Yonder
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Miracles of Modern Technology
Today I bought myself a paint sprayer, and stained my back deck in a matter of minutes. Last time we stained the deck it was hours of hands-and-knees brush painting. Technology saves the day again!
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10-05-2003, 05:32 PM | #2 (permalink) |
Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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my portable nebulizer... saves me from a trip to ER and allows me to travel hours into the middle of nowhere.
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10-05-2003, 05:58 PM | #3 (permalink) |
My future is coming on
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Dude, I want a nebulizer. But I have a hard enough time remembering to bring my inhaler with me.
Wireless internet. Mmmmm.
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10-05-2003, 07:11 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Location: Florida
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Digital Cable, mainly because it carries VH1 Classic. What a great channel. They play the old videos we all know (Robert Palmer's videos with the dancing zombie chicks, "Sledgehammer", etc), plus extremely obscure and forgotten stuff that looks like it was taped on a $100 budget including the camcorder.
Dual-head video cards. Once you set up two monitors side by side, you'll wonder how you ever got by without 'em. I tried 3, but the law of diminishing returns kicked in.. just too much stuff to look at. ABS brakes. I never really cared for them until I got a car with ABS (a 1988 Ford, believe it or not..American car companies used to be pretty innovative). I can threshold brake to avoid a skid, but that still doesn't beat mashing the pedal as hard as possible and letting the electronics take over. They really work well, especially on slick roads. And the biggest by far... THE INTERNET. Every single job I've had since I started working 7 years ago was directly created by the Internet. Tech support/sysadmin for an ISP, web design, web-based CGI programmer, system/admin for an ISP again, partner in a company that runs a network of advertising websites. |
10-05-2003, 11:51 PM | #7 (permalink) |
Cracking the Whip
Location: Sexymama's arms...
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The CPAP machine. (pronounced, See-pap)
This gizmo may be one of the most underated life savers of the 20th and 21st centuries. http://www.cpapman.com/respiron.html#anchor77524
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10-06-2003, 02:06 AM | #9 (permalink) | |
It's All About The Ass!!
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Asta!!
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10-06-2003, 12:41 PM | #14 (permalink) |
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<img src="http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38234000/jpg/_38234922_bread300.jpg">
/sticks to the basics
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10-06-2003, 02:05 PM | #16 (permalink) |
Junkie
Location: Louisville, KY
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If I didn't have my 120gb hard drive, with over a quarter of it filled to the brim with my entire CD collection in MP3 format, computer work would suck alot more than it does now.
Also thank god for the iPod and its derivatives, though ridiculously overpriced, for allowing me to take my music where ever I go.
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10-06-2003, 03:58 PM | #17 (permalink) |
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Location: Springford, ON, Canada
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Thanks to things like the original gramaphone and original moving picture, we are now able to express much more human creativity and emotion.
The modern communication network that allows all of us to trade thoughts, ideas, nonsense and flames within seconds.
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10-06-2003, 09:12 PM | #19 (permalink) |
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OK, here's my list.
Whilst some of these are not "modern miracles", they are certainly invaluable inventions that have helped me out over the past week. The pen/pencil - wrote some notes The telephone/cellphone - talked to people on the other side of the planet Electric lights - could see when it got dark The internal combustion engine - drove to work The computer - working in IT depends on it The electric oven - it cooked my dinner last night Mr Mephisto |
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