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npjnpj 
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 08:22 |
Tough one 
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Vompatti
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 08:27 |
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Pottery.
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WinterLight
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 08:47 |
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The Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. It's impossible to overestimate the impact of its discovery.
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TheCaptain
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 08:54 |
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I'm pretty sure sliced bread holds that title. Plus, without the wheel, the iPod would have to have a more conventional way of selecting songs, thus making it uncool.
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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.
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rpe9p
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 10:47 |
 TheCaptain wrote:
I'm pretty sure sliced bread holds that title. Plus, without the wheel, the iPod would have to have a more conventional way of selecting songs, thus making it uncool.
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great answer
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avestin
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 11:02 |
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Air condition
Toilet
Plane
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 12:42 |
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Now if someone can just come up with a wheel that has an ipod in it...
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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The Pessimist
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 13:08 |
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It has to be music. Come on man... Either that or clothes.
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"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."
Arnold Schoenberg
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manofmystery
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 13:19 |
the mixing of Ice Tea and Lemonaid
besides, I have a Zune and hate, I mean hate, Itunes
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 Time always wins.
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Vompatti
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 13:43 |
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I once invented this thing I call the Perpetuum Mobile. It's pretty cool, but it's not exactly what I wanted it to be. I tried to make a device, an engine of some sort, that would run on its own without any power. The problem with my Perpetuum Mobile was that not only did it run without any power, but it also produced great amounts of energy that I had absolutely no use for. I loaded a few batteries with it, launched a couple of rockets, but then I got bored, took the Perpetuum Mobile apart and built an ice cream machine instead. Ice cream machines are pretty cool.
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 13:48 |
The Pessimist wrote:
It has to be music. Come on man... Either that or clothes.
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Except when it's really cold out and in the cases of certain people, I don't like clothes. 
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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CPicard
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 14:47 |
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I was about to talk about nuclear power, but it would be controversial.
Instead, I think of contraception.
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el böthy
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 15:18 |
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Underwear
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"You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Drew
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 15:19 |
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Hedge Clippers
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 15:30 |
toilet paper and now for my next invention, toilet paper underwear that clips hedges. 
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Stool Man
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 15:30 |
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Sarcasm
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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Padraic
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 15:32 |
No one's mention beer yet?!! 
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The Pessimist
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 15:39 |
HA! And the guitar! And Slarti, I think the invention of clothes was due to the pre-emption of anyone seeing you without them in the future
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"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."
Arnold Schoenberg
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 15:44 |
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Atavachron
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Posted: January 19 2009 at 15:56 |
TheCaptain wrote:
I'm pretty sure sliced bread holds that title.
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what about the bread slicer itself, hmm? Yeah, think about that next time 
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