02GF74
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 07:00 AM |
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What is your top ten
inventions?
British museum's
Steam engine
V2 rocket engine
Electric telegraph
Stephenson's Rocket - surely a development of steam engine above?
X-ray machine
Model T Ford - a developement not invention
Penicillin - nope, a discovery not invention
Pilot ACE Computer
DNA double helix - nope, another discovery not invention
Apollo 10 capsule
Surely writing has to be in there?
And the humble nut and bolt? And the pneumatic tyre? And paper?
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Land Locked
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 07:05 AM |
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What about the humble wheel?
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02GF74
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 07:20 AM |
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wheel was surely discovery?
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 07:47 AM |
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I agree, several of those are discoveries rather than inventions, you'd think the Science museum would know the difference.
How about:
Printing press
Flushing toilet
Light bulb
Telephone
Transistor
Electric motor
The Apollo 10 capsule was certainly an advanced engineering exercise for it's time, but it hardly had a dramatic impact the way we lived unlike
the above inventions.
[Edited on 10/6/09 by MikeRJ]
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 09:06 AM |
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im afraid this is a case of transliteration between the science museum and the bbc.
The list is for the museums ten favourite objects and the bbc website has decided to use invention as a synonym so the argument of
semantics between development, invention and discovery is spoilt!
Craig
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 09:46 AM |
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How unusual for the BBC to get something like the wrong. Not!
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coozer
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 09:50 AM |
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Who do I complain to? The Rocket was years after the first loco's.
Our pioneering railway here gets no press despite being the FIRST.
Check the WIKI HERE!
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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chrisg
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 11:09 AM |
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Sky+ and pies
Cheers
Chris 
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 11:30 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by chrisg
Sky+ and pies
Can you combine them and get pie+ ?
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Marcus
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 11:54 AM |
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A pie+ would probably be an early pastie with savoury one side and sweet the other....mmmmmmm
Marcus
Because kits are for girls!!
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 01:18 PM |
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I don't understand the Appollo10 capsule being in there for any reason, according to Wiki it was the 4th manned Appollo mission and the second
to the moon.
Stephenson's Rocket (1829) was not the first locomotive either that was Trevithick's locomotive (1804)
[Edited on 10/6/09 by Schrodinger]
Keith
Aviemore
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carpmart
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 01:21 PM |
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Its got to be Silicone - it gives us
- Glass to hold the beer
- Implants to ogle/lust after when we have drunk the beer
- Computers main 'brain' to access porn on the Internet when we have not got on too well with the first two activities above!
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack 
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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iank
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 01:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by carpmart
Its got to be Silicone - it gives us
- Glass to hold the beer
- Implants to ogle/lust after when we have drunk the beer
- Computers main 'brain' to access porn on the Internet when we have not got on too well with the first two activities above!
I suspect you're confusing silicon (1 and 3) and silicone (2)
--
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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carpmart
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 04:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
quote:
Originally posted by carpmart
Its got to be Silicone - it gives us
- Glass to hold the beer
- Implants to ogle/lust after when we have drunk the beer
- Computers main 'brain' to access porn on the Internet when we have not got on too well with the first two activities above!
I suspect you're confusing silicon (1 and 3) and silicone (2)
Near enough though!
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 05:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Schrodinger
I don't understand the Appollo10 capsule being in there for any reason, according to Wiki it was the 4th manned Appollo mission and the second
to the moon.
Stephenson's Rocket (1829) was not the first locomotive either that was Trevithick's locomotive (1804)
See Craigs post above, another BBC cock up.
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clairetoo
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| posted on 10/6/09 at 07:12 PM |
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How about -
Duct tape
Cable ties
Araldite
The RAC
Without a combination of the above I would still be sitting at the side of a road somewhere 
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 13/6/09 at 05:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Who do I complain to? The Rocket was years after the first loco's.
Our pioneering railway here gets no press despite being the FIRST.
Check the WIKI HERE!
Actually the first railway was in Babalonia (or somewhere like that) thousands of years ago. No they didn't have trains but they did have carts
on rails, possibly pushed by slaves...
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 13/6/09 at 07:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by clairetoo
How about -
Duct tape
Cable ties
Araldite
The RAC
Without a combination of the above I would still be sitting at the side of a road somewhere
How about:
Steel
Internal combustion engine
Pneumatic tyres
Without them you'd never need the RAC
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 13/6/09 at 07:07 PM |
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You know I'm surprised no-one's mentioned contraception yet... At least we know the mindset of the forum!
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 13/6/09 at 07:15 PM |
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Or the bacon butty, surely one of the greatest ever inventions.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 13/6/09 at 07:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Confused but excited.
Or the bacon butty, surely one of the greatest ever inventions.
Only superceded with the addition of sausage, fried egg, black pudding and brown sauce
I'm hunrgy now
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rgdavid
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 01:10 PM |
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oh stop it yous making my mouth water,
you cant get "reall" bacon sandwiches in france
i havnt had a bacon sany for years
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Mix
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| posted on 15/6/09 at 04:36 PM |
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The bottle ...............
Mick
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stevegough
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| posted on 17/6/09 at 08:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
quote:
Originally posted by chrisg
Sky+ and pies
Can you combine them and get pie+ ?
You don't want to do that - pies 'repeat' on you enough!
Luego Locost C20XE.
Build start: October 6th 2008.
IVA passed Jan 28th 2011.
First drive Feb 10th 2011.
First show: Stoneleigh 1st/2nd May 2011.
'Used up' first engine may 3rd 2011!
Back on the road with 2nd engine may 24th
First PASA mad drive 26/7/11
Sold to Mike in Methyr Tydvil 19/03/14
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Vindi_andy
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| posted on 18/6/09 at 09:30 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Marcus
A pie+ would probably be an early pastie with savoury one side and sweet the other....mmmmmmm
As consumed by cornish tin miners hence the name. And the crimped crust gave them something to hold with their dirty hands while eating said creation
which was then discarded
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