RE: Oh fucking hell
>Not another goddamn 'Americans rule the
>world' thread.
Don't like it, don't read it.
>All these inventions, save the telephone,
>are used for killing people.
>What's the point of being
>the only one left standing
>on scorched earth? Bell was
>a Scotsman by the way.
>He invented the telephone. It's
>hard to kill someone with
>a telephone.
What and you think the telephone was made for peaceful purposes? Almost all communication technologies are/were developed for war use. Think of how useful a telephone could be for war, instant communication, no more Morse code.
War is the number one force in the progress of technology and science. I'd say 95% of all technology is the result of war research. For instance the Internet: Formed from ARPANET, a United States network built to ensure that communications could be maintained even if some connections were lost in a nuclear attack. The "backbone" lines ran at 56kbps and one major network node was the University of Utah (my college).
>Almost forgot, an Aussie invention, that
>musical instrument made from a
>bucket and broom.
Change the world with that one..
I like the Aboriginal instruments however..
-Xotor-
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