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It depends what you mean...whether more scientific or mechanical....if scientific, then I would say realizing that spontaneous generation was not a valid belief, and the effect that germs have on us, sort of like you said. As for technological advances, definitely everything connected with computers and music. That is answered without deep thought though, so I am afraid it may seem petty or something...

Same question, I'd like to hear more answers: Which technological advances do you think have benefited mankind the most?

Oooo... hmmm.... How about electricity and refridgeration for greatly improving our quality of life, just imagine living without them! What about the printing press? vaccinations maybe?

Same Q

You are all going to laugh at me, but here goes: the plow. In fact, farming methods in general. Why? Because by becoming more of an agrarian society rather than hunter/gatherers, people were able to spend more time in communication with each other, centers of knowledge were formed, transfer of ideas became more rapid and widespread, and we eventually got. . . books! :D (not that ideas weren't exchanged before, obviously, but centralized civilization definitely helped)
Next Poster: Same question. (It's really interesting!) Which technological advances do you think have benefited mankind the most?

Metalurgy. The ability to master the other competitors because of the ability of metal to hold an edge, be forged, endure, support great weight, be alloyed into new properties, shaped into wire, made into paperclips and in general to be more industrial than stone.


I like this line of thought. Let's see what else could have been the most significant. Same question.

Writing. The power of the written word is born.


A reversal: What technological advances do you think have benefited mankind the LEAST? (Oh-so-many to choose from...)

Good question. Automobiles and factories because they are the cause of so much pollution, destruction, and mistreatment of people.

This was a really good question, so I'll pass it on: What technological advances do you think have benefited mankind the LEAST?

Well I would have to say the nose hair tweezer. Sure it has a good cause, but when you look around, you can tell that no one's actually used theirs.

What type of show should be taken off the air for just being too stupid or obvious?

ask and we'll put it live!!!


same q!

There is a show on MTV that is called Next. I have watched it a few times and from what I can gather, 5 guys sit on a bus and they're all trying to get the girl. The girl calls them off the bus one at a time and asks them to do some kind of ridiculous task and the longer the guys can keep her attention the more dollars they rack up. Sometimes the guys get off the bus and the girl takes one look and says, "Next!" right away and then the guy has to insult the girl. And then he goes back on the bus and and tells the rest of the guys how horrible the girl is. It also works the other way --- there can be 5 girls on the bus competing for the one guy who makes the girl do some ridiculous task (on one episode a girl was in a plastic pool wearing a bikini and chasing a frog). I have never finished the show entirely --- I have watched it for a few minutes in horror thought and it has to be the worst show I have ever seen.

Do you think that 40 hours per week (for a work week) is too much and do you feel like you don't get enough leisure time?

Well, when I was able to work, 40 hours a week wasn't bad. There were times we pulled 12 hour days six days a week, sometime 14 hours a day and worked all seven days. Such is the life of a factory worker. Then, of course, we would fill the warehouse, and people would be laid off from work, and the rest of us cut back to a 40 hour work week, but doing the work of those laid off in addition to our own. Just lovely, I can tell you. Then, after you work you way to the top of the heap, someone sabotages you, and you get diciplinary action taken against you that is unproven because it never happened, and you get a latge pay cut and try to start over.

Maybe I'm not the best one to ask, too much angst. Pass the question. Do you think that 40 hours per week (for a work week) is too much and do you feel like you don't get enough leisure time?

hmm .. . . well, i don't actually work, being still a student. but 40 hours a week would be about six hours a day . . . or 8 hours with weekends free. but school goes for about 7 and a half hours, so about the same as a work day with weekends free. Then, there's one and a half or two hours of homework on top of that, so maybe nine hours. And if you take sports, like me, that lasts another two hours at least every day but friday, so 11 hours; and two hours on a Saturday, unless there's a meet, in which case you're gone from when school ends Friday to around 11:00 on Saturday - more than a day. even if there's no meet, that adds up to around 55 hours of school stuff a week.

40 hours? that's NOTHING. :lol: and yeah, i could use some more leisure time. *falls asleep*

PBM: what do you think would be the best job ever?

SImple: Manager of Glasgow Rangers Football Club

What have you got in your pockets?

Cellphone, keys and a bottle opener. Also in my coat I have my wallet, a pen, some scraps of paper and my mp3 player. Just the essentials really. :)

Where will the smartest man in the world go?

In Hell.

Same Question.

Away

Return to the "What do you have in your pockets"?

my little wool wallet i baught in Puerto Escondido after my last one got robbed in the Mexico City Metro...
and a sawing niddle to fix my Dreads... :eek:

Same Q ???

A Nebraska State Quarter.

What color are your shoes?

which ones? :D

My gym shoes (the most recent pair worn) are blue.

What color is your bedspread or comforter or duvet or whatever you sleep under?

Paige!

same Q

Mine is white.

What colour is paige?

opps! is this a spelling mistake?!

oh ,I meant peige>>>srry to confuse you,Cupp:(

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opps! is this a spelling mistake?!

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Yes, I imagine so.

Do you mean beige?

No, I don't mean beige. But perhaps miss t does.


Do you floss daily?

No --- the dentist tells me I should but I hate it. I only do it sometimes.

Do you use mouthwash or Listerine (or generic equivalent) or do you just use toothpaste and toothbrush?

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Yes, I imagine so.

Do you mean beige?

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did n't you read the post above this??:D

I corrected it!!you seem absent minded!!what's wrong?

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opps! is this a spelling mistake?!

oh ,I meant peige>>>srry to confuse you,Cupp:(

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I am pretty absent-minded sometimes, but I'm all over this one. 'Paige' is both an occupation and a girl's name, so the sentence "The blanket I sleep under is Paige" might cause some people to have the wrong idea.;)

I'm not getting on yor nerves, am I?

not at all!! you just made me laugh on the point above!:D

about the absent mind! not one can beat you on that except me!

edit:no one can beat you......etc

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No --- the dentist tells me I should but I hate it. I only do it sometimes.

Do you use mouthwash or Listerine (or generic equivalent) or do you just use toothpaste and toothbrush?

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Since this question was skipped, I'll answer it: I just use toothpaste and toothbrush. Works just fine for me.

Do you like the scenery that surrounds you every day, or would you rather have a different scenery every day?

Well, since I've been looking at the same thing everyday for the past 4 years and driving the same road in to work every day for the past 4 years I'd like to mix it up and be in a different place every day for a while.

Do you feel that you spend too much time at the LitNet Web site and would you classify yourself as addicted to the Internet in general?

Yes. I'm with IAA (Internet Addicts Anonymus).

Do you like to play chess?

I play chess. I wouldn't really say I like it. I was never a great player, and many moves are unknown to me. But in the eighth grade a class that a lot of us had signed up to take was scratched, and they had nothing to do with us. So they put us in the auditorium and gave us chess sets and decks of cards. I was far better at poker! :)

Next person: Do you like to play chess?

yeah I love it even though I ALWAYS lose even against the 6 year old I still love just playing though.


Would yu play a game even if you knew that you were lilky to lose?

If i learn something from playing it yes, I will get better and eventually start winning. It's just like life, you keep loosing, but if you keep at it eventually you'll win. :)

same Q.

yes, i would play the game, because it presents a challenge to try to beat the odds of me losing, no matter how much it takes.

same Q: Would you play a game even if you knew that you were lilky to lose?

Yeah. I love to play certain games and if I loose, and depending on who is playing, it can be almost certain, I'll still give it a shot.

Do you purchace books and then take a while to get around to reading them?

Yeah, I waited a hundred years to buy Fyodor Doestoyevsky's (pardon the spelling) Crime and Punishment (due to my weeny allowance), but now, after waiting in vain like a Salvador Dali sculpture,it just sits on my bookshelf, gathering dust.


Complete the sentence:


If ________ author were alive today, I would ask/tell him/her_________

If Emily Bronte was alive today, I would have asked her to write more novels, as good as Wuthering Heights.

Same Question! (Good one!)

If Hemmingway were alive today, I would tell him to shoot himself in the head (again?).

same question

If Oscar Wide was alive today, I'd tell him to sign my sister's copy of his book The Picture of Dorian Gray, take his picture with him and let her retain her youth forever. Same with me.

What would you do if you accidentally ate horse poop and mistook it for chocolate?