h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Right, well, I'm heading out of work in a few minutes, and then off to yorkshire

*practices smiling*

*rehearses saying 'a shame you didn't like them, they have been very well received by everyone else I have heard from so far'*

*prepares for battle over the list of 'extra' people (friends of hers) that simply *have* to be invited to the whole day and cannot possibly come just for the evening*

*sigh*

k - putting off leaving the office

Amy, I read an article this week that I cna't locate now that made me think of you. It was about a guy who built a Babbage Difference engine out of lego.

*Hands Kelli his spare claymore*

Just in case...

Best of luck Kelli

Five inventions for starters;
Writing
The Number Zero
The Sail
The Clock
Lenses

'7AXth'? Can someone please explain the numbering system around here?

I'm annoyed with a newbie.
I'm annoyed with him because I asked him politely to turn on his caps lock for reasons of etiquette, he's been acting very childish about it and has just threatened to yikes me for saying 'smeg'.

But because he's a newbie I feel bad for being annoyed at him.

Each item I think of for the greatest inventions lst seems to recurse with so many more inventions. This will be tough.


10. The electric generator (be it Nuclear power, geothermal, hydro electric, coal, fuel cell, whatever)
9. Printed circuit board
8. Antibiotics
7. All basic machines (lever, wedge, wheel etc.)
6. The Internet
5. The Printing Press
4. ore refining
3. glass
2. Plastic
1. the transistor

Great inventions?

The flint hand axe
Sewing
Musical instruments
Writing
Printing
Aqueducts
Lenses (she said polishing her specs happily)
Sailing ships
How to make and harness electricity
The Computer.

Hmm... top inventions.

- movable press
- telephone
- internet
- radio
- refrigeration
- steam engine
- calender
- agriculture
- art
- language

Ormy, the numbering system is in base16 or hexadecimal.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 20 etc.

So, this thread would be the 122nd if we were counting in base10, except we've made a few booboos along the way so it doesn't quite add up.

That is, 7 lots of 16 plus 10 .

Shh Amy, I thought that we agreed to roswell those goofs

*waves*

kelli, I do hope everything goes ok, and do keep us updated.

I've had a good afternoon. I've been getting very passionatly into my latest essay, and I love this feeling, there's nothing like getting this involved in science. And I've had an interesting discussion with a surgeon who agrees with me on the matter, which is dead cool.

Should I really be this keen on essay writting after six years of univeristy?

I was revising in the medical school the other evening (yes I was *actually* revising) when we realised that we'll really miss this - and want to do our postgraduate exams as soon as possible. I think the earliest I can sit the one I especially want is 18 months after I qualifity. But that might change with the new resturcturing of the NHS.

{Teuchter}

Here's my list. In alphabetical order:

agriculture
antibiotics
baseball
duct tape
elevators
geometry
internal combustion engines
moveable type
refrigeration
rubber tires

In no particular order:

language
agriculture
paper
boats
telephones
religion
trains
schools
trade/barter systems
medicine

Emm top ten inventions?

In no particular order

The printing press - lots of books available now!
The internet
Mobile phones - sorry im an addict!
Trains - im not a train spotter honest but my dad works for the railway.
Musical instruments especially the violin, I dont know where id be without mine!
calculators - my head hurts at the the thought of chemistry without!
Girl guide association - fantastic organisation providing many hours of enjoyment and so much more.
Dome tents - after years in a ridge pole tent you would understand!
Librarys - books I dont have to buy!
Drinks including coffee and alcohol!

Completly random I think!

Top ten inventions.

Anaesthetics - making surgey possible
antibiotics, -which still save hundreds of lives
flight
language
the printing press
the internet
telephones
electricity
libraries

Z - I loved studying too, when I was at Uni. Oh, boy how I loved it. *sigh* those were the days... *drifts off in a cloud of stripy-scarfed library-flavoured memories*