What are some of America's Greatest Contributions to the World?

[Smurf]

Ever drive a car?
Ever fly on an airplane?
Ever talk on the phone?
Ever listen to a record?
Ever use a light bulb?

We've already had all of those, except car, that's a german invention.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbenz.htm

 

[stoned]

Ever drive a car?
Ever fly on an airplane?
Ever talk on the phone?
Ever listen to a record?
Ever use a light bulb?

First automobile was invented in Germany by Daimler-Benz in 1885, not by Ford.

 

[loseyourname]

The motion picture was a pretty good one. Even Hollywood films, for a long time, were paragons of artistic achievement. You can even argue they were the first cultural artifact to reach a global audience, allowing peoples who would otherwise know nothing about each other a skewed and stereotyped view of one another.

The skyscraper is one that is very underrated, too. Steel-framed high-rises have allowed cities to expand upward rather than outward, checking the sprawl that threatens to destroy the ecosystems surrounding major metropolitan areas.

 

[fourier jr]

Well, we could reduce this all to the first hominid to draw a symbol in the dirt. So the credit for everything really goes to one hairy ape-guy with a stick.

well there's a cave somewhere with a 50,000 year old rectangle etched into the rock; that's the first known instance of math in world history. can't remember where that is though. i would give that person(?) all the credit there. how many rectangles are there in nature?

 

[Smurf]

The motion picture was a pretty good one. Even Hollywood films, for a long time, were paragons of artistic achievement. You can even argue they were the first cultural artifact to reach a global audience, allowing peoples who would otherwise know nothing about each other a skewed and stereotyped view of one another.

I thought the motion picture camera was credited to Louis Lumiere, a frenchman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Lumiere

The skyscraper is one that is very underrated, too. Steel-framed high-rises have allowed cities to expand upward rather than outward, checking the sprawl that threatens to destroy the ecosystems surrounding major metropolitan areas.

That's interesting, but how do you credit skyscraper's to someone? Buildings have been getting higher since someone first put branches and leaves over a pair of bamboo sticks.

 

[Smurf]

Well no one's mentioned it yet. So... Google bombing

(I just thought of a really good way to do this)

 

[Mk]

AOL, Viagra, Green Day, iPods, Windows OS, Mac OS X, Repeating rifles, Alternating Current, Kevlar, The plastic bottles that pepsi and coke comes in, Mylar, Panama Canal, Atomic bomb, Television, Baking Powder, Grits, Tacos, Tortillas, Chocolate chip cookies, Pudding for the lactose intolerent, Several kinds of nuclear reactors...

I'm thinking the list goes on and on. Of course the British did invent every other kind of pudding...

 

[Mattius_]

A chance...

Thanks America!

 

[Townsend]

A chance...

Thanks America!

A Husker fan I presume...

 

[Mattius_]

I am majoring in philosophy at University of Nebraska at Lincoln, and I am at almost every home football game.

 

[Townsend]

and I am at almost every home football game.

I would have never guessed...

 

[lwymarie]

Putting humans on the moon.

But the photo is said to be fake...

 

[Townsend]

But the photo is said to be fake...

that's good, oh...stop it...no seriously...stop it...

you are kidding...right?

 

[lwymarie]

that's good, oh...stop it...no seriously...stop it...

you are kidding...right?

There are tons of essays in the Net saying that the photo is fake. See the photo clearly and you will find many things impossible.

 

[Townsend]

There are tons of essays in the Net saying that the photo is fake. See the photo clearly and you will find many things impossible.

And the video...is that fake too then?

 

[quantumdude]

We've already had all of those, except car, that's a german invention.
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbenz.htm

OK, I was wrong about that. So let me replace it with a truly American invention.

PHYSICS FORUMS

All you lot have the US to thank for that.

 

[DeathKnight]

There are tons of essays in the Net saying that the photo is fake. See the photo clearly and you will find many things impossible.

Yeah, I've seen the photos. I've even watched a television documentary on it. I just hate the people who say humans didn’t land on moon. They say there are a lot of lighting anomalies which prove that the photos are fake. My brother was with me and I showed him that everything was possible. As for the waving flag: If NASA did fake the landing, couldn’t they remove that waving flag thing by shooting the whole “SCENE” again?
As for the radiation issues, they say that since moon has no atmosphere the astronauts would have been extremely vulnerable to the radiation. When astronauts work on the international space station, I don’t see them getting fried by the intense radiation.
That’s absurd.
I’m sorry for this completely off-topic post and also for my extremely bad English I know I suck at it.

 

[matthyaouw]

Guys, take a trip over to Skepticism and Debunking. The issue has already been discussed to death.

 

[Evo]

Bubblegum was invented in America.

The microwave oven was invented in America.

So were -

potato chips

cotton candy

peanut butter

popsicles

ice cream cones

popcorn

hot dogs

sliced bread

petroleum jelly (vaseline)

cotton swabs (q-tips)

underarm deodorant

 

[arildno]

Inventions from Norway:
Trolls&fjords

 

[brewnog]

Inventions from Scotland:

- Irn Bru
- Tunnocks Caramel Wafers

 

[arildno]

Inventions from Scotland:

- Irn Bru
- Tunnocks Caramel Wafers

And the kilt! Don't forget about the kilt!

 

[zanazzi78]

And the kilt! Don't forget about the kilt!

Think Scotland ... think Bagpipes

 

[Evo]

Inventions from Scotland:

- Irn Bru
- Tunnocks Caramel Wafers

I thought that said "camel wafers". Of course they eat haggis...

 

[wolram]

If chili dogs are a us invention, thank you uncle sam.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Many from the central US will tell you that little hamburgers called "Sliders" are the greatest contribution of all.

 

[arildno]

Think Scotland ... think Bagpipes

Several pipes attached to the same sac??
That's freakish, IMO.

 

[loseyourname]

I thought the motion picture camera was credited to Louis Lumiere, a frenchman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Lumiere

I wasn't talking about the camera, but rather the feature-length film. Even if you just want to talk about the technology itself, though, Edison invented the kinetoscope, which was the type of camera/projector actually used by the motion picture industry, and he was the first to synch film with sound, creating the talking motion picture.

That's interesting, but how do you credit skyscraper's to someone? Buildings have been getting higher since someone first put branches and leaves over a pair of bamboo sticks.

The true skyscraper was not possible until steel-framed buildings were introduced. The first ever was in Chicago, and the subsequent race between Chicago and New York to see who could build the most skyscrapers essentially created the modern vertical city.

 

[wolram]

Many from the central US will tell you that little hamburgers called "Sliders" are the greatest contribution of all.

What is in a," slider", that makes it so good?

 

[Townsend]

What is in a," slider", that makes it so good?

Onions...meat with five little holes and a bun. Basic...I don't know about good. I guess if you want a hamburger they are ok. I would take IN N OUT over While Castle any day.

 

[Evo]

What is in a," slider", that makes it so good?

Well, I don't think anyone has ever said they were "good". It's a mystery why anyone eats them. They're infamous. Many people fear "sliders" (White Castle hamburgers). I was told that they're nicknamed sliders because they give you diarhea (they "slide" out of you). Don't know if that's the real reason.

There are much tastier hamburgers at other places.

 

[wolram]

Well, I don't think anyone has ever said they were "good". It's a mystery why anyone eats them. They're infamous. Many people fear "sliders" (White Castle hamburgers). I was told that they're nicknamed sliders because they give you diarhea (they "slide" out of you). Don't know if that's the real reason.

There are much tastier hamburgers at other places.

, think i will stick to cucumber sarnies.

 

[Mk]

I've never had a "slider," but I don't like how (at least the White Castle ones) are like half onions.

Fried cow brain burgers were invented in America

http://www.robthurman.com/weblog/archives/brain.jpg

Anyone tried one before?

 

[Smurf]

...Yay.. for... America... ?

 

[fourier jr]

inventions from Canada:
-- alkaline battery
-- wonderbra
-- wind tunnels for models of buildings
-- howitzer