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Message no. 1
From: The Bookworm <Thomas.M.Price@*******.EDU>
Subject: OT Accidental Inventions (Was: Rigger 2 Questions & Problems)
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 10:19:33 -0600
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, MC23 wrote:

> Once upon a time, JonSzeto wrote;
> >Also, don't knock the tech just because of its purpose. True, purpose
> >does drive how the SOTA develops, but SOTA isn't based entirely on
> >function. Some of the greatest discoveries happened purely by
> >accident.
> Silly Putty comes to mind but I have a really different values of
> importance.

AHHHHH i just did a speach on this exact topic in Com 105 AKA Public
Speeking. Let me think a second and rember what i ran across in my
research. 1)Penacilan(sp? first Antibiotic) 2)Silly Putty, 3)Slinky,
4)Microwave, 5)Vulcanized Rubber, 6) ice cream cone (sorta) and a bunch
more that i cant rember off the top of my head.


Thomas Price
aka The Bookworm
thomas.m.price@*******.edu
tmprice@***********.com
Message no. 2
From: MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: OT Accidental Inventions (Was: Rigger 2 Questions & Problems)
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 11:30:01 -0500
Once upon a time, The Bookworm wrote;

>AHHHHH i just did a speach on this exact topic in Com 105 AKA Public
>Speeking. Let me think a second and rember what i ran across in my
>research. 1)Penacilan(sp? first Antibiotic) 2)Silly Putty, 3)Slinky,
>4)Microwave, 5)Vulcanized Rubber, 6) ice cream cone (sorta) and a bunch
>more that i cant rember off the top of my head.

How about those pie pans that fly? B>]#

-MC23, who actually plays Disc Golf, only not well-
Message no. 3
From: Danyel N Woods <9604801@********.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: OT Accidental Inventions (Was: Rigger 2 Questions & Problems)
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 09:33:23 +1200
Quoth MC23 (0430 3-4-98):

Once upon a time, The Bookworm wrote;

AHHHHH i just did a speach on this exact topic in Com 105 AKA
Public
Speeking. Let me think a second and rember what i ran across in
my
research. 1)Penacilan(sp? first Antibiotic) 2)Silly Putty,
3)Slinky,
4)Microwave, 5)Vulcanized Rubber, 6) ice cream cone (sorta) and
a bunch
more that i cant rember off the top of my head.

How about those pie pans that fly? B>]#


How about this one: VX nerve gas, discovered while developing champagne.
Not all such discoveries are positive and beneficial; remember, atomic
theory was meant for a power-source, not incinerating cities.

<Scary thought> And which sort of discovery is more valuable to a corp?
Constructive or destructive? <scary thought>

Danyel Woods

9604801@********.ac.nz
Hi, I'm Chucky.
Wanna play?

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