Gaia_Lorraine
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Did this ever go into production?
Patented certainly, production I don't know.
Why you wanna buy one?
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Patented certainly, production I don't know.
Why you wanna buy one?
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Patented certainly, production I don't know.
Why you wanna buy one?
No, and I can 't imagine that anyone else would either!
Gaia_Lorraine
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Damn! I'll never get rid of those 20 I boughtNo, and I can 't imagine that anyone else would either!
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Damn! I'll never get rid of those 20 I bought
I hear that you can sell ANYTHING on eBay...
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eBay was founded in San Jose, California on September 3, 1995 by French-born Iranian computer programmer Pierre Omidyar as AuctionWeb. It was part of a larger personal site that included, among other things, Omidyar's own tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Ebola virus.
The very first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, Omidyar contacted the winning bidder and asked if he understood that the laser pointer was broken. In his responding email, the buyer explained: "I'm a collector of broken laser pointers."
The frequently repeated story that eBay was founded to help Omidyar's fiancée trade PEZ Candy dispensers was fabricated by a public relations manager in 1997 to interest the media. This was revealed in Adam Cohen's 2002 book and confirmed by eBay.
The very first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. Astonished, Omidyar contacted the winning bidder and asked if he understood that the laser pointer was broken. In his responding email, the buyer explained: "I'm a collector of broken laser pointers."
The frequently repeated story that eBay was founded to help Omidyar's fiancée trade PEZ Candy dispensers was fabricated by a public relations manager in 1997 to interest the media. This was revealed in Adam Cohen's 2002 book and confirmed by eBay.
this something you just happen to know??
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Memories...
Aside from short-term and long-term memory, we also have sensory memory.
The sensory memories act as buffers for stimuli received through the senses. A sensory memory exists for each sensory channel:
iconic memory for visual stimuli
echoic memory for aural stimuli
haptic memory for touch
Information is passed from sensory memory into short-term memory by attention, thereby filtering the stimuli to only those which are of interest at a given time.
Aside from short-term and long-term memory, we also have sensory memory.
The sensory memories act as buffers for stimuli received through the senses. A sensory memory exists for each sensory channel:
iconic memory for visual stimuli
echoic memory for aural stimuli
haptic memory for touch
Information is passed from sensory memory into short-term memory by attention, thereby filtering the stimuli to only those which are of interest at a given time.
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as soon as i find an encyclopedia i'll show you all
The Encyclopædia Britannica is written by a staff of 19 full-time editors and over 4,000 expert contributors. It is widely perceived as the most scholarly of encyclopedias.
The Britannica is the oldest English-language encyclopedia still in print. It was first published between 1768 and 1771 in Edinburgh and quickly grew in popularity and size, with its third edition in 1801 reaching 20 volumes. The size of the Britannica has remained roughly constant over the past 70 years, with about 40 million words on half a million topics.
walked right into that one....damn
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probably farther if they knew how to use the internet
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The oldest wheel known was discovered in Mesopotamia and probably dates back to 3,500 B.C.
This wheel was believed to have been made by the Sumerians. It was made of planks of wood joined together.
This wheel was believed to have been made by the Sumerians. It was made of planks of wood joined together.
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The following steps and developments took place to invent a functioning wheel, more or less in this order:
Humans realized that heavy objects could be moved easier if something round, for example a fallen tree log, was placed under it and the object rolled over it.
The Sledge
Humans also realized a way to move heavy objects, with an invention archeologists call the sledge dragging the sledge over one roller to the next.
With time the sledges started to wear grooves into the rollers and humans noticed that the grooved rollers actually worked better, carrying the object further. This was simple physics, if the grooves had a smaller circumference than the unworn parts of the roller, then dragging the sledge in the grooves required less energy to create a turning motion but created a greater distance covered when the larger part of the log roller turned.
The log roller was becoming a wheel, humans cut away the wood between the two inner grooves to create what is called an axle.
First Carts
Wooden pegs were used to fix the sledge, so that when it rested on the rollers it did not move, but allowed the axle to turn in-between the pegs, the axle and wheels now created all the movement. These were the first carts.
Improvements to the cart were made. The pegs were replaced with holes carved into the cart frame, the axle was placed through the hole. This made it necessary for the larger wheels and thinner axle to be separate pieces. The wheels were attached to both sides of the axle.
Next, the fixed axle was invented, where the axle does not turn but is solidly connected to the cart frame. Only the wheels did the revolving by being fitted onto the axle in a way that allowed the wheels to rotate. Fixed axles made for stable carts that could turn corners better. By this time the wheel can be considered a complete invention.
The rest is history...
Humans realized that heavy objects could be moved easier if something round, for example a fallen tree log, was placed under it and the object rolled over it.
The Sledge
Humans also realized a way to move heavy objects, with an invention archeologists call the sledge dragging the sledge over one roller to the next.
With time the sledges started to wear grooves into the rollers and humans noticed that the grooved rollers actually worked better, carrying the object further. This was simple physics, if the grooves had a smaller circumference than the unworn parts of the roller, then dragging the sledge in the grooves required less energy to create a turning motion but created a greater distance covered when the larger part of the log roller turned.
The log roller was becoming a wheel, humans cut away the wood between the two inner grooves to create what is called an axle.
First Carts
Wooden pegs were used to fix the sledge, so that when it rested on the rollers it did not move, but allowed the axle to turn in-between the pegs, the axle and wheels now created all the movement. These were the first carts.
Improvements to the cart were made. The pegs were replaced with holes carved into the cart frame, the axle was placed through the hole. This made it necessary for the larger wheels and thinner axle to be separate pieces. The wheels were attached to both sides of the axle.
Next, the fixed axle was invented, where the axle does not turn but is solidly connected to the cart frame. Only the wheels did the revolving by being fitted onto the axle in a way that allowed the wheels to rotate. Fixed axles made for stable carts that could turn corners better. By this time the wheel can be considered a complete invention.
The rest is history...
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