@ban hammer for being used at random
@This thread: For being the most active thread on MS today.
@ the arpanet for eventually leading to this threads creation.
@1990s Forums: For inspiring this to begin with.
@BBS boards for being the precursor to 90's forums.
@1995 for being the year that Internet Explorer terrorized the internet. (Or was that 98?)
@ 1969 for being the year unix was released and leading to all the software technologies we use today.
@Babbage's difference engine: For being the greatest computer that was ever designed, that never actually was manufactured.
@ada lovelace for being the first real hacker and programmer inspired by babbage's invention.
@NASA: for designing computers that sent people to space on Core Rope Memory.
@nikola tesla for inventing the radio
@
Thomas Edison; For stealing credit for Nicola Tesla's inventions.
@ westinghouse for playing both tesla and edison against each other in an effort to stop electricity from being properly harnessed.
@Light bulb manufactures from the early 20th century for building purposefully short-lifespan light bulbs to get people to buy more.
@ all corporations for doing the same with most devices since the 1960's.
@20th century engineers for not discovering Alkaline batteries sooner.
@ancient Greece for not taking advantage of primitive steam power early enough to crush the Romans with steam powered Triremes