The banhammer

**Darth-Apple** · December 23rd, 2022 at 4:59 AM

@SpookyZalost for suggesting Taiwan is guilty.

**SpookyZalost** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:13 AM

@ban hammer for being used at random

**Darth-Apple** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:13 AM

@This thread: For being the most active thread on MS today. Big Grin

**SpookyZalost** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:14 AM

@ the arpanet for eventually leading to this threads creation.

**Darth-Apple** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:15 AM

@1990s Forums: For inspiring this to begin with.

**SpookyZalost** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:20 AM

@BBS boards for being the precursor to 90's forums.

**Darth-Apple** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:21 AM

@1995 for being the year that Internet Explorer terrorized the internet. (Or was that 98?)

**SpookyZalost** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:24 AM

@ 1969 for being the year unix was released and leading to all the software technologies we use today.

**Darth-Apple** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:25 AM

@Babbage's difference engine: For being the greatest computer that was ever designed, that never actually was manufactured.

**SpookyZalost** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:26 AM

@ada lovelace for being the first real hacker and programmer inspired by babbage's invention.

**Darth-Apple** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:27 AM

@NASA: for designing computers that sent people to space on Core Rope Memory.

**SpookyZalost** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:28 AM

@nikola tesla for inventing the radio

**Darth-Apple** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:28 AM

@Thomas Edison; For stealing credit for Nicola Tesla's inventions.

**SpookyZalost** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:31 AM

@ westinghouse for playing both tesla and edison against each other in an effort to stop electricity from being properly harnessed.

**Darth-Apple** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:31 AM

@Light bulb manufactures from the early 20th century for building purposefully short-lifespan light bulbs to get people to buy more.

**SpookyZalost** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:33 AM

@ all corporations for doing the same with most devices since the 1960's.

**Darth-Apple** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:33 AM

@20th century engineers for not discovering Alkaline batteries sooner.

**SpookyZalost** · December 23rd, 2022 at 5:45 AM

@ancient Greece for not taking advantage of primitive steam power early enough to crush the Romans with steam powered Triremes