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Revolutions that changed the world

 
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How about a list of revolutions that changed the world and the one event, or person, or technology that sparked it off.

I think we are in the Knowledge or Information Revolution - the beneficiaries being the knows and the losers the know-nots.
The Industrial Revolution, the beneficiaries being the haves and losers the have-nots.
In between, the 60's Revolution happened, when London was the coolest city on earth but after 7 short years lost it's swing to Paris, New York and San Francisco. The beneficiaries being those who do and losers those who did not. (Reflect on what it was all about).
Who or what would you attribute these revolutions to ? And there are other revolutions ! Which one sticks in your mind most and why?
Does the American Civil War count as a revolution ?
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From computer perspective,I will list
1)Invention of Unix(Multics) in 1969.
2)C programming language by Ritchie in 1973.
3)IBM PC in 1981
4)Invention of Compact Disc(not sure 1992?).
5)Invention of TCP/IP.
 
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Cap, interesting choice ! Those that you listed come under the Information revolution.
Is there anyone of those you credit with starting the Information revolution ?
Charles Babbage, Bill Gates? Ada Lovelace ? Whoever invented binary ?
Or, taking from your list ,whoever invented TCP/IP ?
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I am not sure about TCP/IP or internet. Leonard KleinrockLeonard Kleinrock and Vint Cerf both claim as inventor of internet.
 
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What about Tim Berners Lee the inventor of the World Wide Web ?
He could get my vote!
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Whoever wrote the code for Space Invaders is clearly the most forward-thinking technological genius of our time.
 
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Originally posted by HS Thomas:
What about Tim Berners Lee the inventor of the World Wide Web ?
He could get my vote!
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I thought Al Gore invented the WWW. Or was it the Internet? :roll:
 
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That must have been some rebelution.
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Chinese Revolution
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What did these revolutions bring as a result , and who gets that year's Nobel Prize:

How come there isn't a case where both sides win ?
Perhaps in Space Invaders they do !

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The American Revolution would be George Washington, not Abrahan Lincoln. You are thinkink of the US Civil War which was a slightly different thing.
 
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The American Revolution would be George Washington, not Abrahan Lincoln. You are thinkink of the US Civil War which was a slightly different thing


There were two of those, too?
As in the Chinese and Spanish revolutions.
So the American Civil War came before the American Revolution.
I take it the first was independence from Colonial rule and the second ?

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Originally posted by HS Thomas:
Chinese
Chinese Revolution
Spanish
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This is a great and interesting site
 
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So I've just noticed. Thanks, Vinod!

quote from the site:
Of course, education is not the same thing as wisdom, and the most educated countries at the beginning of the Twentieth Century were only 14 years away from blundering into the stupidest war in human history.


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Originally posted by HS Thomas:


Nope. And the Statue of Liberty had nothing to do with either one.
1775 - 1783: The American Revolution - The 13 colonies fight the British and become independent. (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, etc.)
1861 - 1865: The US Civil War - The southern states secede from the USA and fight a war to preserve slavery. The south loses and the slaves are freed. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, etc.)
1886 - The Statue of Liberty is given to the USA by France as a gift of friendship.
 
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Statutes of Liberty

was what I said.
Thanks for the history notes.And the dates put them in perspective.



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I never heard of the "Statutes of Liberty". Do you mean "The Declaration of Independence"?
 
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No, definitely, the Statutes of Liberty.
I thought Americans held these Statutes very dear to their hearts.
"Give me liberty, or give me death..." Patrick Henry (1775) address to the Virginia Provincial Convention,on the eve of American Revolution.
This ,followed by the Declaration of Independence,to CONGRESS, July 4, 1776, followed in short order by the Bill of Rights, the U.S. Constitution, the Bible and the complete works of William Shakespeare.
That's my perception.
Declaration of Independence
The Statutes have been extended over time to preserve other freedoms. Protection of property for instance.
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Originally posted by HS Thomas:
"Give me liberty, or give me death..." Patrick Henry (1775) address to the Virginia Provincial Convention,on the eve of American Revolution.

I had never heard Henry's speech referred to as the "statutes of liberty".
 
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My mistake, then.
What are the "Statutes of Liberty" ? Now, I'm worried.I certainly grew up being taught about American "Statutes of Liberty".
Unless they meant the Bill of Rights,the Constitution in sum.
I was about to nominate Henry for the Nobel Prize. It seemed a good approach to take. Set the laws of the land and then declare independence.
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finally .... after investing 2 and half hour on net I got this.
I think Telephone has changed the world a lot. And this is same revolution/invention for which US President Rutherford B. Hayes said, "That's an amazing invention, but who would ever want to use one ...?".
[to search this quote I spent 2 hour. I read some good stories also like Bell's failed attempt to save Mr. Garfield with telephone.]
AW while searching the above quote I got this surprising piece of news. Here they claimed that telephone is NOT invented by Bell but some Mr. Antonio Meucci.
whoo.. How could I miss such news
 
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Ravish, that's interesting.
I'll have to debunk that the telephone was invented by Alexander Bell.
Along with the Statutes of Liberty ever existing. It's a phrase that's used everywhere where freedoms are questioned.
Last night I came across it in relation to Patrick Henry(Boy , did I fall for that one).
And also , in relation to the great digital divide - those who have fast internet connection and those who don't.
The Statutes of Liberty - a book of poetry ("Botanising the Asphalt").
Antonio Meucci, hey - the poor chap!
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