Derrigimlagh Bog – The Most Modern Bog in the World? The Centre of Modern Technology in the World at the Turn of the Century.
Today, when travelling south of Clifden, County Galway in Ireland look out for Derrigimlagh Bog where you will find a scattering of concrete blocks and a few lengths of rusty chains, not much to look at but these are the sparse remains of the world’s first transatlantic radio station. It was constructed by the radio pioneer, Guglielmo Marconi – a huge complex to house capacitors, receivers and accomodation for 150 staff. The station opened in 1907 and operated for nine years forwarding messages across the Atlantic from London and Dublin. Guglielmo Marconi was the second son of Giuseppe Marconi, an Italian landowner and his Irish wife, Ann Jameson, granddaughter of the founder of the Jameson Whiskey Distillery. Derrigimlagh Bog also contains the spot where John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown landed after successfully completing the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic. They had taken off from St. John’s in Newfoundland in a converted Vickers Vimy bomber biplane powered by twin Rolls Royce engines, completing the 1,900 mile (3,000km) journey in sixteen hours and twelve minutes. The flight had been treacherous, their transmitter froze not long after take-off and they had to fly for long periods at three hundred feet to prevent ice from forming. Several times, Brown had to clamber out onto the wings to chip ice away. The first thing they spotted on the Irish mainland were the aerials of Marconi’s radio station, they came into land supposing the ground to be firm but nosedived spectacularly into the famous Derrigimlagh Bog.
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modern technology??does anyone think that modern technology prevents people from seeking God?
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I'm a teacher and here's what I see in negative influences…
Modern technology allows children to cheat on work so much easier. They answer questions by googling it rather than reading the book and then perform poorly on tests because they missed other details. In public schools we now have to use turnitin.com so that we know none of it is copyrited or stolen words.
it is also rediculous how I have to keep telling my younger students to turn off the iPod and the text/phones! They can't go a few hours with out it. Parents call me all of the time saying, "he shouldn't have failed. He's smart but he just plays nintendo DS and XBoX all afternoon"
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It has definitely made our lives easier and more convenient but it has also made us more lazy than we should be. Innovation has obviously helped us, with cell phones, hybrid vehicles, and stuff like that, but in the case of cell phones, the question really is if we all actually need one in the first place -- it's really just a luxury good.
As for cheating, exam rooms just bar cell phones altogether now. You can't use them to communicate or use them as clocks. Being caught using one is too high a cost to pay for cheating.
Just some stuff to get you started. It seems more like an opinion question so you should have stuff to add as well.]
Music, like the words in a novel, are the property of the one who wrote them. Downloading without paying is pretty much the same as stealing a CD from Barnes & Noble.
We just make it different in our head, but, you're taking what the band created, without paying the band. Listening to the radio is different. The radio (even on the NET) is providing that service, WITH the band's approval.
Napster, and other sites are providing the music, withOUT the band's approval.
Dan in Miami
Cell phone was not invented by a caucasian it was invented by Henry Sampson a black man.
YOU need to educate yourself and your mother: http://www.blackinventions101.com/inventionslist.html
air conditioning unit Frederick M. Jones July 12, 1949
almanac Benjamin Banneker Approx 1791
auto cut-off switch Granville T. Woods January 1, 1839
auto fishing devise G. Cook May 30, 1899
automatic gear shift Richard Spikes February 28, 1932
baby buggy W.H. Richardson June 18, 1899
bicycle frame L.R. Johnson October 10, 1899
biscuit cutter A.P. Ashbourne November 30, 1875
blood plasma bag Charles Drew Approx. 1945
cellular phone Henry T. Sampson July 6, 1971
chamber commode T. Elkins January 3, 1897
clothes dryer G. T. Sampson June 6, 1862
curtain rod S. R. Scratton November 30, 1889
curtain rod support William S. Grant August 4, 1896
door knob O. Dorsey December 10, 1878
door stop O. Dorsey December 10, 1878
dust pan Lawrence P. Ray August 3, 1897
egg beater Willie Johnson February 5, 1884
electric lampbulb Lewis Latimer March 21, 1882
elevator Alexander Miles October 11, 1867
eye protector P. Johnson November 2, 1880
fire escape ladder J. W. Winters May 7, 1878
fire extinguisher T. Marshall October 26, 1872
folding bed L. C. Bailey July 18, 1899
folding chair Brody & Surgwar June 11, 1889
fountain pen W. B. Purvis January 7, 1890
furniture caster O. A. Fisher 1878
gas mask Garrett Morgan October 13, 1914
golf tee T. Grant December 12, 1899
guitar Robert F. Flemming, Jr. March 3, 1886
hair brush Lydia O. Newman November 15, 18–
hand stamp Walter B. Purvis February 27 1883
horse shoe J. Ricks March 30, 1885
ice cream scooper A. L. Cralle February 2, 1897
improv. sugar making Norbet Rillieux December 10, 1846
insect-destroyer gun A. C. Richard February 28, 1899
ironing board Sarah Boone December 30, 1887
key chain F. J. Loudin January 9, 1894
lantern Michael C. Harvey August 19, 1884
lawn mower L. A. Burr May 19, 1889
lawn sprinkler J. W. Smith May 4, 1897
lemon squeezer J. Thomas White December 8, 1893
lock W. A. Martin July 23, 18–
lubricating cup Ellijah McCoy November 15, 1895
lunch pail James Robinson 1887
mail box Paul L. Downing October 27, 1891
mop Thomas W. Stewart June 11, 1893
motor Frederick M. Jones June 27, 1939
peanut butter George Washington Carver 1896
pencil sharpener J. L. Love November 23, 1897
phone transmitter Granville T. Woods December 2, 1884
record player arm Joseph Hunger Dickenson January 8, 1819
refrigerator J. Standard June 14, 1891
riding saddles W. D. Davis October 6, 1895
rolling pin John W. Reed 1864
shampoo headrest C. O. Bailiff October 11, 1898
spark plug Edmond Berger February 2, 1839
stethoscope Imhotep Ancient Egypt
stove T. A. Carrington July 25, 1876
straightening comb Madam C. J. Walker Approx 1905
street sweeper Charles B. Brooks March 17, 1890
thermostat control Frederick M. Jones February 23, 1960
traffic light Garrett Morgan November 20, 1923
tricycle M. A. Cherry May 6, 1886
typewriter Burridge & Marshman April 7, 1885
The one problem I have encountered is that people can deal only with what they want to. I can read only what I agree with. I can play only what I want to play. This limits social skills. I never learn how to argue my point, deal with people who disagree, or find common ground. Oddly enough, this information age might be having a polarizing effect.
The idea is to have a forward observer, maybe on a hill nearby. You take your best bet, fire a test salvo. The observer tells you where it lands, by flag signals, telegraph or telephone wires, heliograph etc, and you correct for it, up a bit. left a bit, sort of. Earlier artillery was mostly with ships, and the cannon balls were skimmed along the sea surface, at fairly close range, so they could hit the side of the ship, something like ten pin bowling.
One of the benefits of modern technology is that you can ask this question to thousands of people you will never meet.
One of the undesirable effects is that many people no longer can think for themselves.
Effects. 1. Your question 2. My answer.
Shipments are done less expensively if done in larger quantities.
To draw an analogy: Say there were 100 letters to write and mail.
Would one write a letter and walk it to the post, then return and write another letter, then walk that one to the post, or would one write all the letters and post them all in one fell shot?
Pros:
The world is smaller (it's easier to contact/find people anywhere)
Information is sent/received with more speed/accuracy
Fights the horrors of boredom
Life is "made easier" (theoretically) with gadgets that cook for you, wash for you, iron for you, dry for you, calculate for you, record your life, etc.
In case of emergency, most everyone has a cell phone
Palm pilots, laptops/computers, and similar devices help organize full schedules
Automobiles make travel more comfortable and gets you there faster
…etc.
Cons:
We're all spoiled (that's an opinion, not necessarily a fact)
In case of a power-outage, most of our lives must wait until the lights come back on.
Conversation and relationships are often replaced with telephone calls, emails, and Instant Messaging
Everything is controlled by computers (well, not everything…), which lack common sense and personality.
The media can "steer" the culture it influences wherever it wants… example: body image, power=rich…
…all that to say, we've become lazy because technology does everything for us… the gadgets that were created to make our lives easier just make our lives busier (we have more time, so we do more things)… it's very easy to manipulate large groups of people, but then again, it's also easier to help large groups of people at one time.
You decide
I love my laptop, camera, MP3 player, Microwave etc… but I'm also somewhat addicted, and am often too lazy to go to the Cinema for a movie (I can download it), buy a CD (I can download it), go out for a nice meal (microwave something)… etc.
Hope that helped!