Quote Originally Posted by RIOTSOUND
Quote Originally Posted by The Germ
2nd century, BC. The Hydraulis was invented by Ktesibios sometime in the second century B.C. Ktesibios, the son of a Greek barber, was fascinated by pneumatics and wrote an early treatise on the use of hydraulic systems for powering mechanical devices. His most famous invention, the Hydraulis, used water to regulate the air pressure inside an organ. A small cistern called the pnigeus was turned upside down and placed inside a barrel of water. A set of pumps forced air into the pnigeus, forming an air reservoir, and that air was channeled up into the organ's action.


without that guy we would all be ****.
AGREED ;)

Just like I said... without Kool Herc .. Hip-Hop and the artform and popularity of DJing would never have taken on the form we see it in today
Nah, i reckon that aint right, someone would have stepped up. in our time-line this is true, without the originators, we would have nothing. But it presumes that without that specific person the 'whatever' wouldnt happen. Kool herc wasnt exactly a rocket scientist, or a rare breed. There would have been someone else, another history perhaps, another way at looking at things.

IMHO i dont spend time marvelling over these people, as if you want a to puch on into the future it's necessary to look at what they did, and then move forward.

@Martin Dust - Good on ya kidda, damn right.