News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Peter Thiel: "I Don’t Consider [The iPhone] To Be A Technological Breakthrough". Parent comment

Re:Peter Thiel: "I Don’t Consider [The iPhone] To Be A Techn... by tedunangst on Monday November 21, 2011 @04:16PM (#3262843)
Along those lines, the smallpox vaccine and X-rays.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Peter Thiel: "I Don’t Consider [The iPhone] To Be A Techn... by parfe on Monday November 21, 2011 @04:43PM (#3262942)
The smallpox vaccine that eliminated the disease certainly had lesser know and effective predecessor as early as 1770:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowpox

[ Parent | on HN ]