# Inventions **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 6, 2000, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions/32213 "2000-09-06T12:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ENugent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@ENugent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ENugent)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions/32213/21 "2000-09-06T20:48:32Z")
Let’s take this [outside](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=37549), Crafter\_Man. Sorry for the hijack, CnoteChris. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions/32213/22 "2000-09-06T21:48:59Z")
No problem **ENugent**. Thanks for starting, what seems to Crafter\_Man, to be a touchy subject. Good comments so far. I’m not sure which track I’m more apt to believe just yet. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2000, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions/32213/23 "2000-09-06T22:12:31Z")
As this question is one which defies a specific answer (although the folks who thought up Dense Wave Division Multiplexing have got to be in the running), I’m going to move this thread to IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2000, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions/32213/24 "2000-09-07T14:11:21Z")
This is all well and good, but when the hell will I be getting my replicator? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inventions/32213.md?page=1)