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05/19/2006

A Look Back: The First Disposable Camera

A. D. Weir invented the first disposable camera in 1949, called the "Photo Pac". Users had to mail in the entire camera and wait one week before getting back their developed photos/negatives. View the full-image here
The simplest remedy was a pre-loaded camera which could be rented at a near-by store for a small fee. That wasn’t a new idea—but in the past, devices to handle film inside such a camera had cost too much. Weir, a mechanical engineer, worked out a plan for feeding the 35-mm film without using a metal spool or winding device

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Posted at 05/19/2006 2:43pm by Crypt
oh, man, that is fairly comical, i honestly viewed these things as aways being there...never as having a first
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Posted at 05/19/2006 3:10pm by zezima
loollllll i own you all in runescape
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Posted at 05/19/2006 4:50pm by doog
that idea is dumb
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Posted at 05/19/2006 5:27pm by will
It will never sell
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Posted at 05/19/2006 6:16pm by Sarah
i play runescape...and they did sell...
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Posted at 05/19/2006 7:05pm by strongking22
lol i know thats not zezima....nooblet
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Posted at 05/19/2006 9:49pm by zarami
I know this is a stupid converstaion but your all homo sexuals who deserve to die
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Posted at 05/19/2006 10:48pm by Luke
Hey Crypt, just thought I'd let you know. There is a first for everything. . .duh.
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Posted at 05/20/2006 00:13am by Historian
BULLSPIT!!! EVER HEAR OF THE KODAK BROWNIE DISPOSABLE -CARDBOARD- CAMERA DEVELOPED AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY-1900-BY KODAK YOU TOOK YOUR PICTURES SENT THE CAMERA TO NEW YORK AND RETURNED WAS YOUR DEVELOPED PRINTS A LOT LIKE TODAYS DISPOSABLES THIS 1949 GUY JUST IMPROVED THE METHOD WHOEVER WROTE THE CAPTION FOR THIS STORY DOESNT KNOW HIS ARSE FROM HIS ELBOW!!!!!!
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Posted at 05/20/2006 11:44am by Michael
hey crypt ur a dee dee dee
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Posted at 05/20/2006 1:40pm by micky
my name is micky licky white bolok
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Posted at 05/20/2006 2:11pm by runescape is gay
runescape is for faggots and you can all burn in hell. Micheal Jackson is super hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted at 05/20/2006 2:15pm by the g
Runescape is the most amazingly insensible waste of time on this planet and the graphics suck
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Posted at 05/20/2006 2:20pm by Emma
PWND
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Posted at 05/20/2006 4:53pm by Poo Nanner
LOL ok how did the topic of runescape get started in here. I play it as well lol. Zezima needs to get a life lolz.
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Posted at 05/20/2006 7:57pm by Patrick
I totally agree with the g! Runescapr is the bigedt waste of time on this planet and the grafiks suck!
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Posted at 05/20/2006 8:05pm by Nick
I am the master of runescape. if anyone wants to challenge me to a duel, IM me at Motoxr377. Peace biznotches
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Posted at 05/20/2006 9:00pm by Man
Runscape? I'll tell you about Runescape. runescape is for cheap asses who can't afford to play Everquest.
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Posted at 05/20/2006 9:03pm by Tiny Tim
LOL Runescape sucks.... i hav'nt even played it and i know it sucks.... my friends in school are always like "yeah, im the wizard, i used my dark magic to" blah blah get to the point: the games gay
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Posted at 05/20/2006 10:15pm by Bo Jangles
Runescape is trash that has been processed through a trash compactor.com Get a life son's and daughter.
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Posted at 05/21/2006 00:01am by Kirtar The Odd
Dear God, everyone but Crypt and possibly Sarah there makes me hate people.
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Posted at 05/21/2006 00:41am by Dyslexic Cheese
Runescape is really dumb. The grafiks do suck...and so does the game for that matter. If you think runescape is somewhat of an O.K. game...then you have problems. Try Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
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Posted at 05/21/2006 00:52am by hella good
jeeze you runescape people..get off your butt and get a life..lol its really dumb. slaying giant rats and chopping down trees 4 hours on end..yay,fun!
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Posted at 05/21/2006 00:55am by jimpete
i have a similar story,everyone at my school always quotes things like"why arnt i on your list?"or"ill give you 3 apples,for a battleaxe"in an extremly geeky voice,runescape is total waste of ones time
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Posted at 05/21/2006 8:51pm by Used to be a geek.
I never figured out the point to that game. Friends showed it to me one day and I kept asking them what the point was? You walk around and do what? Runscape or whatever it's called is for people with no life! I mean c'mon that's the best thing you can find to do with yourself! Get a girlfriend or a job or both...anything! And that's from someone who's tried the game.
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