what was it?

Ivan Seeking

first one sold for a sixty dollar loss

Mk

The Television!!!

Ivan Seeking

NO!!!

Mk

WTF!!! Television wasn't a good enough invention? What do you want? The wheel? Coke?

Ivan Seeking

first conceived of in 1979

Television was invented in about seven places at once.

Mk

I hope its not Trivial Pursuit.

Ivan Seeking

I'm sorry to shatter your hopes, yes.

Mk

4!=24
5!=120
6!=720
(Number of colons in a MAC address)!=?

BobG

1111000 (or, alternatively, 78)

Mk

No, that's not quite right.

Mk

What the hell? Don't tell me I killed the thread again!!

matthyaouw

It ain't dead yeat. Just clue us some more.

Mk

Look up MAC address on your computer or on the internet, this one, you don't have to think a lot. Unless you don't know what the "!" means.

honestrosewater

You guys suck. 120.

Hey, why did you edit that? In Windows, the colons are hyphens, BTW. For others, they're periods or spaces. Or did I miss something? Is it 1? Do I win? It's either 1 or 120. Hurry up and tell me!!!! Heh, I didn't realize I missed this game so much.

Mk

Honestrosewater wins!!!

I don't know what you mean with the hyphens

Wikipedia says its colons too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address

honestrosewater

Nevermind, as long as I won, it's not important. How about a backwards clue?

They are not housed in a piece of fruit. They are not strings. They are not false.

Mk

That's confusing! Let me think about that one. Give me 5 minutes.