qworster
join:2001-11-25
Los Angeles, CA | reply to Brigrat
Let's put this one to bed...
Let me say this ONE LAST TIME:
AL GORE NEVER CLAIMED TO HAVE INVENTED THE INTERNET!!!!
JESUS! Why can't you all get this through your thick skulls!! |
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Brigrat
join:2003-09-01
Lovington, NM | Not in so many words, but he certainly took credit for its existence... |
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Spudge_Boy
join:2004-09-17
Orange, CA | No he didn't. He spoke about how he pushed for legislation that help to bring about the Internet we know today. Everything was a bunch of text and crap, until Al Gore started telling everybody abou the "Information Superhighway" |
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dave
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
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| reply to Brigrat
said by Brigrat  : Not in so many words, but he certainly took credit for its existence... Yes, and deservedly too.
At least, Cerf and Kahn (who did invent the Internet  ) think so.
Here.
As usual when dealing with potential myths, it's wise to check with Snopes. |
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magnushsi
join:2002-11-06
Cedar Springs, MI
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Your right, let's put this to bed...
Gore and the Internet
"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet" Gore said when asked to cite accomplishments that separate him from another Democratic presidential hopeful, former Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey, during an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN on March 9, 1999.
Gore supported technological advances related to the advancement of the Internet, but to say that HE took the initiative in creating the Internet is a bit much.
(Sources: Transcript »www.wired.com/news/news/politics···390.html )
(Note: Lots of people seem to enjoy e-mailing me, professing that my information about Gore saying he "invented" the Internet is wrong, that he did support things which helped get the Internet moving, etc. First, I know he never said he "invented" the Internet. Please notice the quote above. Second, saying that he took the initiative in CREATING the Internet is still a funny statement since the Internet was already created and being used (ex: file copying via the UUCP protocol and e-mail) by the time he was elected to Congress. One can't take the "initiative" to "create" something which has already been created.) |
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