The Internet

[Shawnee123]

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp

[glatt]

I knew someone, who in the 1989-1990 time frame worked as an intern for Al Gore on Capitol Hill, and at the time, they said that they were extremely impressed with how much he knew about computers and the internet. This was back before the web existed, and back before AOL existed, and back before 99% of the population had even heard of "e-mail." Al Gore was in to all this stuff back then, and he was instrumental in getting the legislation in place that set up much of the web as we know it today.

I remember when he made that comment that he created the internet, and all the political pundits were mocking him at the time, and it pissed me off because I know they were using manual typewriters at a time when Al Gore was all wired up in computers.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Don't know how accurate this is, but, it's enough info to get you started thinking...

This is the interesting topic.

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I still blame Al Gore....
DAMM YOU AL GORE!

This is the bait.

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp

Originally Posted by glatt

I knew someone, who in the 1989-1990 time frame worked as an intern for Al Gore on Capitol Hill, and at the time, they said that they were extremely impressed with how much he knew about computers and the internet. This was back before the web existed, and back before AOL existed, and back before 99% of the population had even heard of "e-mail." Al Gore was in to all this stuff back then, and he was instrumental in getting the legislation in place that set up much of the web as we know it today.

I remember when he made that comment that he created the internet, and all the political pundits were mocking him at the time, and it pissed me off because I know they were using manual typewriters at a time when Al Gore was all wired up in computers.

This is us rising to the bait. Let's enjoy our vacation from him instead.

A wholly Chinese net would be interesting to watch if we knew any Chinese. A censored net would be such a different paradigm. It would grow more slowly and be more directed and less flexible, a great tool for state propaganda... the dark side of the force anyone?