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Al Gore Invented the Internet!
Posted by
CmdrTaco
on Thu Mar 11, 1999 06:52 AM
from the who-woulda-thunk-it dept.
from the who-woulda-thunk-it dept.
An anonymous reader sent us a link to a priceless wired article
where you can read about presidential hopeful Al Gore's claims
that
he created the internet.
I for one thank him. Without the hardware he designed, the
protocols he defined, and the software he coded, think where
the internet would be today. Good think he didn't have my
vote, or he woulda lost it.
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- Cisco by mfh (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:18PM
- Rob by Shiska (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @05:59AM
- It's AOL's fault... by Shiska (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:52AM
- I've been on the internet since 1988 by Patrik Nordebo (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:34AM
- More amusements by whoop (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:40AM
- MicroSoft invented internet2 by whoop (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:45AM
- Jesus Christ... by Wakko Warner (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:16AM
- It depends. by Wakko Warner (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:21AM
- slashdot = rightwingdot ? by mjwise (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @01:15PM
- slashdot = rightwingdot ? by mjwise (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @01:15PM
- Apocalypse Gore by Aaron M. Renn (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:17AM
- Go Pat! by deepone (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @10:20PM
- Al Gore? by John Campbell (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:11AM
- internet2 by Analog (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:08AM
- Quayle for Pres by Trepidity (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @11:38AM
- Al you are so full of crap... by Special J (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:03AM
- I wonder where is the political in this by gavinhall (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:06AM
- I don't think so by gavinhall (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:37AM
- Revisionist History by gavinhall (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:50AM
- Revisionist History by gavinhall (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @11:23AM
- AL GORE = RETARD by gavinhall (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @03:25PM
- Russia by gavinhall (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @05:04PM
- Only 2 senators opposed CDA - 1 dem & 1 repub by DunbarTheInept (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @01:53PM
- Joe President by pingouin (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:21AM
- True liberals wouldn't vote for Gore anyways by pingouin (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:16AM
- The Free Market and the Great Depression by pingouin (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:54AM
- The Free Market and the Great Depression by pingouin (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @12:59PM
- Freudian slip by pingouin (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @01:14PM
- The Free Market and the Great Depression by pingouin (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @05:33PM
- Compared to your rock? by pingouin (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:18PM
- The Free Market and the Great Depression by pingouin (Score:1) Friday March 12 1999, @10:20AM
- Whoa hold on by Erik Hollensbe (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:02AM
- "The Year September Never Ended" by Brian Knotts (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @01:37PM
- true... by pohl (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:22AM
- good ole Al? by pohl (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:30AM
- I thought Potato had an E by DaBuzz (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:16AM
- Big Deal by TedC (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:59AM
- Bob Dole for First Lady! by TedC (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @10:31AM
- Al Gore also created the world in seven days.. by adamsc (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:13AM
- what an outrage by mackga (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:38AM
- Some observations on Al Gore - 8-) by mackga (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:29AM
- Marketing!Marketing!Marketing! by LoCoPuff (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:29AM
- What Gore meant to say by LoCoPuff (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:31AM
- how Cisco says "router" -> ROUTER not ROOTER by Python (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @11:51AM
- Whoa hold on by Python (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @11:59AM
- how Cisco says "router" -> ROUTER not ROOTER by Python (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @05:08PM
- Another good Gore quote... by Masem (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:21AM
- Al Gore? by Phil-14 (Score:1) Friday March 12 1999, @03:23PM
- internet2 by tjones (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:57AM
- If it's a router with a crossbar switch... by Troy Baer (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:17AM
- Umm... by Scott Wood (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:53AM
- Umm... by Scott Wood (Score:1) Monday March 15 1999, @08:47PM
- What a stupid thing to diss on Gore for. by mill (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @10:11AM
- Gorenet. "We know what you're downloading" by Daniel (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:43AM
- Kewl, yeah... by red_dragon (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:41AM
- Still, I hope Cmdr Taco votes libertarian. by Derek Pomery (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @12:19PM
- That would create the /. affect. by mikpos (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:53AM
- internet2 by Ralph Bearpark (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:47PM
- Q: How can you tell if Gore's lying? by Svartalf (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:07AM
- The Info Super Highway was a CABLE system! by Black Art (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:31AM
- Al Gore also created the world in seven days.. by Juliet (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:13AM
- Cisco rooters by cdipierr (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:48AM
- Good old fashioned political FUD! by morbid (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:08AM
- Good old fashioned political FUD! by morbid (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:04AM
- You obviously haven't used GNOME 1.0 by IGnatius T Foobar (Score:1) Saturday March 13 1999, @01:15PM
- how Cisco says "router" by bcboy (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:26AM
- send him mail by kevin lyda (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:12AM
- this explains something by akharon (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:02AM
- And he created the Pentium III for.... by cyberassasin (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:45AM
- This dude by mtony (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @04:23PM
- safty in idiots? by datazone (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:49AM
- Declan McCullagh kicks butt! by TheSync (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @04:12PM
- Presumably he's talking NSFnet by Corbet (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:24AM
- Revisionist History by edgy (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @05:58AM
- He invented CENSORSHIP by Ryandav (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:18AM
- Small Political comments are all we have left by Ryandav (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:57AM
- Triana is a joke was:and fleecing of America.... by J05H (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:59AM
- What about (aboot?) Barney? by unitron (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @05:54PM
- Al Gore is An Alien....I Have Proof!---Nonsense!!! by unitron (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:03PM
- Revisionist History by Zagadka (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:35AM
- Retraction by Art Tatum (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @03:38PM
- Thank you! by Art Tatum (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @03:41PM
- Oh, please... by Art Tatum (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @04:10PM
- The Free Market and the Great Depression by Art Tatum (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @04:21PM
- BBSs were *lame* ?!? by Art Tatum (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @04:36PM
- The worst of both worlds by Art Tatum (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @04:55PM
- Interesting by Art Tatum (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @05:20PM
- i guess you didn't get it by Art Tatum (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @05:41PM
- It's a shame I'm not American. by L. Ron McKenzie (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:33AM
- No!!! Dan Quayle will NOT win the nomination by L. Ron McKenzie (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:41AM
- Al Gore and the Internet by juuri (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:20AM
- Retraction by fishbowl (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @05:58AM
- PATENT Infringement Anyone? by fishbowl (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:37AM
- slashdot = rightwingdot ? by mikec (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:47AM
- in 2000 by Hamhed (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:05AM
- Al Gore and the Internet by bbcat (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:59AM
- Proud to be an American. by bbcat (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @05:02PM
- *Sigh* by eponymous cohort (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:12AM
- Don't forget by eponymous cohort (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:23AM
- If Clinton invented the Internet... by eponymous cohort (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:15AM
- If Clinton invented the Internet... by eponymous cohort (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:15AM
- Dumb English language question... by eponymous cohort (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @10:48AM
- In Canada, it's pronounced "root". by eponymous cohort (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @10:51AM
- Whoa hold on by Cjoh (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:04AM
- It's a shame I'm American. by Cid Highwind (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @01:53PM
- Potatoe anyone? by Cid Highwind (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @02:10PM
- Here's the quote: by brassrat77 (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:25AM
- I invented Linux! by Mooset (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @04:30PM
- internet2 by Aglassis (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @11:08AM
- Octothorpe? by MaggieL (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @10:00AM
- Al Gore... by Duke of URL (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:03AM
- internet2 by Duke of URL (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:05AM
- I'd pay... by Duke of URL (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:14AM
- DARPA? by xyzzy (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:57AM
- Al Gore Didn't Create It. by xyzzy (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:00AM
- i guess you didn't get it by ElCabron (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @04:31PM
- What went on by ElCabron (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:24PM
- and fleecing of America.... by afniv (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:07AM
- That would create the /. affect. by afniv (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:19AM
- WTF?!?!?!?! by Pope Ketric (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:00AM
- clarification.... by cswiii (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:03AM
- Clipper Chip by id (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @10:06AM
- I thought Potato had an E by nebby (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @11:49AM
- He invented C*NS*RSH*P by deathcubek (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:47AM
- Me too by pspeed (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:13AM
- Al Gore at MIT graduation by sbuckhopper (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:39AM
- Umm... by afc (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @11:35AM
- internet2 by dirty (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:00PM
- Quayle for Pres by dirty (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:37PM
- Potatoe anyone? by dirty (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:40PM
- Other Gore Fallacies by Augie De Blieck Jr. (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:02AM
- Hack Congress by devinjones (Score:1) Friday March 12 1999, @11:13AM
- Bill "I didn't inhale" Clinton by devinjones (Score:1) Friday March 12 1999, @11:21AM
- Al Gore... by BenJamin.G (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:16AM
- /. Poll Idea: What's wrong with rooters? by miscellaneous (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:44AM
- The Free Market and the Great Depression by Maciej Stachowiak (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:32AM
- The Free Market and the Great Depression by Maciej Stachowiak (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @11:11AM
- Debating facts vs. debating words by Maciej Stachowiak (Score:1) Friday March 12 1999, @08:31AM
- The Free Market and the Great Depression by Maciej Stachowiak (Score:1) Friday March 12 1999, @08:43AM
- The Free Market and the Great Depression by Maciej Stachowiak (Score:1) Friday March 12 1999, @09:17AM
- Whoa hold on-- friendly? by YeOldeGnurd (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:06AM
- Whoa hold on-- friendly? by YeOldeGnurd (Score:1) Friday March 12 1999, @06:46AM
- The internet was created for porn!!!porn!! by DaMan (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:50AM
- some truth... by Zebulun (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:23AM
- Oh Good God by TopFlite (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:30AM
- Al Gore... by Lamesword (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @01:16PM
- Regarding wasted votes by grappler (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @04:01PM
- Regarding wasted votes by grappler (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @04:01PM
- How to say "router" by dee^lOts (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:52AM
- send him mail by David F. (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:24AM
- It's a shame I'm not American. by yAm (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:35AM
- what a fucking complete moron by strider5 (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:50AM
- You say "tom aah tow", I say ... by maroberts (Score:1) Friday March 12 1999, @03:27AM
- It's a shame I'm American. by PanIc RidE (Score:1) Saturday March 13 1999, @01:40PM
- WUUUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! by Nassah The Zerg! (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:56AM
- Gore may be stupid... by TWR (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @12:43PM
- The Free Market and the Great Depression by TWR (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @12:59PM
- If not gore, then someone like him? by Gumber (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:46AM
- How can you possibly justify your position? by Gumber (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:22AM
- True American liberals? by erhead (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:26AM
- No Subject Given by erhead (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:13AM
- Umm... by erhead (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:58AM
- Quayle for Pres by Tardigrade (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @12:51PM
- Out of Context you Idiots by Anonymous Psychopath (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @02:21PM
- It's a shame I'm not American. by heinzkeinz (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:02AM
- MicroSoft invented internet2 by BugMaster ChuckyD (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:40AM
- A geek's Dan Quayle by wirefarm (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:39AM
- Al Gore is a nice stiff by masterfres (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:50AM
- What an asshole! by PinheadX (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:02AM
- Al Gore... by PinheadX (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:56AM
- Not quite. by SeanNi (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:38AM
- In Canada, it's pronounced "root". by SeanNi (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:43AM
- Funny, twisted thought... by SeanNi (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:45AM
- "The Year September Never Ended" by SeanNi (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:50AM
- Me 3! by SeanNi (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @10:49AM
- Revisionist History by SeanNi (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @01:34PM
- Retraction by SeanNi (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @02:04PM
- It's all down to the e... by SeanNi (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @02:09PM
- Mistake. by SeanNi (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @03:59PM
- ROFL!! by SeanNi (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @04:00PM
- Mistake. by SeanNi (Score:1) Sunday March 14 1999, @10:37PM
- Al Gore is a nice stiff by quax (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:05PM
- And they call Americans 'ethnocentric' by quax (Score:1) Friday March 12 1999, @09:47AM
- Answers to your questions by quax (Score:1) Saturday March 13 1999, @11:15AM
- forall X, vice-X is useless by King Babar (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:15AM
- internet2 by Ellis-D (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:54AM
- I invented TCP/IP by mecca (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:30AM
- Retraction by zagmar (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @12:34PM
- Al Gore isn't YOUR VP (lucky for you) by zagmar (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @12:43PM
- What a stupid thing to diss on Gore for. by zagmar (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @12:53PM
- Regarding wasted votes by zagmar (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @11:28PM
- Go Pat! by zagmar (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @11:49PM
- Revisionist History by zagmar (Score:1) Friday March 12 1999, @12:02AM
- Dumb English language question... by JosefK (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @12:37PM
- Al Gore... by JosefK (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @12:40PM
- Sure.... by Nicholas Schumacher (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:48AM
- He created it... by shingle (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:42AM
- If Clinton invented the Internet... by NetStorm (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @06:54AM
- I don't think so by laura20 (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:53AM
- Whoa hold on-- friendly? by tkeubank (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @12:03PM
- ROTFL by tkeubank (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @12:15PM
- comment on lying by tkeubank (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @12:39PM
- comment on lying by tkeubank (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @05:06PM
- nor would they vote for Clinton by for(;;); (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @08:42AM
- I like to eat at Houter's by for(;;); (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @12:09PM
- Well, I do :) by BazHob (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @09:18AM
- "The Year September Never Ended" by rwald (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @10:18AM
- plenty of alternatives by MindStalker (Score:1) Friday March 12 1999, @05:47AM
- Gorenet. "We know what you're downloading" by MindStalker (Score:1) Friday March 12 1999, @06:01AM
- It's all down to the e... by BeAT (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @01:57PM
- Al Gore = Bill G. by TheMime (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @05:46PM
- Router IS pronounced root-er by pawlie (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @11:16PM
- RE: Al Gore and the Internet by SaDan (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @07:26AM
- See also this link by El (Score:1) Thursday March 11 1999, @01:36PM
- World Govt? Are you nuts? by Sabu mark (Score:1) Wednesday March 17 1999, @10:18AM
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