You are right. He said create not invent.
He didn't do that, either. He was in college when the internet was created.
Content Providers are one of the few businesses industries where the businesses actively hate their customers and do everything they can do to make things harder and more expensive for their customers.
Its really amazing when you compare it to a more traditional retail or services business.
Actually it didn't. It came from Gore's lips.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnFJ8cHAlco
He says "I took the initiative in inventing the internet..." at the 0:49 sec.
Oops, also, the link you mention says this:
"Gore, who boasted in a CNN interview he "took the initiative in creating the Internet," was only 21 when the Internet was born out of a Pentagon project."
The internet started when Al Gore was in High School.
Did he push a bill that helped foster it? Absolutely. And that's what Cerf said and that's what he should get credit for.
Thanks Al. We appreciate it.
You can put lipstick on a pig, but its still a pig.
No matter how you went about pushing ACTA, people would have been upset. It was kept secretly because big content companies were hoping that it would be passed before anybody realized it was happening.
ACTA could not be passed in most places with a fully informed public & electorate.
I think its probably more accurate to say that neither of you have enough data to prove what you're saying.
You've both given your opinion on the topic, but with no statistical evidence, neither of you have the ability to prove what you're saying.
The original poster is correct in saying that if you monitored everyone, you'd get a pretty good idea of who was correct.
Me personally, I would rather it remain an opinion as I have no intention of letting myself be monitored by insurance or authorities for the illusion of safety or savings.
I think they also give you a better rate because just like a medical doctor, if you're paying the guy yourself, he doesn't have to deal with the insurance company paperwork and hassle.
When you engage him, he does what he's skilled at (auto body work), takes your money and the deal is complete.
I found this even more amusing:
"She may have been bluffing, but given her record on ruthless domestic policies at the time, many a smarter man would have wavered."
Sounds like the excuse what the French and British agreed to as a cover story.
What's reported to the press is often what you're supposed to think.
I have an existential map. It has "You are here" written all over it. -- Steven Wright
