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Old 07-18-2017, 05:52 PM
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BTW, he never said it. It's an AM radio myth.

Al Gore: 'I Invented the Internet'
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Old 07-18-2017, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano View Post
BTW, he never said it. It's an AM radio myth.

Al Gore: 'I Invented the Internet'
He said he created it.
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Old 07-18-2017, 10:38 PM
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I obviously don't speak for everyone, but as a 6'4" dude who rides the 175 jumpseat frequently... Don't leave your seat forward. Slide it back and over... Much more comfortable for me that way.
I agree. I'm frequently in the jumpseat on the E170/175. It's not too bad...I'm 5' 10", but the other day, for the first time, both pilots moved their seats back and out, and for the first time ever, I was in heaven in the jumpseat. I could extend my legs a little, at least while at cruise. It was one of the more comfortable jumpseat rides I've had.

Don't get me wrong, I'm always appreciative for the ride to or from work. And I'd never ask the pilots to do this....it's their flight. But don't feel like you have to keep the seat forward, unless that's where you want to sit.
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Old 07-19-2017, 03:03 AM
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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano View Post
BTW, he never said it. It's an AM radio myth.

Al Gore: 'I Invented the Internet'
It was also determined that Al Gore was an AM radio myth.
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Old 07-19-2017, 06:18 AM
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Tool of the day to the dude that just sprayed me with Diet Coke as I'm sitting in the middle of the middle on my delayed commute home.
Chaos at checkin
Chaos at TSA
Chaos at the Starbucks wannabes
Chaos at the gate

...then I get sprayed by a milennial who would probably croak and die if I take his smartphone away.

I'm not having a people day today.
Oh god. You ruined an already mediocre story with backwards logic and terrible cultural misunderstanding.

Everyone is capable of spilling cokes. That isn't generational.

I know baby boomers more attached to their phones and incapable of conversation than many millenials I know.

The fact that you blame a generation on coke spilling and phones just proves to me you view everyone else as the problem and if that's the case... you are probably the problem.

But don't listen to me. I'm of different age and not you... so I must be wrong.

The logic of some people is unbelievable.

Just wipe the coke off your shirt and and suck it up instead of complaining to the internet about it.

That's something a millennial would do.
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Old 07-19-2017, 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Lemons View Post
He said he created it.
Prove it. With references.
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Old 07-19-2017, 06:47 AM
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Prove it. With references.
CNN 1999


BLITZER: I want to get to some of the substance of domestic and international issues in a minute, but let's just wrap up a little bit of the politics right now.

Why should Democrats, looking at the Democratic nomination process, support you instead of Bill Bradley, a friend of yours, a former colleague in the Senate? What do you have to bring to this that he doesn't necessarily bring to this process?

GORE: Well, I will be offering -- I'll be offering my vision when my campaign begins. And it will be comprehensive and sweeping. And I hope that it will be compelling enough to draw people toward it. I feel that it will be.

But it will emerge from my dialogue with the American people. I've traveled to every part of this country during the last six years. During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.
It's just too funny to let go!!
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Old 07-19-2017, 06:54 AM
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It's just too funny to let go!!
Read the Snopes article. It's a fairly easy read. "Taking the initiative in creating the internet" is a lot different than "inventing." He didn't claim to "create" it, either.

Highlights: In context, Gore’s response (which employed the word “created,” not “invented”) was clear in meaning:
the vice president was not claiming that he “invented” the Internet in the sense of having designed or implemented it, but rather that he was one of the visionaries responsible for helping to bring it into being by fostering its development in an economic and legislative sense,

To claim that Gore was seriously trying to take credit for the “invention” of the Internet is, frankly, just silly political posturing that arose out of a close presidential campaign. If, for example, President Eisenhower had said in the mid-1960s that he, while president, “took the initiative in creating the Interstate Highway System,” he would not have been the subject of dozens and dozens of editorials lampooning him for claiming he “invented” the concept of highways or implying that he personally went out and dug ditches across the country to help build the roadway. Everyone would have understood that Eisenhower meant he was a driving force behind the legislation that created the highway system, and this was the very same concept Al Gore was expressing about himself with interview remarks about the Internet."

Even some of the guys who actually invented the internet give him credit -- and rightly so.

"But a spirited defense of Gore’s statement penned by Internet pioneers Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf (the latter often referred to as the “father of the Internet”) in 2000 noted that “Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development” and that “No other elected official, to our knowledge, has made a greater contribution [to the Internet] over a longer period of time”:

"Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development.

No one person or even small group of persons exclusively “invented” the Internet. It is the result of many years of ongoing collaboration among people in government and the university community. But as the two people who designed the basic architecture and the core protocols that make the Internet work, we would like to acknowledge VP Gore’s contributions as a Congressman, Senator and as Vice President. No other elected official, to our knowledge, has made a greater contribution over a longer period of time.

Last year the Vice President made a straightforward statement on his role. He said: “During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet.” We don’t think, as some people have argued, that Gore intended to claim he “invented” the Internet. Moreover, there is no question in our minds that while serving as Senator, Gore’s initiatives had a significant and beneficial effect on the still-evolving Internet. The fact of the matter is that Gore was talking about and promoting the Internet long before most people were listening. We feel it is timely to offer our perspective."
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Spoil sport!

It's just fun to rag on the Gorester!

Perfect target imho!
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Old 07-19-2017, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by GogglesPisano View Post
Read the Snopes article. It's a fairly easy read. "Taking the initiative in creating the internet" is a lot different than "inventing." He didn't claim to "create" it, either.

Highlights: In context, Gore’s response (which employed the word “created,” not “invented”) was clear in meaning:
the vice president was not claiming that he “invented” the Internet in the sense of having designed or implemented it, but rather that he was one of the visionaries responsible for helping to bring it into being by fostering its development in an economic and legislative sense,

To claim that Gore was seriously trying to take credit for the “invention” of the Internet is, frankly, just silly political posturing that arose out of a close presidential campaign. If, for example, President Eisenhower had said in the mid-1960s that he, while president, “took the initiative in creating the Interstate Highway System,” he would not have been the subject of dozens and dozens of editorials lampooning him for claiming he “invented” the concept of highways or implying that he personally went out and dug ditches across the country to help build the roadway. Everyone would have understood that Eisenhower meant he was a driving force behind the legislation that created the highway system, and this was the very same concept Al Gore was expressing about himself with interview remarks about the Internet."

Even some of the guys who actually invented the internet give him credit -- and rightly so.

"But a spirited defense of Gore’s statement penned by Internet pioneers Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf (the latter often referred to as the “father of the Internet”) in 2000 noted that “Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development” and that “No other elected official, to our knowledge, has made a greater contribution [to the Internet] over a longer period of time”:

"Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development.

No one person or even small group of persons exclusively “invented” the Internet. It is the result of many years of ongoing collaboration among people in government and the university community. But as the two people who designed the basic architecture and the core protocols that make the Internet work, we would like to acknowledge VP Gore’s contributions as a Congressman, Senator and as Vice President. No other elected official, to our knowledge, has made a greater contribution over a longer period of time.

Last year the Vice President made a straightforward statement on his role. He said: “During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet.” We don’t think, as some people have argued, that Gore intended to claim he “invented” the Internet. Moreover, there is no question in our minds that while serving as Senator, Gore’s initiatives had a significant and beneficial effect on the still-evolving Internet. The fact of the matter is that Gore was talking about and promoting the Internet long before most people were listening. We feel it is timely to offer our perspective."
You wanted the proof he said it, there it is.
Of course you can explain his words anyway that suits you.

It's still funny!!!
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