Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 09:51:32 06/21/02
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On June 20, 2002 at 19:41:28, Russell Reagan wrote: >On June 20, 2002 at 14:05:37, Charles Wan wrote: > >>> But at least we have Gore to thank for inventing the internet for us! >> >>What? Gore invented internet?? I didn't know that. >>No wonder it runs like WWW (World Wide Wait). >> >>Charles > >He didn't really, but that's what he said once. I guess he thought no one would >know he didn't really invent it, or maybe that all of the uninformed would >believe him and think the internet is a great thing, so vote for Gore! Who >knows. > Actually, my understanding is that he was misquoted. He was the main person in congress in the early days to really push for the Internet to be opened up to the public, and loves to remind people of this fact, but he never claimed to have "invented" the Internet in a technical sense.
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