[SOC] the internet

[Rich Marshall - WR4U]

I hear al has a sloppy fist

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From: soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:soc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Michael Coslo
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 11:58 AM
To: Second Class Operators' Club
Subject: Re: [SOC] the internet

We really should have the entirety of Al Gore's statement. Because he really
does know what group invented the internet.

"During my service in the United States Congress,  I took the initiative in
creating the internet. I took an 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."

Weird phrasing, for sure, But Big Al said he took initiative in creating,
not inventing, and further, he noted that initiatives were what he "did".
Creating is not inventing.

You can create a market. That does not mean that you invented the market.

Gore sponsored the 1988 "National High-Performance Computer Act" (a national
computing effort to link universities and libraries. He crafted the "High
Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991" and cosponsored the
"Information infrastructure and Technology Act of 1992", which opened the
internet to commercial traffic.

Which pretty much sounds like taking initiative. Pretty much sounds like
setting the wheels in motion to guide the internet in to something that is
recognizable today.

No politics here,  no tightening of the sphincter, but Beware fact checking.


http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET

- 73 de Beelzebub  Cunctator, N3LI -

On Aug 22, 2013, at 10:53 PM, Art - W6KY <w6ky at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Here is the 'political' tirade for those of you who missed it.
> No politics. Just stating a fact.
> Apologies to those who are pucker butts..  :):)

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