Can we please have some kind of "But Clinton..." just to complete your raving caricature of a Republican insisting on an offtopic flamewar, that you refused to take to private email when invited politely? Maybe a "Gore's a treehugger terrorist" or something just so you don't miss any talking points...
On Thu, 2006-09-28 at 15:25 -0400, C F wrote: > Just for the record, and what are YOU doing now? > And what is this: > http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2001/1/25/165244.shtml > > > On 9/28/06, C. Savinovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Let me add to this interesting thread, that it is in the interest of > > the present administration to discredit anything and anyone from the > > Clinton administration... the reason is because the last thing they want > > is to have the Clintons back in the White House... be aware of smearing > > campaigns circulating on the Internet and the media nowadays... > > > > CS > > > > > > > > Jay R. Ashworth wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 10:39:41AM -0400, C F wrote: > > >>>> Since the whole > > >>>> paragraph only speaks about the Intenet in that one sentence (I took > > >>>> the initiative.....), then it's NOT out of context to say that he > > >>>> claimed he invented the Internet. > > >>> Again, no, it's not out of context. It's merely incorrect. > > >>> > > >>> If one chooses to interpret Gore's usage of "Internet" to mean "the > > >>> commercial Internet that we have today", then yes, the initiatives he > > >>> worked on, including NREN, probably had a lot to do with it. > > >> OK, I'm listening, since this was on TV in English, can you explain > > >> what other meaning Internet has in the English language? > > >> > > >> This is my source, which disagrees with your English interpretation > > >> for the word Internet: > > >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet > > > > > > "The Internet is the largest equivalence class in the reflexive > > > transitive symmetric closure of the relationship "can be reached by an > > > IP packet from". > > > --Seth Breidbart > > > > > > But for our purposes here, The Internet is a large commercial network > > > service utility to which you can purchase access from any number of > > > competing vendors, which can carry any traffic, whether commercial or > > > not, and which has a sufficiently large number of service providers (and > > > potential clients) attached to it to make it a worthwhile thing to spend > > > your money connecting to. (Metcalfe's Law.) > > > > > > That's not what it looked like exactly 10 years ago, and one of the > > > major contributors to that was Gore, and the programs he mentions > > > championing. > > > > > > Asterisk wouldn't exist in anything like it's current form had the > > > Internet not Gone Commercial, since one of its major selling points is > > > it's ability to connect with all the commercial VoIP providers we see > > > on -biz... who wouldn't have a network to get your packets to them > > > otherwise. > > > > > > Is he solely responsible? No. Did he have lots of help? Yes. > > > > > > Is he correct to use the phrase "create the Internet" to imply "as we > > > know it today"? Clearly, there's a disagreement here. But let's not > > > fight that battle over the definition of "is", 'k? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > -- jra > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > > > asterisk-biz mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz -- (C) Matthew Rubenstein _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation provided by Easynews.com -- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
