Getting all serious for a minute - I think the original intent in Al Gore's line was talking about funding for the ARPAnet - the thing that became the internet. There are lots of different ways to "create" something, and funding is a big one, and it does look like he can back up his claims about that. Now, like any politician he is going to embellish the truth to make things look favorable, but yeah - there is something to that - perhaps he should have said "I took the initiative to ensure funding was secured to allow development of what became the internet", but that's not quite as catchy :-).
Dick Incidentally - a useless piece of trivia, Margaret Thatcher is credited with inventing soft serve ice cream (the whirly whippy kind) when she worked as a chemist before becoming Prime Minister of the UK. http://ezinearticles.com/?An-Ode-To-Margaret-Thatcher---How-Soft-Serve-Ice-Cream-Is-Made&id=502409 On Jul 27, 12:16 pm, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > Ryan Waterer wrote: > > Wait a minute here! > > > Tor, are you actually saying that the media(newspapers, news stations, > > the intarwebs) might have actually made something up and reported it > > false? > > Maybe I've got a language barrier problem, but can somebody please > explain me which is the practical difference between "initiate in > creating" and "invented"? > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/blog > [email protected] - mobile: +39 348.150.6941 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
