Hey there Ed, Thank you for setting us straight on this one. Its nice to see someone on this list say something decent about Gore - considering how MUCH BASHING of Gore is constantly happening on the OT list - especially with Pete always referring to GoreHole! Dang...
:-) -K- On 6/15/2012 9:22 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Jun 15, 2012, at 7:05 PM, Michael Oke, II wrote: > >> He made exactly the claim that I think he did. Quite obviously I can read a >> I read it right about the time he made it. Still doesn't make what he claims >> correct. > Hmmm... whom to believe? You, or Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn, who created > the TCP/IP protocol and are generally considered the "fathers of the > internet"? > > "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." > > So go ahead and continue to support the ridiculous notion that Al Gore > claimed to have invented the internet. The facts speak for themselves. > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
