[Amps] A tale of two IMs What happens?

[Carl]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger" <sub1 at rogerhalstead.com>
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Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] A tale of two IMs What happens?


>
>
> Bill, W6WRT wrote:
>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>>
>> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:20:43 -0400, Roger <sub1 at rogerhalstead.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I'm not one of 'ol Al's boosters, but he never claimed to have invented
>>> the Internet. It was the press and opposition that said that.
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore_and_information_technology Although
>>> he is responsible for providing a lot of government money to those
>>> working on it back in those days. Computer systems and the Internet were
>>> my profession.
>>>
>>
>> REPLY:
>>
>> It's true he did not use the word "invent" but he did claim credit for
>> creating the internet.
>>
> And although many of us disagree with him politically most of us in the
> computing profession give him full credit for said creating. You'll find
> this particularly true for the leaders in the development of the
> Internet and arpnet


** You been drinking the Cool Aide again Roger? Said phony was nowhere 
involved with Arpanet or the X.25 protocol. Or anything else for that matter 
except hot air.

Carl
KM1H


>> Quoting from Wolf Blitzer's interview with Gore:  "During my service
>> in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the
>> Internet."
>>
>> Is "taking the initiative" the same as "being the first"?  Is
>> "creating" the same as "inventing"?  Your call.
>>
>>
> To me they are easy calls. Initiative and first are not related. Taking
> the initiative is deciding to do something, or even taking a leadership
> roll while first is exactly that, being the first to do something, nor
> is creating even a synonym for inventing. Every time I build something I
> am creating, but I certainly am not inventing.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>> You can read the full transcript at
>> http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/index.html
>>
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
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