Apple hires "inventor of internet"

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  • Tomasz
    MURCer
    • May 2002
    • 135

    #1

    Apple hires "inventor of internet"

    Al Gore joined Apple's board of directors. Am I the only one who thinks this is funny and ironic?

    http://news.com.com/2100-1042-993332.html?tag=fd_top
  • MultimediaMan
    Super MURCer
    • Sep 1999
    • 1905

    #2
    Apple: Think

    Gore: What?
    Hey, Donny! We got us a German who wants to die for his country... Oblige him. - Lt. Aldo Raine

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    • Umfriend
      Crabby Smurf
      • Mar 2001
      • 7308

      #3
      Actually, the entire campaign against Gore saying that he claimed he invented internet was a sham. He never said that (unless you INSIST taking 16 words out of context from an entire interview)
      Umf
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      • PowerHungry
        MURCer
        • Jan 2001
        • 214

        #4
        Can anyone find a transcript of that interview?
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        • az
          Moderator
          • Feb 2001
          • 9336

          #5
          Is it like "Ich bin ein Berliner"?

          AZ
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          • Brian Ellis
            Super MURCer
            • Sep 1999
            • 9623

            #6
            Perhaps Macs, when playing music, will use an algorithm
            Brian (the devil incarnate)

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            • Umfriend
              Crabby Smurf
              • Mar 2001
              • 7308

              #7
              Can anyone find a transcript of that interview?
              Nope. But you can find some info on this here: http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh120302.shtml
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              • PowerHungry
                MURCer
                • Jan 2001
                • 214

                #8
                Thank you Umfriend. That link was most helpful.
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                • Jammrock
                  The Berserker
                  • Aug 1999
                  • 8661

                  #9
                  ROFLMAO!!! I have never seen a more leftist online mag in my life...hahahahaha. It should be renamed the Liberal Howler. They made CNN, a known left-wing news media station, sound conservative. Uh huh, I wouldn't trust that site any more than I would an extremist right-wing news site.

                  ROFL!!!!

                  Jammrock
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                  • Umfriend
                    Crabby Smurf
                    • Mar 2001
                    • 7308

                    #10
                    In that case, anyoen got a transcript of that interview?
                    Umf
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                    • Umfriend
                      Crabby Smurf
                      • Mar 2001
                      • 7308

                      #11
                      Oh my gawd, 366 useloss post already....
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                      • az
                        Moderator
                        • Feb 2001
                        • 9336

                        #12
                        Yes it seemed leftist, but I think what they said is basically true. So many people WANT to be misinformed, and if enough are, then wrong information becomes official information, and I think this is what's happening here.

                        When JFK said "Ich bin ein Berliner", he didn't just say that, though of course the statement is mostly seen out of context. He just said that the iron curtain divided the world like the Wall divided Berlin, and that Berlin was the City were this was most painfully visible, thus all people were berliner, kind of. Of course, most people don't know this.

                        AZ
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                        • Jammrock
                          The Berserker
                          • Aug 1999
                          • 8661

                          #13
                          But that doesn't change the fact he called himself a pastry.

                          Jammrock
                          “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
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                          • Topha
                            Super MURCer
                            • Jan 2001
                            • 1235

                            #14
                            Originally posted by az
                            Yes it seemed leftist, but I think what they said is basically true. So many people WANT to be misinformed, and if enough are, then wrong information becomes official information, and I think this is what's happening here.

                            When JFK said "Ich bin ein Berliner", he didn't just say that, though of course the statement is mostly seen out of context. He just said that the iron curtain divided the world like the Wall divided Berlin, and that Berlin was the City were this was most painfully visible, thus all people were berliner, kind of. Of course, most people don't know this.

                            AZ


                            Thanks, I didnt know that.

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                            • az
                              Moderator
                              • Feb 2001
                              • 9336

                              #15


                              The original CNN Al Gore Interview transcript. For those who want to educate themselves, not blindly believe what "the media" tells them.

                              AZ
                              There's an Opera in my macbook.

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