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| Father of Internet (Al Gore) wins $1.2 million |
| Alexvrb - Jun 16, 2004 |
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Alexvrb | Jun 16, 2004 | ||
| Ok, ok, so the Al Gore part wasn't strictly true. Anyway, the guy that actually IS credited with being the father of the internet (Tim Berners-Lee) has been awarded US $1.2 million dollars. Story... | ||||
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mal | Jun 16, 2004 | ||
| Where does that Al Gore "story" about inventing the Internet come from? | ||||
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ExCyber | Jun 17, 2004 | ||
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He didn't claim that he invented the Internet. In an interview he sort of tried to take some peripheral credit for helping create the conditions that allowed the Internet to come about, and various people misquoted him and quoted him out of context in such a way that made it look like he was claiming credit for the whole thing, and now "Al Gore invented the Internet" has become a household phrase. edit: More info... on the Gore interview and its mangling. Incidentally, the guy who typically gets called "Father of the Internet" is Vint Cerf. Berners-Lee is the "Father of the World Wide Web". | ||||
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MasterAkumaMatata | Jun 17, 2004 | |||
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