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Re:When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's pe... by russell on Saturday February 07, 2009 @03:18PM (#471437)
I hate the Al Gore snide remarks, because we owe him for what we have. He did not invent the internet in the sense of the technology, but he did help create it by sponsoring the legislation that funded the Internet, separating it from DARPAnet.

timbl DID invent the web.

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Re:When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's pe... by rdrimmie on Sunday February 08, 2009 @12:26PM (#472257)
Can we define Goredwin's Law as: 'As a technology forum discussion continues the probability of someone joking about Al Gore creating the internet approaches 1' and as a corollary stipulate that the participant who jokes immediately loses any credibility, and perhaps karma?
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