Matthew Hunter wrote: >On Fri, Jan 16, 2004 at 02:06:07PM -0800, Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> wrote: > > >>On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Charlie Smith wrote: >> >> >>>>When exactly is the dawn of Internet time, again? The September >>>>that Never Ended? I think that's about right. Up until then the >>>>Internet was quiet but purposeful, like night before dawn... >>>>since then the cacophony has never ceased! >>>> >>>> >>>I dunno, lets go over and ask Al Gore, he invented it didn't >>>he................. nah, lets not. He's got SOOO many things to do right >>>now, he won't have time for us.... >>> >>> >>Please refrain, this is a) an ignorant fabricated smear, and b) liable to >>result in an ugly political discussion on a polite list. >> >> > >Reason a isn't terribly accurate; you've just done the same thing >you are complaining about. The "internet thing" was overhyped by >conservatives trying to discredit Gore, and is overhyped by >liberals trying to defend Gore. Saying Gore "invented the >internet" is a misquote, but what Gore actually said, in context, >was a fairly clear (and typical of just about any politician) >attempt to take credit for the creation of the internet. > >Whether he deserved that credit is an argument for another day. > >Reason b is perfectly valid, on the other hand, so let's let it >stop here, without further partisanship from either side. > >I'm midly surprised that no one bothered to respond to the >September That Never Ended part of my original message. Surely >someone else here remembers that? > > > I don't know what the September That Never Ended refers to. Jose -- Jose Marquez \ There are 10 types of people in jhereg69 at earthlink.net \ the world: those who understand http://home.earthlink.net/~jhereg69 \ binary, and those who don't.