So Who Invented the Internet?

July 17, 2004 in Uncategorized by lemworld | 2 comments

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Didn’t the old joke go: “… but I thought Al Gore invented the internet?” So what’s up with this guy Tim Bernes-Lee? I think we’re going to need clarification from Al on this one.

And as a further note, I thought the guy who spoke at RPI’s commencement this year invented the internet. To sell the idea of having some old guy bore us for 20 minutes, they told us that Robert Metcalf was a pioneer in the Internet. Maybe we can get comment from Dr. Jackson on that?

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  1. oracular_echo’s avatar

    oracular_echo on July 17, 2004 at 9:00 am

    Haha… actually the quote was, “I took initiave in creating the internet.” Or perhaps he said inventing. I’m not sure. But yes, Republicans just jump all over that one… then they complain when people make fun of Bush’s speech: Nucular. *sigh*

  2. joecom3’s avatar

    joecom3 on July 18, 2004 at 8:36 am

    I think Metcalf’s large contribution was the invention of ethernet.

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