The beginning of the internet

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THE BEGINING OF THE INTERNET
sent to me from a friend

An old bearded shephard with a crooked staff walked up to a stone pulpit and said, "And lo, it came to pass that a caravan trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dot." Now Dot Com was a comely and strong woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Over time, she had come to be known as Amazon Dot Com.

One day she said to Abraham, her husband, "Why doth thou travel from town to town with thy goods when thou can trade without ever leaving thy tent?" And Abraham looked at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, Dear?" And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale. Those who meet your price can send gold, and you can deliver your goods by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS). To buy, you can select the best price being offered." Abraham thought long and decided to let Dot have her way with the drums. And the drums thundered and were an immediate success.

Abraham traded without leaving his tent. But this success did arouse envy. And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of the drums, that no one noticed that the real riches were going to the drum maker, one Brother William of Gates, who had bought up every drum company in the land. And did indeed insist on making drums that would work only if you bought Brother Gates' drumsticks. So Dot did say, "Oh Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others."

As Abraham pondered while looking out over the Bay of Ezekiel, or as it came to be known "eBay," he said, "We need a name that reflects what we are." And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators." "Whoopee!" said Abraham. "No, YAHOO!" said Dot Com. And that is how it all began. It was not Al Gore after all.


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THE BEGINING OF THE INTERNET
It was not Al Gore after all.

Aw come on...give him a break!
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{Excerpted from CNN's "Late Edition": Wolf Blitzer's interview with Presidential candidate-to-be Al Gore, March 9, 1999.}
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BLITZER: I want to get to some of the substance of domestic and international issues in a minute, but let's just wrap up a little bit of the politics right now. Why should Democrats, looking at the Democratic nomination process, support you instead of Bill Bradley, a friend of yours, a former colleague in the Senate? What do you have to bring to this that he doesn't necessarily bring to this process

GORE: Well, I will be offering -- I'll be offering my vision when my campaign begins. And it will be comprehensive and sweeping. And I hope that it will be compelling enough to draw people toward it. I feel that it will be.

But it will emerge from my dialogue with the American people. I've traveled to every part of this country during the last six years. During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system

See....He did not invent, rather he created, the Internet.:laughing::laughing::laughing:

Thanks for your post, though. It was fun!

Bob

 

[Ted S.]

Ah, this is a nice thread. But you have to admit, Al Gore does have some fanciful ideas! From "creating" the internet to alarming the world of, at the time, the new pseudo-science of the GHG theory, I can't wait to see what other "things" he comes up with. Al Gore is the gift that keeps on giving....laughs...