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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So do you also love Al Gore? He made this all possible by inventing the internet.[/quote] I love how people keep saying this. The Internet was around long before Al Gore and he had nothing to do with setting it up or running it. All he did was coin the term "Information Superhighway". Arpanet (the precursor to today's Internet) was developed in the 1960's (who else remembers !uunet!dcum!anonymous addressing?). Today's forums like this one are descended from Usenet newsgroups from the 1970's. His major contribution was backing a bill that funded development of the Internet while he was a Senator. That funding allowed the Arpanet, which was only practical for institutions and large companies to be expanded to be practical for more general use by smaller companies and individuals.[/quote]
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