Off topic, Gore and the internet (don't read if not interested)

Corky Scott wrote:
On 2 Jun 2005 11:45:32 -0700, "Sport Pilot" wrote:

This originated from Gore Campaign headquarters, I know because that is
where I first read it back in 2000! First it says that no one man
invented the internet, which is not true, Larry Roberts is credited for
inventing the internet!

Lordy Sport Pilot, I weary of the chase. No, this did not originate
from the Gore Campaign Headquarters, what I copied and pasted was
written by two individuals who helped develop the internet.

In addition, Larry you only have to google "History of the internet"
to find that while Larry Roberts figured strongly in the initial
development of the internet, he was not the only one. See below:

*** Begin Quote ***

Origins of the Internet

The first recorded description of the social interactions that could
be enabled through networking was a series of memos written by J.C.R.
Licklider of MIT in August 1962 discussing his "Galactic Network"
concept. He envisioned a globally interconnected set of computers
through which everyone could quickly access data and programs from any
site. In spirit, the concept was very much like the Internet of today.
Licklider was the first head of the computer research program at
DARPA, 4 starting in October 1962. While at DARPA he convinced his
successors at DARPA, Ivan Sutherland, Bob Taylor, and MIT researcher
Lawrence G. Roberts, of the importance of this networking concept.

Leonard Kleinrock at MIT published the first paper on packet switching
theory in July 1961 and the first book on the subject in 1964.
Kleinrock convinced Roberts of the theoretical feasibility of
communications using packets rather than circuits, which was a major
step along the path towards computer networking. The other key step
was to make the computers talk together. To explore this, in 1965
working with Thomas Merrill, Roberts connected the TX-2 computer in
Mass. to the Q-32 in California with a low speed dial-up telephone
line creating the first (however small) wide-area computer network
ever built. The result of this experiment was the realization that the
time-shared computers could work well together, running programs and
retrieving data as necessary on the remote machine, but that the
circuit switched telephone system was totally inadequate for the job.
Kleinrock's conviction of the need for packet switching was confirmed.

*** End Quote ***

Trust me, there is LOTS more I could have posted, none of which
mentions Larry Roberts' name, but does mention the many other people
who had a hand in developing the internet. It was a group effort and
according to the information above, Larry Roberts wasn't the first to
begin it.

I doubt that you'd believe that Gore helped the development of the
internet along if God were to tell you it was true. So I'm done with
this. (sound of cheering and applause) Yes, sorry I dragged it out
so long.

Corky Scott

PS, so what are you building Sport Pilot

That is the second time at least part of this has been posted. So now
we are going in circles. I suggest we stop this circle and kill this
thread. PLONK