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According to Yahoo!, Kleinrock said, "It's the 40th year since the infant Internet first spoke." He revealed that the baby-Web's first word was, "LO," seeing as it oh-so-cutely crashed before it could sputter out the "G." It's definitely a celebration day, but with all the disputes over who fathered the Web, and the obvious lack of mechanical paternity tests, just who exactly is the Net's baby-daddy?
Democrat Al Gore has yet to release a public statement concerning the birthday celebration's failure to mention his integral role in the birthing process. And, from the other end of the political spectrum, conservatives are expected to aggressively attack the alleged birthday date due to suspicions that the Internet's birth certificate is not actually from the United States. [From: AFP / Yahoo!]
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Subscribe to commentsgojedaOct 29th 2009 7:13PM
Why is this so confusing?
Who fathered the Internet, and who fathered the World Wide Web, are two wholly different events and, no, there is little dispute who did what in these two instances.
Warren RiddleOct 30th 2009 5:32PM
Yes, I am aware. I just thought some folks might appreciate a little bit of sophomoric, juvenile, and admittedly stupid humor.
jfsacalOct 29th 2009 9:54PM
...perhaps gojeda should have written this one. 40 fears ago puts us at October 1969 and Tim Berners Lee said he presented his information to CERN in 1989. That means someone must have made a presentation to ARPA and received funding twenty one years before the protocol ideas for the World Wide Web were funded by CERN. It's been rumored that Gore was a young congressman who would tell anyone that would listen that DARPA (ARPA?) should be funded...
RobbOct 30th 2009 12:02AM
Al Gore pokes fun at himself about inventing the interent so when is Bush gonna poke fun at himself for being AWOL and drunk when he was in the National Guard? That would be a real hoot! Also, its a shame that the last great invention was 40 years ago and nothing signifcant since besides cloning. There should be one great invention at least once a year but looks like mankind inventive power is in decline, specially in America. Hmmmm, I wonder why? Could it be that more Americans are skeptical of science? Nah! That's probably not it!!!
EricaG1001Oct 30th 2009 10:39AM
Who cares who invented it. It was one of the best inventions ever. And I agree with "gojeda."