Gore to Get Lifetime Award for Internet...Nope, not kidding.

[RickM]

"Gore to Get Lifetime Award for Internet"

"NEW YORK - Al Gore may have been lampooned for taking credit in the Internet's development, but organizers of the Webby Awards for online achievements don't find it funny at all.

In part to "set the record straight," they will give Gore a lifetime achievement award for three decades of contributions to the Internet, said Tiffany Shlain, the awards' founder and chairwoman."

enjoy...http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/gore_award

[EdT82SC]

Gore pushed for funding the arpanet at a time when almost nobody else in congress knew or cared to know what it was. I'm sure he had no idea it would morph into what it is today. He, like all politicians, was being opportunistic in claiming responsibility for helping develop the internet.

Even Vint Serf had no idea what the internet would become. My dad was a computer science grad student at UCLA at the time Serf was there setting up UCLA as one of the first three arpanet sites. Serf at the time hoped that someday the net would connect every university in the country to allow easy sharing of information between professors and researchers at all the different schools. It had achieved that by about 1990. Serf never dreamed of anything like Pelican Parts.

[928ram]

That should prevent him from fading into complete obscurity....oh, nevermind.

[kach22i]

Do you think uncle Al could be right about global climate change too?

See the related article in the link of the opening post.

[jriera]

I guess that now Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Cailliau and the CERN will be forgoten forever

[island911]

Originally posted by kach22i
Do you think uncle Al could be right about global climate change too?
. ..

Seriously, someone MAKES UP AN AWARD . .. d'ya think it just may be political SPIN ?

Maybe Homer Simpson will pass along his Outstanding Achievement in the field of Excellence Award. .. . just cuz Al was d' man . . .who created the internet.

read: face saving political SPIN.

[dtw]

Ah, from sharing research to streaming porn. We've done the ARPAnet proud

[rcecale]

Originally posted by 928ram
That should prevent him from fading into complete obscurity....oh, nevermind.

Who...?

Randy

[mikester]

Well./..since we can't make him president of anything...

[MikeCT]

clicky linky

[VaSteve]

Originally posted by dtw
Ah, from sharing research to streaming porn. We've done the ARPAnet proud

Actually I have read somewhere that porn is one of the key drivers of technology on the internet. The Industry supposedly invented the "shopping cart" concept and streaming video. When it becomes "full body immerision tactile" I will finally unplug my PC.