Al Gore Joins Apple's Board Of Directors

zzxc writes "News.com.com reports that Al Gore has been chosen to be on Apple's board of directors. Apple has a press release with more information. According to the press release, 'Al brings an incredible wealth of knowledge and wisdom to Apple from having helped run the largest organization in the world--the United States government' and 'He has remained an active leader in technology--launching a public/private effort to wire every classroom and library in America to the Internet.' The inventor of the internet should be a valuable asset to Apple."

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Inventions

[zzxc]

Just in!

Gore invents AppleTalk

Gore invents candy-colored computer

Gore invents small music player

Gore invents fast new web browser

Gore invents XUL (Hyatt mysteriously fired)

Gore invents new GUI for BSD

Re:Inventions

[Surak_Prime]

The above looks like someone playing Civilization. I'd shift some resources away from science, and more towards luxuries, or the Al Gorians may get unrestful now that we're at war.....

Not Crazy Eddie?

[ralico]

Apple's board should have chosen Crazy Eddie
That way Apple would be insanely great at insane prices.

oh oh

[deanj]

I bet they go back to beige macs....

Re:oh oh

[Peterus7]

Haha, the best macs.

Still, I can just imagine Gore in a switch ad.

"I used to work with a PC. Then I lost the election all because of a screw up with ballot countings. The vote counting computer in florida was running windows, and it crashed, and thus I lost. That's when I switched to mac, and I've been a happy man ever since."

"My name is Al Gore, and I AM president."

Re:Politics

[Shenkerian]

(Gore was the one who flunked out of college while Bush was the one with an MBA from Harvard)

If by "flunked out of college" you meant "graduated cum laude from Harvard (1969), then from Vanderbilt Divinity School (1972), then from Vanderbilt Law School (1976)," you're absolutely right.

But in a surprise decision...

[Elias Israel]

But later, in a surprise decision, the Supreme Court threw out the posting, and placed George W. Bush on the Apple board instead.

Upon hearing of the stunning turn-around, Gore refused to leave the Apple board room, clinging fiercely to the furniture and sometimes hiding under the board room table.

After seven hours, Apple security guards were finally able to remove Gore from the premises and send him on his way.

Gore was visibly shaken after the defeat and called it "a dark day for America," citing the line of environmentally-friendly computers he had hoped to encourage Apple to produce by a wave of his majestic hand. "I took the initiative in creating the Internet," said Gore, "and look what has become of it. Without someone to call new environmentally-friendly computers into existence by detached fiat, what will become of the American worker?"

Sources said Gore had returned home to begin regrowing his beard through a long, arduous process of sitting on the living room sofa for weeks on end and subsisting on a diet of Cheetos.

A mysterious, robotic voice.

[CleverNickName]

Whenever I turn on my iBook, this robotic voice says, "You are hearing me talk."

It suddenly makes sense, now.

If you need me, I'll be parked under the Sun Sphere.

Seems like a perfect match ...

[Ninja Programmer]

When I think of Al Gore and Apple together, why do the words "Runner Up" keep coming to mind?