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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Gore didn't claim that

[Kallahar]

During a March 1999 CNN interview, while trying to differentiate himself from rival Bill Bradley, Gore boasted: "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. ... The terrible irony in this exchange is that while Gore certainly didn't create the Internet, he was one of the first politicians to realize that those bearded, bespectacled researchers were busy crafting something that could, just maybe, become pretty important." - Wired News

Al Gore never claimed he invented the internet, and anyone who jokes about it is just showing their ignorance. (sorry timothy)

Kallahar

AUGH! STOP REPEATING THAT!

[kevin lyda]

he didn't say he'd invented the internet.

Re:al gore _did_ invent the internet

[fgodfrey]

Actually, the comment he made was, in fact, correct. The media misquoted it and for inexplicable reasons, Gore never challenged it. The direct quote was "As a member of the Senate I introduced the legislation that created the Internet" which, while maybe a bit self promoting, was what happened. He was one of the sponsorors (sp?) of the bill that opened ARPAnet to the public which created the internet as we know it. So, really, he never claimed to have invented anything...

Re:Insert Internet Inventor Joke Here

[Anonymous Coward]

He won in 2000, after all...

No, he didn't. Twit.

1st usenet message with both Gore and ISH

[Gryphn]

ISH == Information Superhighway

Snipped from;

Google Link

"3. THE "INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY" SHOWS A BIG INCREASE IN FY 92.
The President's budget proposes $638M for the High Performance
Computing and Communications program, an increase of $149M, or
30%. This initiative was generated by the Federal Coordinating
Council on Science and Engineering Technology (FCCSET, which is
pronounced "fix it") and involves eight Federal agencies. The
project has been pushed both by Bromley and Sen. Gore (D-TN),
whose father launched the superhighway program. The High Perform-
ance Computing program includes the National Research and Educa-
tion Network which will connect the Nation's educational and
research organizations to Federal libraries, databases, super-
computers and such facilities as telescopes and accelerators."

Re:al gore _did_ invent the internet

[Chibi]

Well, maybe he didn't invent it, but he actually was one of a few politicians actively promoting the internet.

Therefore we should be thankful instead of always making fun of that one statement he once made.

I think it's probably more realistic to say that virtually ALL politicians have said stupid things.

Here's some proof for Mr. Gore.:

http://www.gargaro.com/algore.html

I'm not sure how many of these are true, as the site is a bit dated, and some of the reference links no longer work, but I do know the comments he made about Malaysia are accurate because I saw it on a news program (and could hardly believe what I was hearing).

Anyway, a lot of it is media perception. If the media keeps stressing a certain aspect of someone in the spotlight, eventually everyone will think it's true.

And let's not forget the true king of political quotes, Dan Quayle!

Re:I don't get it.

[Anonymous Coward]

George Bush kills something like 100 people while he is governor of Texas and trashes 50 years worth of international diplomacy to get a two-bit dictator

Wow. I don't get how something so idiotic gets modded up.

Won't even answer the killed 100 people slant, but two bit dictator? Tell that to the witnesses who saw Saddam do this: "There was a machine designed for shredding plastic. Men were dropped into it and we were again made to watch. Sometimes they went in head first and died quickly. Sometimes they went in feet first and died screaming. It was horrible. I saw 30 people die like this. Their remains would be placed in plastic bags and we were told they would be used as fish food . . . on one occasion, I saw Qusay [President Saddam Hussein's youngest son] personally supervise these murders."" Saddam is a mass murderer

Wrong person to blame

[Adam9]

The editors' comments aren't in italics and aren't within double quotation marks. The poster's comments are. Look at the article asbtract again to see what I mean.

Re:I have to go hear him lecture next week

[dbrutus]

Sure. Ask him about Congress' responsibilities under the copyright clause to advance the arts and sciences. Is keeping things locked up and out of the public domain for so long the optimal way to do it?

Re:DMCA?

[geekoid]

actually, he is not for censorship, only approprietly labeling 'offensice' material.
there is a big difference.

If the government said "no adult material is allowed, and will be removed" I would be angry

If the government says adult magazines must be behnd the counter, I don't mind.

Re:GORE DID CLAIM THAT

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.htm

When you heard him make that exact statement, was that like the time you met Bugs Bunny at Disneyland?

Re: Al Gore Joins Apple's Board Of Directors

[Anonymous Coward]

"He is also a visiting professor at the University of California Los Angeles, Fisk University and Middle Tennessee State University. Mr. Gore received his B.A. in Government with honors from Harvard University in 1969, and attended the Vanderbilt University School of Religion and the Vanderbilt University School of Law.

Notice it said "attended," not "graduated from." He failed out.

Re:I don't get it.

[saddino]

How does Rush do it?

He does it by not trying to bullshit people into believing things that just aren't true.

Purposely spreading unsubstantiated rumors and lies is "not trying to bullshit people into believing things that just aren't true?"

Here's just ONE example of the numerous false statements he has made in print and on the air:

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In Chapter 16 of "The Way Things Ought To Be" Rush talked about how Willie Horton brutally raped a woman after he was allowed out of a Massachusetts prison on a furlough program while Michael Dukakis was governor. Rush, of course, refers to this as the "Dukakis furlough program" and blames Dukakis for the whole affair.

What Rush failed to mention was that the furlough law he is talking about was passed when Dukakis was not even governor of Massachusetts. It was signed into law by the REPUBLICAN governor who preceded Dukakis. Dukakis' biggest involvement with that law was that he repealed it. But you would never hear Rush mention this. He doesn't want you to hear the whole truth.
-----

I don't think Rush is an idiot, so he must know that he's lying to all of you.

Re:DMCA?

[sg3000]

> Interesting side note, President Clinton and
> Jobs were pretty tight, while Michael Dell was a
> big supporter of Dubya. I think that says a lot

It sure does. Plus Microsoft was a big supporter of Dubya as well. Back during the election, Microsoft hired one of Bush's consultants to help them lobby the Bush administration about the anti trust case:
(from the NY Times article, Apr 11, 2000)

The Microsoft Corporation has quietly hired Ralph Reed, a senior consultant to Gov. George W. Bush's presidential campaign, to lobby Mr. Bush in opposition to the government's antitrust case against the software giant.

Microsoft's aim, the company says, is to curry favor with the apparent Republican presidential nominee, hoping he will speak out against the government's case -- and, perhaps, take a softer approach toward the company if he is elected president.

Mr. Reed, former head of the Christian Coalition, is well situated to take on the assignment since his firm, Century Strategies, is one of Mr. Bush's top consultants. During the primary campaign, Mr. Reed frequently appeared on television to talk on behalf of the campaign.

According to a Mercury News article from 1999, Microsoft also helped finance his inaugural celebration for his second term as Texas governor, and their COO was one of GWB's chief fundraisers for the Northeast.

One good thing you can say about Bush is that when he's bought, he stays bought!

Not accurate .... he DID say that

[adzoox]

He said that he helped with the funding and creative force that became the internet and that Tennesee was one of the first universities to fully utilize it because he saw how great it would become. Therefore he recommended quick adoption (and providing funds for) internet "capabilities" in public institutions. He was inferring that he was a reason the internet got started so quickly. The question asked by Wolf Blitzer on CNN was, "What do you think has been your greatest contribution to education?"