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Al Gore Invents Internet TV

Posted by samzenpus on from the can-he-uninvent-spam dept.

catdevnull writes "The SF Gate is reporting that former VP Al Gore is launching "Current" a new CableTV-Internet hybrid. From the article: "Current, the name of Gore's enterprise, hopes to do that by airing a shuffle of short news features, some produced by the network but many submitted online by viewers. Current will also air segments every half hour showing TV viewers what Google searchers are tapping into at that moment -- everything from current events to tourist destinations. It's all directed at a generation that thinks nothing of plugging into more than one media outlet at once." "

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  1. What Al Gore said... by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Troll

    For all those that say Gore didn't claim to invent the net I include the following.

    On CNN's "Late Edition" program on 9 March 1999. When asked to describe what distinguished him from his challenger for the Democratic presidential nomination, Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, Gore replied (in part):

    During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.

    1. Re:What Al Gore said... by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Troll

      Yea! Because we all know that pointing out what Gore really said makes me a troll. Just because I didn't edit it to fit the /. groupthink view doesn't mean it is a troll.

    2. Re:What Al Gore said... by DAldredge · · Score: 0, Troll

      I bolded what he said. It is rather telling that, when confronted with the facts of what gore said, you resort to name calling instead of facing the facts.

      Doesn't that make YOU the Zombie?

  2. Oh, really? by mat+catastrophe · · Score: 0, Troll

    "It's all directed at a generation that thinks nothing of plugging into more than one media outlet at once...."

    All without having the first clue about any of it. Brilliant.

    Fuck the kids

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  3. PLUS 5 FUNNY PLUS INFINITY BEST POST EVER JAJAHAHA by TheLittleJetson · · Score: 0, Troll






  4. Endless Twisted Loop by nz17 · · Score: 0, Troll

    You sick bastard!

    The usual Slaskdot workings:

    Slashdot story -> Comments -> Highly modded comments -> Such comments with links -> Those links get followed -> Sites' servers get Slashdotted

    This scenario is basically the same, but with a horrible twist:

    Slashdot story -> Comments -> Highly modded comments -> Comment links to Slashdot -> That link gets followed -> Slashdot -> back to Slashdot story -> Endless loop kills Slashdot!

    For the sake of my fellow nerds who want to read news that matters, I hope a very hungry grue is near you and that a power outage there is imminent.

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