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U.S. Government Developed the iPod
ezavada writes "Engadget reports that in a speech at Tuskegee University, President Bush claims that government research developed the iPod." From the article: "While we have to gratefully acknowledge the efforts of government agencies such as DARPA in some of the fields mentioned by the President, we also feel obligated to point out the accomplishments of private companies in the US and abroad, including IBM, Hitachi and Toshiba -- not to mention the Fraunhofer Institute, which developed the original MP3 codec ..."
In three, two, ..., ...
AL GORE Hi, I'm Al Gore! You may remember me from such Vice-Presidencies as the 45th... And I was critical in securing the funding that made the DARPA project that became the Internet possible.
QUEUE CARD GUY: The iPod, sir.
AL GORE: The iPod possible.
Edward@Tomato - /home/Edward/ man woman
man: no entry for woman in the manual.
"Qua!?"
This proves my conspiracy theory. You think you're listening to music, but in reality, your brain juice is being sucked out and put to nefarious use by the CIA.
The truth is out there, my friends! Protect your precious bodily fluids!
Well to take it to the logical extremes, the people elected the government who decided to fund these projects with their tax dollars.
Which means I indirectly contributed about a hundredth trillionth trillionth percent to the development of the iPod... which means based on iPod sales I'm owed about $400,000 in royalties, if my calculations are correct.
What I want to know is: How the heck did he manage to string together such a coherent statement?
Even if he was just reading a speech, the guy has trouble saying two words together without one of them being mispronounced or inappropriate.
I guess even monkeys have their good days. His handlers must be pleased.
If there's one thing worse than getting busted for shit, it's getting busted for shit after you flushed it already.
Oh no... it's the future.
Bush had to have said this to get a laugh. If he pulled it off and got a laugh, I'm honestly surprised. Not because I don't think it is funny - it is. I'm just really surprised to hear something so witty from the man that gave us these gems:
"Those who enter the country illegally violate the law." --George W. Bush, Tucson, Ariz., Nov. 28, 2005
"Wow! Brazil is big." --George W. Bush, after being shown a map of Brazil by Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brasilia, Brazil, Nov. 6, 2005
"It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005
"I can only speak to myself." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005
I was in the park the other day wondering why frisbees get bigger and bigger the closer they get - and then it hit me.
> You can say what you want about Bush.
True, but not on the phone!
My other car is first.
[...] are any of you watching Cheney?
Of course we aren't. Don't want to get shot in the face after all.
Hank! White!
Myth: Bush is an idiot.
Fact: Bush optimized the original MP3 codec and worked with top engineers to create the ipod.
You misspelled world.
...robotic lapdog party leaders; programmed to obey their owner...
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omg, and so does France, it's a conspiracy!
However, the way Bush said can be interpreted in such a way that the government funded research in "microdrive storage, electrochemistry and signal compression" for one express purpose: To allow Apple to create the iPod.
That makes sense, of course: In the tech tree Microdrive Storage, Electrochemistry and Signal Compression are prerequisites for the development of The iPod and The iPod gives a 5% bonus on population happiness and generates 1.200 economy points per turn (until superseded by Holographic Entertainment or Psionic Mood Control). Especially during these times it makes sense to invest in morale-boosting technologies.
USE HOT GRITS WITH STATUE OF NATALIE PORTMAN (NAKED AND PETRIFIED)
MABASPLOOM!
BUSH said that?? He can't even pronounce "nuclear". The above probably came out as "the gubmint did work in 'puter stuff, and in electoral... elecat... elcatrikomystery stuff, and in siggy ... what is this word ...si... to hell with it, in nukular stuff."
- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then ???, then profit.
Based on his sense of humor, you'd probably better invest in a bigger brain.
Actually, the US politics are more people's business then you might realize as it impacts more people then just Americans.
If you're not an American, you're an American't, and, therefore, your opinion doesn't matter.
I mean if your family gets shot in the face by Americans -in your country, at your home!-, it becomes your business.
I've already apologized to Dick for getting in front of his birdshot as he swung wildly around in a drunken stupor, can we drop the subject?
When oil-prices skyrocket because your president feels he has to go murder some people, then it becomes your business,
It's called liberation from life, not murder!
if your president doesn't feel like trying to do something at pollution -being the head of the country with the highest pollution rate- then it becomes everyone's business.
It's not the pollution, it's all the particles in the air that are the problem.
btw, it's business. It's a shame you don't even master your own language added to your ignorance.
You have no chance to survive, make your time!