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 ..."

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Re:Que expected Bush flaming...

[PakProtector]

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.

Ah-HAH!

[jettoki]

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!

I'm rich!

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:US government Invented the iPod

[Tx]

If there's one thing worse than getting busted for shit, it's getting busted for shit after you flushed it already.

He made a funny!

[riptide_dot]

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

To submitter and writer of the article

[strider44]

Lets see if I get this right...

- * <-- joke
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-\|/ <-- you
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Re:Haha

[jrockway]

> You can say what you want about Bush.

True, but not on the phone!

myths vs fact

[saiha]

Myth: Bush is an idiot.
Fact: Bush optimized the original MP3 codec and worked with top engineers to create the ipod.

Re:US government Invented the iPod

[Anonymous Coward]

Why do you think that USA is so hated by the general population in the Middle-East?

You misspelled world.

Re:US government Invented the iPod

[neoform]

"Why do you think that USA is so hated by the general population in the Middle-East?"

If the Bush administration has taught me anything, it's that it's because they hate the fact that we stand for freedom. Obviously.

Re:Absurd

[sacrilicious]

According to the article, he said that the "the government funded research in microdrive storage, electrochemistry and signal compression"

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."