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Who Really Invented the Internet?
jaymzter writes "The Wall Street Journal is running an article that it claims seeks to dispel an urban legend about the internet: 'The creation of the Arpanet was not motivated by considerations of war. The Arpanet was not an Internet.' The position of the piece is that it was Xerox's contribution of Ethernet that enabled the global series of tubes we know and love today, and what's interesting is that the former head of DARPA supports this claim."
"Why exactly do we need to pay continual homage to Xerox?"
In this case, it's because Barack HUSSEIN Obama (D-Kenya) gave credit for the Internet to the gov't. So OF COURSE the Wall Street Journal has to contradict that claim because Barack HUSSEIN Obama can't be right about anything ever-- especially when it comes to claims that the gov't did something good.
If Obama said the sky was blue, the WSJ would undoubtedly publish a story questioning it. Why, just the other night the sky was pitch black! Is there nothing Obama won't lie to the American people about?
I thought this was solved years ago when we all got together and gave Al Gore the credit?
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Newton invented the outhouse (let's face it, outhouses would suck without gravity)
Yeah, I guess they would have to, wouldn't they?
- Newton invented the outhouse (let's face it, outhouses would suck without gravity)
Outhouses do suck without gravity.
the growth in cynicism and rebellion has not been without cause
They invented the photocopier, basicly the first betaversion of filesharing, which is directly responsible for the trillinons of dollars the music industry! SO SUE THEM!
how did this turn political?
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You were critically hit for no damage. The bruise will look nice, and maybe the scars will make good party talk.