Al Gore: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.
Newt Gingrich, 9/1/00:Gore is the person who, in the Congress, most systematically worked to make sure that we got to an Internet.
Al Gore and the Internet
By Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf
Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development.
No one person or even small group of persons exclusively "invented" the Internet. It is the result of many years of ongoing collaboration among people in government and the university community. But as the two people who designed the basic architecture and the core protocols that make the Internet work, we would like to acknowledge VP Gore's contributions as a Congressman, Senator and as Vice President. No other elected official, to our knowledge, has made a greater contribution over a longer period of time.
Last year the Vice President made a straightforward statement on his role. He said: "During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet." We don't think, as some people have argued, that Gore intended to claim he "invented" the Internet. Moreover, there is no question in our minds that while serving as Senator, Gore's initiatives had a significant and beneficial effect on the still-evolving Internet. The fact of the matter is that Gore was talking about and promoting the Internet long before most people were listening. We feel it is timely to offer our perspective.
As far back as the 1970s Congressman Gore promoted the idea of high speed telecommunications as an engine for both economic growth and the improvement of our educational system. He was the first elected official to grasp the potential of computer communications to have a broader impact than just improving the conduct of science and scholarship. Though easily forgotten, now, at the time this was an unproven and controversial concept. Our work on the Internet started in 1973 and was based on even earlier work that took place in the mid-late 1960s. But the Internet, as we know it today, was not deployed until 1983. When the Internet was still in the early stages of its deployment, Congressman Gore provided intellectual leadership by helping create the vision of the potential benefits of high speed computing and communication. As an example, he sponsored hearings on how advanced technologies might be put to use in areas like coordinating the response of government agencies to natural disasters and other crises.
But, being blinded by ideology is so much MORE fun!
Vinton Cerf: Good evening, or whatever time zone you are in, hi!! While we're waiting for questions, I'd like to clear up one little item - about the Vice President... He really does deserve some credit for his early recognition of the importance of the Internet and the technology that makes it work. He was certainly among the first if not the first in Congress to realize how powerful the information revolution would be and both as Senator and Vice President he has been enormously helpful in supporting legislation and programs to help further develop the Internet - for example the Next Generation Internet program. I get to see a lot of this stuff because I am a member of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee and we regularly review the R&D programs of the US Government and many have relevance to the evolving Internet.
Matt Groening will be guest starring as himself this Sunday on the Simpsons in his first speaking role!
Proof positive that the jumping of the shark has commenced. Seriously, stick a fork in it, it's no longer funny. What used to be the greatest sitcom of "ALL TIME!" is now pretty weak and is painful for me to watch.
How did you possibly buy all 3 seasons separately? I assume you also meant "bootleg" in there. To my knowledge, the 4-disc DVD set of Seasons 1 and 2 and the 3-disc set of the 3rd season are the only official releases.
Oh yes, I remember the same thing happening with "Waterworld." People dogged the movie for months and then were pleasantly suprised when it was released. You know, critics have a good habit of eating their words and admitting: "Hey, I dogged it for months, but its actually pretty good."
Wait, actually, no... that didn't happen with Waterworld.
The anti-Nintendo fanboyism gets a bit thick around here, sometimes.
Are you serious? I find the pro-Nintendo fanboyism is about 100x thicker. "Nintendo makes the best games, gamecube is the best console, Xbox sucks, etc."
Everytime I've posted about the GameCube, I've been modded as troll or flamebait by fanboy mods.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Nintendo may make good games and have good hardware but the Gamecube's current rep is looking a lot like the Sega Dreamcast.
I realize that in this case the publisher is stopping support for all platforms, but I believe both PS2 and Xbox have more third party support. Nintendo seems to be playing the same tricks they tried to play during the NES years with their developers except that now developers have learned their lesson and can simply move to the competition. You can call it "quality control" but why not let the market decide? Nintendo simply wants CONTROL of its developers.
Damn good point. People hear RFID and assume: "they're going to track me... jack booted government thugs... etc" without thinking of the positive uses. It's actually kinda like the RIAA's reaction to KAZAA: focus solely on the negative uses in order to ignore the positive uses of the technology. If, as the article states, these are used positively, I don't get the hubbub.
Did slashdot people cry out about VIN on cars as well?
Congress shall enact no law which prevents a company, firm, organization or political party from annoying the living hell out of you with advertising. Firms may use technologies existing or not yet existing to "blast" consumers with advertisements or steal personal information.
Why did they name it PSX? Am I the only person that knows the Playstation by the name PSX? Even if Sony didn't call it that (and called it what, PS?), they should have come up with a new name. Has all originality left Sony?
Also, I think the chances of success in America are nil. As people will point out, its success is linked to limited space in Japan and the popularity of all-in-one units. At its price-point and with far more space in America, I don't see this selling well. Especially to those who have already bought a PS2.
Romance novels are books in the technical sense but certainly not art. Just because advertisers portray women a certain way in Cosmo does not mean women who buy the magazine enjoy the portrayal. I would assume they are reading the magazine for the content other than the advertisements, much like why I read magazines. Have you ever read men's health? Do you like the portrayal of men in the advertisements?
If we want videogames to be taken seriously, as art, then this needs to change. When people attack violent videogames and we come to their defense by saying "you don't attack movies or books, etc" then our videogames need to be better. They need better writing, better characters, etc. If we want to call them art, they need to be art. Tetris is art. Tomb Raider is not.
If we stick with the Lara Crofts, we will still be relegated as "oh, stupid, mindless videogame players". We need smarter games.
Want to know why women play the Sims and Sim City? Because they are just good games (without stupid or ditzy or whorish women).
Scott Richter, or 'high volume email deployer' as he wished to be called on his recent Daily Show appearance.
Where, it might be noted, it became clear he didn't have a whole lot of experience with the "clitorious."
The best was hearing Rob Corddry say "clitorious" back to him, and Richter not batting an eye. Perhaps the solution to getting this guy to stop spamming is to get him some lovin'? Preferably human?
Maybe, but far better to sell them than let them rot in the factory. Sunk costs are sunk. Microsoft can either lose $30 (debateable) or $150 by not selling it. It is in their interest to sell and thus the numbers are key.
I guess egg on my face! I didn't realize that Goldeneye was made for the Xbox. In fact, I only thought two james bond games existed for XBox: James Bond 007: Nightfire and James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire.
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Newt Gingrich, 9/1/00:Gore is the person who, in the Congress, most systematically worked to make sure that we got to an Internet.
Al Gore and the Internet
By Robert Kahn and Vinton Cerf
Al Gore was the first political leader to recognize the importance of the Internet and to promote and support its development.
No one person or even small group of persons exclusively "invented" the Internet. It is the result of many years of ongoing collaboration among people in government and the university community. But as the two people who designed the basic architecture and the core protocols that make the Internet work, we would like to acknowledge VP Gore's contributions as a Congressman, Senator and as Vice President. No other elected official, to our knowledge, has made a greater contribution over a longer period of time.
Last year the Vice President made a straightforward statement on his role. He said: "During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet." We don't think, as some people have argued, that Gore intended to claim he "invented" the Internet. Moreover, there is no question in our minds that while serving as Senator, Gore's initiatives had a significant and beneficial effect on the still-evolving Internet. The fact of the matter is that Gore was talking about and promoting the Internet long before most people were listening. We feel it is timely to offer our perspective.
As far back as the 1970s Congressman Gore promoted the idea of high speed telecommunications as an engine for both economic growth and the improvement of our educational system. He was the first elected official to grasp the potential of computer communications to have a broader impact than just improving the conduct of science and scholarship. Though easily forgotten, now, at the time this was an unproven and controversial concept. Our work on the Internet started in 1973 and was based on even earlier work that took place in the mid-late 1960s. But the Internet, as we know it today, was not deployed until 1983. When the Internet was still in the early stages of its deployment, Congressman Gore provided intellectual leadership by helping create the vision of the potential benefits of high speed computing and communication. As an example, he sponsored hearings on how advanced technologies might be put to use in areas like coordinating the response of government agencies to natural disasters and other crises.
But, being blinded by ideology is so much MORE fun!
Real quote.
I hope you're saying this with a full sense of irony.
Sorry, assumed you lived in the US, and hence got the US packages.
But, dear lord, there were some great games for the dreamcast. It's the only system I own!
If you don't like N*Sync, you probably didn't get their music
Proof positive that the jumping of the shark has commenced. Seriously, stick a fork in it, it's no longer funny. What used to be the greatest sitcom of "ALL TIME!" is now pretty weak and is painful for me to watch.
How did you possibly buy all 3 seasons separately? I assume you also meant "bootleg" in there. To my knowledge, the 4-disc DVD set of Seasons 1 and 2 and the 3-disc set of the 3rd season are the only official releases.
I just read your title. To clarify to suckers, it was DVD sales that prompted the return of Family Guy, not web petitions.
Wait, actually, no... that didn't happen with Waterworld.
Are you serious? I find the pro-Nintendo fanboyism is about 100x thicker. "Nintendo makes the best games, gamecube is the best console, Xbox sucks, etc."
Everytime I've posted about the GameCube, I've been modded as troll or flamebait by fanboy mods.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Nintendo may make good games and have good hardware but the Gamecube's current rep is looking a lot like the Sega Dreamcast.
I realize that in this case the publisher is stopping support for all platforms, but I believe both PS2 and Xbox have more third party support. Nintendo seems to be playing the same tricks they tried to play during the NES years with their developers except that now developers have learned their lesson and can simply move to the competition. You can call it "quality control" but why not let the market decide? Nintendo simply wants CONTROL of its developers.
Right, and it looks like this RFID is set to RECEIVE, not TRANSMIT, so same difference.
Thanks mods! Considering I was the first post (to my knowledge) I'm glad to see I am redundant. How exactly... I don't know.
Did slashdot people cry out about VIN on cars as well?
Congress shall enact no law which prevents a company, firm, organization or political party from annoying the living hell out of you with advertising. Firms may use technologies existing or not yet existing to "blast" consumers with advertisements or steal personal information.
Funny how I missed that earlier!
Also, I think the chances of success in America are nil. As people will point out, its success is linked to limited space in Japan and the popularity of all-in-one units. At its price-point and with far more space in America, I don't see this selling well. Especially to those who have already bought a PS2.
Romance novels are books in the technical sense but certainly not art. Just because advertisers portray women a certain way in Cosmo does not mean women who buy the magazine enjoy the portrayal. I would assume they are reading the magazine for the content other than the advertisements, much like why I read magazines. Have you ever read men's health? Do you like the portrayal of men in the advertisements?
If we stick with the Lara Crofts, we will still be relegated as "oh, stupid, mindless videogame players". We need smarter games.
Want to know why women play the Sims and Sim City? Because they are just good games (without stupid or ditzy or whorish women).
Looks like a just got rooked. Should have waited a month!
I think that's his point. He was saying that is what the (incorrect) poster had done. Correlated data and formed a conclusion from it.
With such strong evidence to back up your assertion, I can't help but believe you.
Of course he used iTunes to test it... are you serious?
Where, it might be noted, it became clear he didn't have a whole lot of experience with the "clitorious."
The best was hearing Rob Corddry say "clitorious" back to him, and Richter not batting an eye. Perhaps the solution to getting this guy to stop spamming is to get him some lovin'? Preferably human?
Maybe, but far better to sell them than let them rot in the factory. Sunk costs are sunk. Microsoft can either lose $30 (debateable) or $150 by not selling it. It is in their interest to sell and thus the numbers are key.
But I guess the 1997 Nintendo 64 game was ported?