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Originally Posted by
Ben Staad
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Originally Posted by
agrabin
Whisky
...oh yes...the internet too...but more important than any of these is our introduction to the World of IRN BRU.
You get a free pass for Whisky however it is a well known fact that Al Gore (former US VP) invented the internet :)
:emot-cthulhu:
You are well respected and I hesitate to rain on your parade. I won't even suggest that it may be somewhat churlish of you to single out whisky for special mention. After all, we Scots are particularly proud of our contribution to those who choose to imbibe our biggest export...however...
...it is a well known fact that John Boyd Dunlop invented the pneumatic tyre, is it not?
He did
not in fact invent it...it was developed by him 40 years after it was invented and patented by Robert Thompson. Unfortunately for Thompson, he was unable to get someone to buy his design and so a generation later, Dunlop got the credit...such is life. Not that it really matters anyway in this context - both Thompson and Dunlop were Scottish.
So, to Al Gore inventing the internet...not so I'm afraid...the following is only one quote of many regarding the claims that Gore did so...
Red Rock Eater News Service, Phil Agre, Mar. 28 2000
"That Al Gore claimed to have invented the Internet has got to be the most successful flat-out lie since, well, the last one."
There are other quotes of course, but this one, I believe, sums it up nicely.
Credit for the Internet's invention goes to Sir Tim Berners-Lee OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA born in London in 1955. He worked at the CERN institute in Switzerland and on Christmas day 1990, in collaboration with others, he implemented the first successful communication between a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client and server via the Internet.
However, since it is not within my remit to reveal the name of the true inventor, I can only suggest that you wait until the year 2040 when Swiss Government papers will be published showing that, in fact, the true inventor of the Internet is actually Scottish. Of course you may well scoff at such a notion but, since you were so sure Al Gore was the man, maybe you should be receptive to such an idea. Research Al Gore and you will see that I am right.
By 2040 there is a fair chance I'll be dead but what will never die is the BRU...long live the BRU.