From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f7a7c08e020a8d4 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Lao Xiao Hai Subject: Re: Al Gore and the Internet Date: 2000/10/16 Message-ID: <39EBB650.9C2B118A@ix.netcom.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 682304464 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <7jGnH4nHWqTB@eisner.decus.org> X-Accept-Language: en X-Server-Date: 17 Oct 2000 02:21:15 GMT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 2000-10-17T02:21:15+00:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote: > > X-NEWS: eisner.decus.org comp.lang.ada: 19382 > > Path: iad-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen.news.verio.net!dfw-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!cyclone.swbell.net!cyclone-sf.pbi.net!206.13.28.33!news.pacbell.net.POSTED!not-for-mail > > From: "Mark Metzler" > > Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada > > Subject: Al Gore and the Internet > > > > > The Vice President deserves credit for his early recognition of the > > value of high speed computing and communication and for his long-term > > and consistent articulation of the potential value of the Internet to > > American citizens and industry and, indeed, to the rest of the world. > > Well at least the Vice President deserves credit for being allies with > spammers who will trash technical newsgroups with unrelated material. Well, Larry. It is even more interesting than you might think. I recently learned that the Algorithm is actually named after Al Gore. It was originally spelled Al Gore Rhythm and referred to his skill at swirling Tipper across the floor to politically correct music. Later, after he invented several advanced concepts in computing, the expression was cast into the more contemporary spelling in his honor. Richard Riehle