marf 283 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 That honor goes to Cyrus the Great Cyrus the Great DID! The Wonderful Illustrious Zoroastrian first Employed War pigeons to communicate throughout his Kingdom! (A Recent sale of a First class Homing Pigeon named Armando sold for a whopping €1.25m) https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47610896 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Im bored 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BobDobalina 339 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Also, the internet is a series of tubes 1 Link to post Share on other sites
hijexx 773 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 People who believe Al Gore claimed to invent the internet are misinformed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
marf 283 Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 This thread is a by product of me downloading Gimp today 🤣 Link to post Share on other sites
Claudius t Ansuulim 13 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Algorithm = Al Gore Rhythm 5 Link to post Share on other sites
ambermonke 1670 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 (edited) Tim Berners-Lee be like: "Am I a joke to you?" Edited September 9, 2020 by timbre monke Link to post Share on other sites
psn 546 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 His wife invented the PMRC, though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
user 526 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 If AL GORE didn’t invent INTERNET then why was AOL the world’s first INTETNET provider and why does everybody still use the expression LOL? Link to post Share on other sites
Candiru 1019 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I’m more of an outernet guy, myself. Link to post Share on other sites
Rubin Farr 3155 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Link to post Share on other sites
cloud capture 340 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they posses inside. Link to post Share on other sites
TubularCorporation 748 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Ironically, despite the big meme it became after he said it* Al Gore actually DID kind of co-"invent" the Internet in that he was an early supporter and was instrumental in getting the government backing that was necessary to bring together all of the small, proprietary networks that had been in use for a couple decades into the modern Internet in the 1990s. So he didn't "invent" it exactly, but it's still partially his fault. I wonder if Tipper clicked a Goatse link. *(he never said it) Link to post Share on other sites
ambermonke 1670 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 Just now, cloud capture said: I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they posses inside. Let's teach them compassion and open-mindedness too while we're at it. We have enough jingoistic assholes running around who were spawned in the vats of 4chan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Dragon 242 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 i just phoned a lumber yard i found on google street view and simply asked "have you got wood?" can't embed the tumbleweed gif for some reason, but apparently all my uploads on watmm going back to 2006 are on here! here's a scary wav file i made when i was 14. it's an mp3. drugs.mp3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
dcom 1387 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 I can't but be the assburger here (both literally and figuratively) and link to Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet, if someone's actually interested in the beginnings of this consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts... A graphic representation of data abstracted from banks of every computer in the human system. Unthinkable complexity. Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding... And cats. Lots of cats. Link to post Share on other sites
Braintree 1747 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 It's kind of surprising that such a big group of nerds would love the music of ARPANET and have no idea what the name means. 13 hours ago, TubularCorporation said: Ironically, despite the big meme it became after he said it* Al Gore actually DID kind of co-"invent" the Internet in that he was an early supporter and was instrumental in getting the government backing that was necessary to bring together all of the small, proprietary networks that had been in use for a couple decades into the modern Internet in the 1990s. So he didn't "invent" it exactly, but it's still partially his fault. Let's start crediting the guys that laid the cables. Link to post Share on other sites
goDel 1221 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 13 hours ago, cloud capture said: I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they posses inside. 13 hours ago, timbre monke said: Let's teach them compassion and open-mindedness too while we're at it. We have enough jingoistic assholes running around who were spawned in the vats of 4chan. The worst thing? When I read "I believe the children are our future" I just knew it was a f-ing copy paste from the lyrics of a Whitney Houston song. Couldn't remember which one. But Google knows. Link to post Share on other sites
whosebrian 903 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 44 minutes ago, Braintree said: It's kind of surprising that such a big group of nerds would love the music of ARPANET and have no idea what the name means. Let's start crediting the guys that laid the cables. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
diatoms 788 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Gore did invent ManBearPig I'm cereal On 9/9/2020 at 3:56 PM, cloud capture said: I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty they posses inside. 1988-1989 The principal at Almor West played this song everyday on the intercom to call us all to the gym for daily announcements "I decided long ago Never to walk in anyone's shadows If I fail, if I succeed At least I'll live as I believe No matter what they take from me They can't take away my dignity Because the greatest love of all Is happening to me I found the greatest love of all Inside of me The greatest love of all Is easy to achieve Learning to love yourself It is the greatest love of all" Heard Whitney, Heard:) On 9/10/2020 at 5:48 AM, goDel said: On 9/9/2020 at 4:05 PM, timbre monke said: Let's teach them compassion and open-mindedness too while we're at it. We have enough jingoistic assholes running around who were spawned in the vats of 4chan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Silent Member 1361 Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Thank you al for making the information super highway super. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
drillkicker 641 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 What about the African talking drum ? I'm pretty sure that predates carrier pigeons, and it's also much more effective. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Silent Member 1361 Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Also much funkier 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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