# You know Al Gore must be PO'd **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-al-gore-must-be-pod/240219 "2004-04-15T19:24:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-al-gore-must-be-pod/240219/1 "2004-04-15T19:24:08Z")
[I say the man deserves more than a million bucks…](http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/04/15/tech.prize.ap/index.html) > [@](#): > > ESPOO, Finland (AP) – The MIT scientist credited with inventing the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, has been awarded the first Millennium Technology Prize. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-al-gore-must-be-pod/240219/2 "2004-04-15T19:33:19Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > [I say the man deserves more than a million bucks…](http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/04/15/tech.prize.ap/index.html) Point of order: [Al Gore did not claim to invent the internet.](http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue5_10/wiggins/#w7) > [@](#): > > Any fair review of the legislative record makes it clear that Senator Gore was an early and forceful advocate for high-speed national networks, and that he understood how this vision could lead to widespread benefits for the citizenry and for commerce in the United States. Repeating that bit of folklore is not even funny anymore. It’s past time to be informed about it. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-al-gore-must-be-pod/240219/3 "2004-04-15T19:43:00Z")
Was just a joke for the title. I still say the guy deserves more than a million dollars. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-al-gore-must-be-pod/240219/4 "2004-04-15T19:47:21Z")
[QUOTE= I still say the guy deserves more than a million dollars.[/QUOTE] Too bad he didn’t (for whatever reason) patent and then license his invention. He’d make Bill G (or the IKEA guy) look like a peasant. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-al-gore-must-be-pod/240219/5 "2004-04-15T23:38:35Z")
Espoo, Finland!?!?!?!?!? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-al-gore-must-be-pod/240219/6 "2004-04-16T00:07:40Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Espoo, Finland!?!?!?!?!? [Espoo, Finland](http://english.espoo.fi/xsl_etusivu.asp?path=5731)😃 ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-al-gore-must-be-pod/240219/7 "2004-04-16T03:54:44Z")
I invented pants. . ---
**Author:** ![Star\_Was](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Star\_Was](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Star_Was)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-al-gore-must-be-pod/240219/8 "2004-04-16T04:50:23Z")
[Homer Simpson]Don’t you hate pants?[/Homer Simpson] ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2004, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-al-gore-must-be-pod/240219/9 "2004-04-16T05:08:13Z")
> [@Star Was](#): > > [Homer Simpson]Don’t you hate pants?[/Homer Simpson] I hate pants. But I like the internet! 😛