Al Gore Really Did Invent the Internet!

Gore is part of the inaugural inductees of the Internet Hall of Fame in Geneva, Switzerland. He’s part of the Global Connectors category for making significant contributions to the global growth and use of the Internet. Great pick, here’s the rest of the list:

Paul Baran, Vint Cerf, Danny Cohen, Steve Crocker, Donald Davies, Elizabeth Feinler, Charles Herzfeld, Robert Kahn, Peter Kirstein, Leonard Kleinrock, John Klensin, Jon Postel, Louis Pouzin, Lawrence Roberts, Mitchell Baker, Tim Berners-Lee, Robert Cailliau, Van Jacobson, Lawrence Landweber, Paul Mockapetris, Craig Newmark, Raymond Tomlinson, Linus Torvalds, Philip Zimmermann, Randy Bush, Kilnam Chon,Nancy Hafkin, Geoff Huston, Brewster Kahle, Daniel Karrenberg, Toru Takahashi, and Tan Tin Wee.

There’s a glaring problem here. There’s no Matt Drudge, no Steve Case, no Goatse, no Lemonparty. What the hell are the Swedes thinking?

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