On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:44:30 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
> On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:25:25 -0500, Rick wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:45:24 -0400, Moshe Goldfarb. wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 11:56:08 -0700 (PDT), nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Aug 6, 11:39 am, Tim Smith <reply_in_gr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Could someone explain to my just what is wrong with that Senator's
>>>>> "tubes" analogy? As Ed Felten noted:
>>>>>
>>>>> From the lowliest blogger to Jon Stewart, everybody is laughing
>>>>> at Sen. Ted Stevens and his remarks on net neutrality. The sound
>>>>> bite about the Internet being ³a series of tubes² has come in for
>>>>> for the most ridicule.
>>>>>
>>>>> I¹ll grant that Stevens sounds pretty confused on the recording.
>>>>> But¹s let¹s give the guy a break. He was speaking off the cuff in
>>>>> a meeting, and he sounds a bit agitated. Have you ever listened
>>>>> to a recording of yourself speaking in an unscripted setting? For
>>>>> most people, it¹s pretty depressing. We misspeak, drop words,
>>>>> repeat phrases, and mangle sentences all the time. Normally,
>>>>> listeners¹ brains edit out the errors.
>>>>>
>>>>> In this light, some of the ridicule of Stevens seems a bit
>>>>> unfair. He said the Internet is made up of ³tubes². Taken
>>>>> literally, that¹s crazy. But experts talk about ³pipes² all the
>>>>> time. Is the gap between ³tubes² and ³pipes² really so large? And
>>>>> when Stevens says that his staff sent him ³an Internet² and it
>>>>> took several days to arrive, it sounds to me like he meant to say
>>>>> ³an email² and just misspoke.
>>>>>
>>>>> Excerpted from <http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1042>.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> --Tim Smith
>>>>
>>>> There's nothing wrong with the tubes analogy.
>>>>
>>>> Let's talk about real problems, like corruption of the Senate by big
>>>> money.
>>>
>>> I agree with that!
>>>
>>> As for the tubes statement, maybe he should have consulted with Al
>>> Gore "The father of the Internet" before making a comment like that!
>>
>> Maybe you should read what Gore actually said, and have someone explain
>> to you what was meant. Maybe not. You seem to enjoy looking stupid.
>>
>> ... and Rick Blaine never said "play it again, Sam".
>
> I know that.
> He said "play it"...
> PT Barnum never said "there's a sucker born every minute" either
> although the Linux community proves the statement on a daily basis.
Maybe you should do the same research on Gore's statement.
--
Rick
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