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Al Gore Mentions 'New iPhones' for Next Month

Gore speak

Maybe the former vice president is really from Brooklyn, "have you seen my phones?"
 
Al Gore lol! I wouldn't trust anything that guy says. On one hand he tells us to take less showers, cut down on our emissions yet he sits on the board of mass produced technologies and Oil companies. No I'm not a Green hippy type and I realise that paying Al Gore tax directly to his Carbon trading companies will not save the planet it's just th next ponzi scheme. I do believe in conservation though and sustainability!
 
Peace said:
Why not..


Al Gore didn't say "I invented the internet"

He did say " We created the internet".

And if you are old enough you would know the internet as you know it became a reality because of legislation introduced by the Clinton/Gore administration.
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which was the point i made in my subsequent edit of the post. in fact, there are probably few people (read: politicians, even though its debatable whether or not they can be classified as people) who did more for the internet than him.
 
The context is important... I read this as saying "The new iPhone's coming out next month"

Meaning "The new iPhone is coming out next month"

I wouldn't say "My brother is coming over tomorrow" I say "My brother's coming over tomorrow"

It sounds plural but might not be... We might be looking too hard for clues here.
 
Frenchjay said:
Al Gore lol! I wouldn't trust anything that guy says. On one hand he tells us to take less showers, cut down on our emissions yet he sits on the board of mass produced technologies and Oil companies. No I'm not a Green hippy type and I realise that paying Al Gore tax directly to his Carbon trading companies will not save the planet it's just th next ponzi scheme. I do believe in conservation though and sustainability!
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not only mass produced tech., but quite dirty mass produced tech. then again, its not like these babies are all bad (even though their environmental and humanistic footprints are).
 
Didn't Al Gore say that "Love Story" was about he and Tipper? Oh yeah...they're spitsville....

This must mean that the iPhone 5 won't be out until next year......:D
 
divinox said:
which was the point i made in my subsequent edit of the post. in fact, there are probably few people (read: politicians, even though its debatable whether or not they can be classified as people) who did more for the internet than him.
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What does it matter? Al Gore NEVER claimed to have invented the internet. There is nothing to pick at... He never took credit for it, never claimed he invented it and never said he was more instrumental than anyone else... All he said was he pushed for legislation that made it possible .
 
Peace said:
Why not..


Al Gore didn't say "I invented the internet"

He did say " We created the internet".

And if you are old enough you would know the internet as you know it became a reality because of legislation introduced by the Clinton/Gore administration.
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That is a LIE!


The origins of the Internet reach back to research of the 1960s, commissioned by the United States government in collaboration with private commercial interests to build robust, fault-tolerant, and distributed computer networks. The funding of a new U.S. backbone by the National Science Foundation in the 1980s, as well as private funding for other commercial backbones, led to worldwide participation in the development of new networking technologies, and the merger of many networks. The commercialization of what was by the 1990s an international network resulted in its popularization and incorporation into virtually every aspect of modern human life. As of 2009, an estimated one-quarter of Earth's population uses the services of the Internet.
The Internet has no centralized governance in either technological implementation or policies for access and usage; each constituent network sets its own standards. Only the overreaching definitions of the two principal name spaces in the Internet, the Internet Protocol address space and the Domain Name System, are directed by a maintainer organization, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The technical underpinning and standardization of the core protocols (IPv4 and IPv6) is an activity of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), a non-profit organization of loosely affiliated international participants that anyone may associate with by contributing technical expertise.
 
BeauPaul said:
That is a LIE!


The origins of the Internet reach back to research of the 1960s, commissioned by the United States government in collaboration with private commercial interests to build robust, fault-tolerant, and distributed computer networks. The funding of a new U.S. backbone by the National Science Foundation in the 1980s, as well as private funding for other commercial backbones, led to worldwide participation in the development of new networking technologies, and the merger of many networks. The commercialization of what was by the 1990s an international network resulted in its popularization and incorporation into virtually every aspect of modern human life. As of 2009, an estimated one-quarter of Earth's population uses the services of the Internet.
The Internet has no centralized governance in either technological implementation or policies for access and usage; each constituent network sets its own standards. Only the overreaching definitions of the two principal name spaces in the Internet, the Internet Protocol address space and the Domain Name System, are directed by a maintainer organization, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The technical underpinning and standardization of the core protocols (IPv4 and IPv6) is an activity of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), a non-profit organization of loosely affiliated international participants that anyone may associate with by contributing technical expertise.
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Very true.

I really hated those banner ads I saw in 1970.
 
The more I think about it the more I think I am right... When you tell people that the new iPhone is coming out next month do you say "The new iPhone is coming out next month!"

No... I have been telling people "The iPhone's coming out next month"

I am not saying it casts doubt on whether there are two models coming out just that I don't think it confirms it...

However if he was making a contraction and not a plural it could mean there is ONE model coming out OR he is staying tight lipped.
 
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BGR is saying there will only be one iPhone release this year, the iPhone 4S

http://www.bgr.com/2011/09/21/wedge-apples-iphone-4s-will-be-only-new-model-to-launch-this-year/

The analyst believes that in spite of the anticipation generated over the past few months by the possibility of a redesigned iPhone 5, launching two new models wouldn’t make sense for Apple. “Why would Apple bump up only the processor specs of the iPhone 4 in addition to a newly designed iPhone 5 if the goal is to sell it into the pre-paid market at a lower cost?” Blair wondered in his note. “A 4S would simply cost more and a 4S itself wouldn’t create a mid-tier market unless it was priced at $99 and the iPhone 4 went to $49 with the new iPhone at $199. We see this scenario as unlikely.”
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Captainobvvious said:
What does it matter? Al Gore NEVER claimed to have invented the internet. There is nothing to pick at... He never took credit for it, never claimed he invented it and never said he was more instrumental than anyone else... All he said was he pushed for legislation that made it possible .
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1) It matters if you read the context in which i wrote the post.

2) He was, however, more instrumental than most - and he does, indeed, deserve credit for his work. And, he would not be wrong for taking credit where due either. Go Gore!
 
A) Al Gore is an incredibly brilliant person. But, if you watch Faux News, you think every liberal: Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Obama, etc. are evil people. He didn't invent the internet, but he is one of the major people who saw the value in what it could do and proposed legislation to get it funded by the government.

B) Al Gore is on Apple's board of directors and Steve Jobs has thanked him many times for providing valuable assistance. He DEFINITELY would know if a new iPhone(s) was coming out.

C) Global Warming is real. The weather is becoming more drastic in its swings of hot and cold, which is predicted. Just because you can point out a record low, doesn't make global warming false, SORRY Faux News. It is pretty much agreed upon by real scientists. The average temperature is still rising. The sad part is, in 50 years, it will the people who preached against global warming that will be screaming "WHY DIDN'T WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!?"

Global warming isn't some conspiracy theory. Law makers pass laws to stop green house gasses for a reason. You don't see law makers passing laws to stop obscure conspiracies.
 
BeauPaul said:
That is a LIE!


The origins of the Internet reach back to research of the 1960s, commissioned by the United States government in collaboration with private commercial interests to build robust, fault-tolerant, and distributed computer networks. The funding of a new U.S. backbone by the National Science Foundation in the 1980s, as well as private funding for other commercial backbones, led to worldwide participation in the development of new networking technologies, and the merger of many networks. The commercialization of what was by the 1990s an international network resulted in its popularization and incorporation into virtually every aspect of modern human life. As of 2009, an estimated one-quarter of Earth's population uses the services of the Internet.
The Internet has no centralized governance in either technological implementation or policies for access and usage; each constituent network sets its own standards. Only the overreaching definitions of the two principal name spaces in the Internet, the Internet Protocol address space and the Domain Name System, are directed by a maintainer organization, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The technical underpinning and standardization of the core protocols (IPv4 and IPv6) is an activity of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), a non-profit organization of loosely affiliated international participants that anyone may associate with by contributing technical expertise.
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Nobody is arguing that the internet has roots a LONG time ago... The point is the commercialization of the internet that we see today is due in part to legislation that Gore was a promoter for...

He however NEVER claimed "I invented the internet" nor did he claim "WE invented the internet"

What he said was:

"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country"

He took initiative in moving forward legislation that moved the internet forward. The tech was being worked on for YEARS but like GPS wasn't intended for what they are today... GPS was military tech until Clinton signed a bill to open it up for the rest of us...

Gore played a part but NEVER claimed to invent anything.
 
Created.. Invented.. Same difference. But what does it matter really, because according to Algore we will all be dead due to global warming in a few years anyhow.
 
BeauPaul said:
That is a LIE!


The origins of the Internet reach back to research of the 1960s, commissioned by the United States government in collaboration with private commercial interests to build robust, fault-tolerant, and distributed computer networks. The funding of a new U.S. backbone by the National Science Foundation in the 1980s, as well as private funding for other commercial backbones, led to worldwide participation in the development of new networking technologies, and the merger of many networks. The commercialization of what was by the 1990s an international network resulted in its popularization and incorporation into virtually every aspect of modern human life. As of 2009, an estimated one-quarter of Earth's population uses the services of the Internet.
The Internet has no centralized governance in either technological implementation or policies for access and usage; each constituent network sets its own standards. Only the overreaching definitions of the two principal name spaces in the Internet, the Internet Protocol address space and the Domain Name System, are directed by a maintainer organization, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The technical underpinning and standardization of the core protocols (IPv4 and IPv6) is an activity of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), a non-profit organization of loosely affiliated international participants that anyone may associate with by contributing technical expertise.
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No, it's not a lie. The legislation set up the funding for broadband networks. Try funding that alone.
 
JRoDDz said:
Created.. Invented.. Same difference. But what does it matter really, because according to Algore we will all be dead due to global warming in a few years anyhow.
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He never said we would die. He said storms and weather changes will get more drastic, which can kill lots of ecosystems.
 
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