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- LeeVal, on 10/10/2007, -4/+76.
- jtbndy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+53Nobody owns the internet. The internet owns you.
- moocow1452, on 10/10/2007, -1/+34You sir, are an artist of debate. I commend you.
- misterpony, on 10/10/2007, -1/+32Direct link to the image: http://www.mydigimedia.com/images/WhoOwnsWhat.jpg
- AustinMeoang, on 10/10/2007, -0/+29Nobody's really put it that way before..
- Godlesswanderer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+28The internet, sponsored by Google.
- le0pard, on 10/10/2007, -0/+28Ok, so why is PORN not in the image?
- nelsonuwp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24That picture means nothing to me... I need a pie chart.
- Matt-lars, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21Suddenly it all makes sense now.
- MasterThief117, on 10/10/2007, -2/+21I'm no expert, but it looks like Google has the most features.
- MonkeyFarts, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20I get your point, LeeVal.
- theinept, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17What is this? Soviet Russia?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14I disagree.
- ConeOfSilence, on 10/10/2007, -1/+11I own the Internet
Pay up or I will set my horde of Nigerian spammers onto you. - fugazi, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10Microsofts list is like 4. MSN isnt even on there. Why did they do post 2005 only?
- e03179, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12Flickr? Why is it not listed under Yahoo!
- Dustmuffins, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9AOL owns nullsoft, makers of winamp?
NOOOOOOOOOO! /vader - one1plus1one, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Umm... well... the only websites on that list that I really use are youtube and del.ic.ious. I'm not really much aware of the others, so this image didn't come as a revelation or earth-shattering shock to me.
It's not like I looked at it, and said: "What?! Yahoo owns Wretch? Get out! No way? Damn..." - AreTooDeTo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8AOL? seriously?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7mmmm.....pie.....
- Murdats, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7not enough space, it would need to be 10x larger
- arbouler, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9i thought yahoo now owns Flickr? not on the list though
- skyshock1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I would argue ICANN (the guys that maintain the 13 root DNS servers) are the true owners of the Internet.
- rwallen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I thought Microsoft owned Expedia, guess I was wrong.
- ilovenicotine, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7the best too
- meatmcguffin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6To the people digging me down - "Engadget was co-founded by former Gizmodo technology weblog editor and co-founder, Peter Rojas. Engadget is a member of Weblogs, Inc., a blog network with over 75 weblogs including Autoblog and Joystiq and formerly including Hack-A-Day. Weblogs Inc. was purchased by AOL in 2005." [wikipedia]
- sfatoo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5It's listed there
Ludicorp research - Flickr (2005) - pyromanx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5"Ludicorp Research - Flickr (2005)"
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5He's not lying. I didn't pay and it's happening to me.
- s1mph0ny, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4That would explain the rapid weight gain.
- banthis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4We all know Google > all :D
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5You're right; idiocy is never funny, nor is laughing at retarded people.
Al Gore: "I took the initiative in creating the internet"
Not six months earlier, he claimed to not know where the power button was. He's a first class moron. Now, he's a global climate change expert. Give him a week, and he'll claim to have invented "baseball".....or "hip hop". - seanc6610, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I heard you the first time.
- TheChihuahua, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Umm...yes? Kinda the reason /sarcasm exists - sarcasm doesn't translate too well to online.
- hartley, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5The only one that really surprised me is IAC.
Owning hotwire, expedia, and hotels.com, they have the travel industry pretty well pegged. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6*****, please...
- film42, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Add Flickr to Yahoo and Blogger to Google
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4I actually think that his transformation into a black preacher blows away the internet thing, but if that's not good enough.....
"When my sister and I were growing up," Mr. Gore told a small audience made up mostly of women, "there was never any doubt in our minds that men and women were equal, if not more so."
(Source: NY Times, 08/12/00)
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"A zebra does not change its spots." - Al Gore, attacking President George Bush in 1992.
(Sources: The Toronto Sun, 11/19/95)
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"I'm very familiar with the importance of dairy farming in Wisconsin . I've spent the night on a dairy farm here in Wisconsin . If I'm entrusted with the presidency, you'll have someone who is very familiar with what the Wisconsin dairy industry is all about."
(Sources: Sunday, June 18, Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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"Speaking from my own religious tradition in this Christmas season, 2,000 years ago a homeless woman gave birth to a homeless child in a manger because the inn was full."
Hello! Mary and Joseph were not homeless!
(Sources: Press Conference at HUD, 12/22/97; George Will column, Sunday May 17 1998)
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"I certainly learned a great deal from 3,000 town hall meetings across my home state of Tennessee over a 16-year period", the vice president told NPR’s Bob Edwards.
Do the math. That’s 187 town hall meetings per year, or a meeting in Tennessee every other day for 16 years, including weekends, holidays, vacations, and time spent running for president in 1988 and for vice president in 1992.
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Maybe Michael Jordan hasn't made an indelible impression on everyone outside Chicago . Speaking at a D.C. function, Vice President Al Gore, wowed by the Bulls, said: "I tell you that Michael Jackson is unbelievable, isn't he. He's just unbelievable."
(Source: The Chicago Tribune June 17, 1998)
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"I seek this office to restore the rule of law and respect for common sense to the White House." ...
Ummmmm....did you really mean that?
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Finding himself talking to the controversial rock star Courtney Love at a Hollywood party, Mr. Gore attempted to charm her by telling her he was a fan. Rather than just accepting the easy compliment, Love cross-examined him.
"He goes 'I'm a really big fan'," said Love. "And I was like 'Yeah, right. Name a song, Al'." The answer came limply back: "I can't name a song. I'm just a really big fan."
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Back in 1994, Al Gore called Oliver North "the colonel of untruth" and said Mr. North was counting on political contributions from "the extra-chromosome right wing."
* Most fetuses with trisomy are miscarried during the first trimester. Most of those who survive have Down syndrome, also known as trisomy 21 because it's caused by an extra chromosome 21.
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"Gore smiled and admitted that he, too, has trouble turning on a computer - let alone using one."
(Source: "Gore Touts Job-Training Programs at Pittsburgh Factory" Associated Press September 4, 1998)
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"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet" Gore said when asked to cite accomplishments that separate him from another Democratic presidential hopeful, former Sen. Bill Bradley of New Jersey , during an interview with Wolf Blitzer on CNN on March 9, 1999.
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In the spring 1998 - Gore called The Washington Post's executive editor to tip him off on an ''error'' in the paper. ''I decided I just had to call because you've printed a picture of the Earth upside down on the front page of the paper,'' Gore said.
(Source: Florida Times Union 4/3/98 )
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Al Gore, when asked about his illegal fundraising activities that took place in a Buddhist temple: "I didn't realize I was in a Buddhist temple."
But Mr. Gore said he was sometimes inattentive and missed parts of fund-raising meetings. He told the F.B.I., according to notes of a 1998 interview, that "he drank a lot of iced tea during meetings, which could have necessitated a restroom break."
( New York Times, 3/11/00)
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In a letter, an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Delgadillo explained to Al Gore how much they rely on the government-owned Amtrak trains to visit their children and grandchildren in Chicago and on each coast. The couple reminded the vice president that President Clinton relied on train travel to reach the Democratic National Convention in Chicago . "The train has been our main-stay," the couple states. "Yet your administration is killing our Texas Eagle. This makes us sick."
The Texas Eagle is the Amtrak train that for years has operated between Chicago , St. Louis , Little Rock , Dallas , Fort Worth and San Antonio . But facing a $243 million shortfall in 1997, Amtrak President Thomas Downs recently targeted four Amtrak routes for elimination, including the Texas Eagle service between St. Louis and San Antonio . "What can you do to save our Eagle?" the couple pleaded to the vice president.
Gore responded with: "Dear Mr. and Mrs. Delgadillo, Thank you for your letter regarding the protection of the Texas eagle. I appreciate hearing from you. I share your view that the urgent problem of species extinction and the conservation of biological diversity should be addressed. The first step in saving any plant or animal from extinction is to become aware of and respect the fragile ecosystems that make up our environment. Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. I look forward to working with you for the future of our planet."
It's strange he should talk about the ecosystem and extinction since the Texas Eagle is a TRAIN!
(Sources: reported on Fox News Sunday on December 3, 1996, as well as quoted in the National Review and reported in the 12/6/96 Washington Times "Inside the Beltway" by John McCaslin) - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4MySpace was the first one. Learn how to read.
- keyboardduder, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5you know al gore once picked up a live cattle with his mind and digested it with telekinesis and he wasn't even hungry?
- Caleb83, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3If we're to believe net neutrality opponents, then the answer certainly is not google, yahoo, or aol.
- monsterofNone, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2this listing is incomplete at best.
- Ajjah, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2No, really?
- s1mph0ny, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The list is titled as Web 2.0, but then they listed everyone else from way before web 2.0.
- Ajjah, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2No, of course not!
- rancemo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I thought Ron Paul owns the internet?
- breakaway, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Your mother owns the internet. Oh shi-
- SteveMax, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2They bought it some time before Winamp 3. This explains the "great evolution" between Winamp 2 and 3.
- Koldkompress, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2In an equally motivated, and emotionally charged message:
You've got to fight!
For your right!
To paaaaaarty! - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2ROTF they didn't add MySpace to News corp, but they didn't forget to leave out Photo bucket...
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