Apple Appoints Al Gore to B.O.D

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  • Reply 21 of 56
    dhagan4755dhagan4755 Posts: 2,152member
    There goes the f______g neighborhood. What a dumb move. Why didn't they just save the energy and appoint an anvil?
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  • Reply 22 of 56
    Now we have the guy who ignited the personal computer revolution and the guy who invented the internet. If we get a lockbox to protect our technology it will be great! 8)
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  • Reply 23 of 56
    Oh God, if George W. Bush became a board member of Apple we would really see a war started with Microsoft. Bush would persuade Jobs to declare war on Microsoft the day he would become and board member and the floppies would begin to fly. Oh yeah, only Microsoft will be using that outdated technology. I guess Apple will have to be retaliating with DVD discs or 1.42 Ghz G4's.
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  • Reply 24 of 56
    sdw2001sdw2001 Posts: 18,070member
    When I first saw this, I thought it was an Onion headline.



    Shawn:



    The actual quote was "I pioneered the internet". I actually saw it. I'm sure he didn't mean it, but then again, we never really know what he means...do we?



    My family is going to give me hell on this one. Seriously, he is a smart guy...I'm sure he'll do fine.
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  • Reply 25 of 56
    der kopfder kopf Posts: 2,275member
    That kind of gives another clue as to the political spectrum Apple's bigshot adhere to. I guess this could give those discussions in AppleOutsider a new-ish spin. Is the lesson we should learn today: a Republican user of the Macintosh platform is an oxy-moron ? I leave it up to YOU to decide.
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  • Reply 26 of 56
    kecksykecksy Posts: 1,002member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by dstranathan

    Introducing the new





    iChad!







    Welcome to voter fraud.




    Don't forget renaming Keychain, Lock-Box
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  • Reply 27 of 56
    Quote:

    Originally posted by SDW2001

    ...

    The actual quote was "I pioneered the internet". I actually saw it. I'm sure he didn't mean it, but then again, we never really know what he means...do we?

    ...




    Silicon Graphics founder Jim Clark collaborated with Marc Andreessen to found Mosaic Communications (later renamed to Netscape Communications). They are the real pioneers of the internet as we know it today.



    Netscape brought us the commercialization of the net.



    Of course Al did propose the

    E-Rate tax to have us all pay for the internet.
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  • Reply 28 of 56
    fahlmanfahlman Posts: 743member
    Nothing will change. Apple sells us a poor product (under-powered, and generation of technology behind) at extreamly high prices. Just like our government when it is under the control of liberal leadership. Tax & Spend, baby!



    But, I'm sure Mr. Gore is an smart guy. Opinions of different people are... different. Because his political opinions are differnet than mine doesn't make me believe he's a poor business man. I don't want the guy to be the President, but I'm sure he will do a fine job on the BOD.



    I should be his running mate. I can't talk out of both sides of my mouth and still believe what I'm saying.
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  • Reply 29 of 56
    Now they can add Newt Gingrich and have a facsinating point:counterpoint thang like dole:clinton on 60 minutes
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  • Reply 30 of 56
    fran441fran441 Posts: 3,715member
    Well he was the geekiest US Senator in history, not to mention the geekiest Vice President.



    I'm glad that he's on the board. That's actually pretty cool.



    I mean it's not like he's a bad guy or anything, and we know it's better work that Clinton and Dole are finding. 8)
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  • Reply 31 of 56
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Ugh. I don't know if I'll be able to buy another Apple. There aren't a whole lot of people who irritate me more. \
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  • Reply 32 of 56
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    lol, that's kinda cool actually, even though i'm no fan of Gore's.



    isn't GW a Mac user too? funny how that works.
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  • Reply 33 of 56
    dstranathandstranathan Posts: 1,717member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by alcimedes

    lol, that's kinda cool actually, even though i'm no fan of Gore's.



    isn't GW a Mac user too? funny how that works.




    Yes, and he has to use the "Simple Finder".
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  • Reply 34 of 56
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Mac OS X Addict

    Oh God, if George W. Bush became a board member of Apple we would really see a war started with Microsoft. Bush would persuade Jobs to declare war on Microsoft the day he would become and board member and the floppies would begin to fly. Oh yeah, only Microsoft will be using that outdated technology. I guess Apple will have to be retaliating with DVD discs or 1.42 Ghz G4's.



    haha i'm pretty sure Bush isn't more persuasive then Jobs...jobs would freak out on him for being too slow





    Quote:

    Originally posted by dstranathan

    Yes, and he has to use the "Simple Finder".



    haha to say the least
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  • Reply 35 of 56
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    Well, they say that Jobs isn't going to do a keynote presentation at MWNY this summer. But they never said that Al Gore wouldn't!







    "Hell-ooooo. We have some amazinggg things to show you todaaay. So let's get right to it. Firssttttt, I'd like to tal..."



    ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ







    49 minutes later:



    "...in a processssss we call 'pre-binding'. Now, what that meeaannnns is...".



    Online viewership for the keynote has dropped down to 28 people...20 of them in Nashville and classmates of his son.



    Wonder if he'll initiate a program to keep all the secret plans/specs for new, upcoming Macs in a "lock box"?



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  • Reply 36 of 56
    cowerdcowerd Posts: 579member
    Quote:

    Silicon Graphics founder Jim Clark collaborated with Marc Andreessen to found Mosaic Communications (later renamed to Netscape Communications). They are the real pioneers of the internet as we know it today.



    No Vint Cerf no internet. No TB Lee no Mosaic. Anyways Andreesen was only one member of the Mosaic team.
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  • Reply 37 of 56
    fred_ljfred_lj Posts: 607member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by der Kopf

    That kind of gives another clue as to the political spectrum Apple's bigshot adhere to. I guess this could give those discussions in AppleOutsider a new-ish spin. Is the lesson we should learn today: a Republican user of the Macintosh platform is an oxy-moron ? I leave it up to YOU to decide.



    One's political/economical stance doesn't have anything to do with the computer environment they use really. If I want more government intervention, will I automatically use a Mac? Don't think so --- an OS isn't a political reflection in my book. Take my family, we live in southern Texas and are (naturally) Republican -- and we've used nothing but Macs in our house since it came about (1984--the 128k Mac was our first computer in the house altogether!).



    I think the public in general has a distorted image of the political parties as they stand today. Associating onesself with a party is not reflecting hardly anything socially -- both parties have delgates that stand for issues which are typified with the opposite party. In other words, for the most part, political parties are fundraising machines. Let's leave at that and not offend anyone who chooses to use a Mac.
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  • Reply 38 of 56
    rogue27rogue27 Posts: 607member
    Interesting. I wouldn't want him to be president, but I think he has the potential to do a lot of good things for Apple.
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  • Reply 39 of 56
    buonrottobuonrotto Posts: 6,368member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by der Kopf

    a Republican user of the Macintosh platform is an oxy-moron ? I leave it up to YOU to decide.



    Ask Rush Limbaugh. (American conservative radio voice, fairly evangelistic Mac user.)



    Keychain>Lock Box = funny.



    Vint Cerf, and don't forget our fellow NeXT user, Tim Berners-Lee (OK, www. Close enough).
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  • Reply 40 of 56
    kraig911kraig911 Posts: 912member
    Seriously guys this is all about technology, by no means will there be politics in this business.
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