how the internet works : the official explanation

Jared Smith smith.sgt at gmail.com
Wed Jul 5 18:29:20 EDT 2006


That's true, they should leave this to senators who understand it, but with
age comes seniority :-) I don't think it's really possible for him to get
"up to speed" though, and not because he's an idiot. He isn't - nobody who
reaches that level of political success is an idiot (whether you agree with
his politics or not). Even my dad, the guy who does nothing online but read
email, served 37 years in the Navy - not an idiot, just from a different
world.

On 7/5/06, Stephen Barncard <stephenREVOLUTION at barncard.com> wrote:
>
> Boy I have no reservations. If this idiot actually tries to pass laws
> about something for me, at least he should do some research, and not
> base his ideas on his own lame experience.
>
>   Internet stuff is not rocket science to understand - and these guys
> are also behind the funding ALL technical spending by the government.
> They had better get up to speed or stand aside for the new generation
> of politicians who really do understand.
>
> sqb
>
> >You should probably take his age into account. My dad is younger than Ted
> >Stevens and he knows even less about the internet. I recently set up an
> old
> >Windows 98 computer for him to play his casino games. All he knows is
> casino
> >games and MSN hotmail - and if the Internet Explorer homepage shows
> anything
> >besides MSN, he gets in a fit!
> >
> >So I hesitate to make fun of this guy.
>
> --
> stephen barncard
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