Apple has long boasted of its culture of innovation, and how this led to such products as the original Mac and the iPod. However, it turns out that, at least in the case of the iPod, Apple had a hidden ally: the US government. During a speech at Tuskegee University, President (and
iPod user) George W. Bush told his audience, "the government funded research in microdrive storage, electrochemistry and signal compression. They did so for one reason: It turned out that those were the key ingredients for the development of the iPod." While we have to gratefully acknowledge the efforts of government agencies such as DARPA in some of the fields mentioned by the President, we also feel obligated to point out the accomplishments of private companies in the US and abroad, including IBM, Hitachi and Toshiba -- not to mention the Fraunhofer Institute, which developed the original MP3 codec, and codeveloped (with Sony, AT&T and others) the AAC format used by Apple in the iPod. Still, we have to bow down before his Steveness; we knew he was well-connected, but until now we had no idea of his level of influence in the area of government research. Hey, Steve, while you're at it, why not get the government to resolve the
display problems plaguing the next-gen video iPod? We're sure they'll get their best minds on it and fix it in no time.
posted Apr 20th 2006 12:24PM
If Bush created the IPOD then AL Gore created the internet.
Hell Bush did not say he created the internet, he only says the government FUNDED pieces of its creation. Funding does not make you the inventor. If you funded creation of the wheel it does not make you inventor of the car.
This is just another example of Bush trying get publicity for something good, since he can't seem to create any positive news for himself.
Pretty sad actually........
Okay, assuming everyone seems to be fairly well aware that this is taken out of context, can we please all agree on the following:
Republicans, stop saying Al Gore claimed he invented the internet; you now understand how such things are occur, and how bad it makes your particular leader look. If you continue with the Internet out-of-context thing, you're just going to get the iPod out-of-context thing thrown at you.
Democrats, you now have an equaliser to hit Republicans over the head with (equal with the Al Gore/internet thing). Please take the higher ground and simply correct everyone who makes either mistake.
Okay, everybody is now equal. Now everybody... shut up (in the best possible sense).
The government might have funded the research but where did the gov get the money to fund the research? Taxes!!! So logically... We all (Americans) invented the iPod. Yayyyy!
This is stupid, I'm leaving
>The internet was invented for PORN.
Ascii porn?
What part of AMERICA do you AMERICANS come from?.....North America, South America?.. And what country are you from? Please be more specific!!
So what is the correct demonym or adjective to use for U.S. citizens? Australians come from Australia.
Here are some suggestions.
United Stationeers of America!!
American United States Citizen.
Yanks.
New World Orderlys
American
Nationals of the
United
States
Well?
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Elenora
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lol who cares who invented what. apple got the money for the ipod. They are better than bush and his govt. (i nvr said anything about govt. structure, only "his govt") so don't start saying that i hate america. cuz i don't.
btw, support our troops!
and REPLACE OUR COMMANDER!
Two quick searches for you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
Apparently the British are very pissed that we saved their ass in WWII. Of course you supplied vital aid that helped us out, but had America not sent you aid, you would have lost. It is a matter of supply and demand. You did not have the supply of natural resources to keep up with a world war. Neither did Germany or Russia. America could have swept the world, because only American business had the resources to build the weaponry required to win. Russia was a close second.
But it was actually Japan that won the war along with a global alliance. Had they not pissed us off, we would not have kicked their ass and joined our allies against the nazis.
Basically, Americans have a temper that people overlook throughout history. The British dumped on the colonies, pissed off some farmers, and were defeated in the biggest upset of the time.
Japan thought they would demoralize us, but pissed us off. We then destroyed them.
Bin Laden thought he could kill over 2000 innocent Americans with no backlash. He pissed us off and we sent the military after him. He may be alive, but he is not the leader of an entire country.