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On Sun, 14 Sep 2025 21:44:24 +1000, Daniel70 wrote:

> "The academics"?? WHO?? Wasn't The Internet built by one of the former
> Vice Presidents of the U.S. of A.?? ;-P Al Gore, maybe.

While I'm not a fan of Fat Albert due to his environmental hypocrisy 
including Tellico Dam, he is one of the few US politicians that can figure 
out how to turn a computer on.