"Running the Internet" and other meaningless terms

[Tim Writer]

James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> writes:

> Paul King wrote:
> >>Okay, first of all "running The Internet" is a vague term, generally
> > I don't know why that phrase inspired me, but it did. I began imagining
> > that this would be exactly the kind of phrase a person would utter in
> > sentences from time to time when their brain is not engaged, as if the
> > Internet has no existence independent of the computer.
> 
> > To salesman: "Does this computer run the Internet"?
> 
> > To tech support: "The internet stopped running, and I don't know why."
> > Student to teacher (brightly): "The internet is run using Internet Explorer."
> 
> And of course, we all know the internet was invented by Dan Quale!  ;-)

No, it was Al Gore.  Dan Quayle invented the potatoe. ;-)

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