The Golden Rule ? Sense or Bullshit?

[Red Celt]

But babbage? Pbbhtt. It all depends on how you define what a "computer" is. But the US invented the Microprocessor, so we win. Internet too.

The internet. Funded by American tax payers. Libertarians should refuse to use the internet, seeing as how they want the smallest possible government, with next-to-nil taxation. Silly me... take, take, take without the give, give, give.

Sorry. Couldn't resist. I'm a fan of high taxation.

Still, the WWW came from a Brit.

And oh yeah, I really wasn't trying to take anything away from the Wright Brothers. They deserve all the credit due to them. I was just saying that they were ahead of a large crowd... and it was more about innovation than invention - and getting the combination of elements right before anyone else.