Actually, the military invented the internet. It used to be called DARPANET.
"Yes, but the military is obviously an arm of the government; his point—pointless though it may be—holds. "
Vocaleck is right. I think she was just being informative. If there was any point to my post it was my twisted round about way of pointing out that these threads always seem to degenerate into rants against big business and big government. Personally I am more interested in good government. But that should be another thread and it's all I have to say on this one.