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Knighthood for Publicity-Shy Inventor of the World Wide Web
independent.co.uk ^
| December 31, 2003
| Paul Waugh and Charles Arthur
Posted on 12/31/2003 2:03:28 PM PST by O.C. - Old Cracker
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To: O.C. - Old Cracker
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posted on
12/31/2003 2:08:07 PM PST
by
O.C. - Old Cracker
(When the cracker gets old, you wind up with Old Cracker. - O.C.)
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
WHAT? But, but, I thought...
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posted on
12/31/2003 2:11:03 PM PST
by
Lucy Lake
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
Al Gore now accuses the knighted man of stealing the internet from him.
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posted on
12/31/2003 2:13:21 PM PST
by
reed_inthe_wind
(That Hillary really knows how to internationalize my MOJO.)
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
No see this fellow actually created Al Gore who then created the internet. See it does all make sense (not!).
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posted on
12/31/2003 2:17:35 PM PST
by
festus
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
My ex-girlfriend was awarded an IUD once.
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
Could somebody explain what OBE, CMG, etc. mean?
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posted on
12/31/2003 2:27:09 PM PST
by
T.Smith
To: T.Smith
The First is Order of the British Empire. Not sure about the second.
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posted on
12/31/2003 2:37:40 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
"The system, which he devised in his spare time in 1991..."Huh. In my spare time I make bird houses.
Actually, I invented bird houses.
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posted on
12/31/2003 2:43:11 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: T.Smith
"Could somebody explain what OBE, CMG, etc. mean?"Yeah, BFD.
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posted on
12/31/2003 2:44:16 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: billorites
Yeah, BFD.Thanks for the belly laugh :-)
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posted on
12/31/2003 2:47:07 PM PST
by
StACase
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
So, the Brits think one of their own invented the Internet in his spare time back in 1991?...Wasn't the Internet a product of a US Defense Department program to link key defense sites? And as I recall, I was already an AOL user back in 1991, when this guy was still "tinkering."
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posted on
12/31/2003 2:58:44 PM PST
by
My2Cents
("Well....there you go again...")
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
Crucially, Mr Berners-Lee gave his invention away Which makes him a "Communist" to many here!
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posted on
12/31/2003 3:02:43 PM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: O.C. - Old Cracker
Knighthood for Publicity-Shy Inventor of the World Wide Web I don't think Al Gore deserves knighthood, and I've never known him to be "publicity-shy".
What's that? It's some other guy? oh, nevermind...
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posted on
12/31/2003 3:03:35 PM PST
by
Tim Osman
(Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.)
To: My2Cents
the Brits think one of their own invented the Internet in his spare time back in 1991
Not the internet - he invented the World Wide Web
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posted on
12/31/2003 3:26:45 PM PST
by
pau1f0rd
(.)
To: T.Smith
CMG is Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George ...
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posted on
12/31/2003 3:30:24 PM PST
by
pau1f0rd
(.)
To: pau1f0rd
Compansion of George Michael? I would pass....
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posted on
12/31/2003 4:01:52 PM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(I am not from Vermont. I lived there for four years and that was enough.)
To: My2Cents
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, HTML (hypertext markup language), HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) and URLs (Universal Resource Locators) in 1990. Tim Berners-Lee was the primary author of html, assisted by his colleagues at CERN, an international scientific organization based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Read all about it.
To: T.Smith
Could somebody explain what OBE, CMG, etc. mean?1. Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
2. Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George
To: pau1f0rd
Not the internet - he invented the World Wide WebPardon my ignorance, but what's the difference?
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posted on
12/31/2003 5:49:39 PM PST
by
My2Cents
("Well....there you go again...")
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