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Guy Who Invented Internet Fails To Understand It

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And we're not even talking about Al Gore.

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Re: Guy Who Invented Internet Fails To Understand

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Thu Oct 02, 2008 at 06:24:09 PM EST

4.50 (funny, funny)

I particularly enjoyed:

"Has [the Web] been designed by the West for the West?"

Because I was under the impression that the web had been designed by Uyghur peasants for !Kung tribesmen. For fuck's sake.

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Tim Berners-Lee

profwhat.

Fri Oct 03, 2008 at 07:16:20 AM EST

4.00 (astute)

Tim Berners-Lee was in the right place at the right time.  A lot of competing hypertext systems were around during the late 80s and early 90s.  How Tim's took over the world, no one is sure; it certainly wasn't because it was well-designed, clearly specified, or easy to implement.  Yet because it did, we have, over time, confused this luck with genius.  The result is that a man with ordinary abilities gets paid attention to when ridiculous things like this come out of his mouth.

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Squirrels

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Fri Oct 03, 2008 at 07:59:58 AM EST

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A roar of steam marks their arrival
They open up the airship's doorway
Preparing for their bloody reprisal…
The bloodthirsty vengeful Squirrels of Norway.

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