"I WUZ ROBBED"
Posted on 07/17/2004 5:15:24 PM PDT by Roy Tucker
LONDON (AP) - The father of the World Wide Web was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and said his revolutionary invention was the result of being in the right place at the right time.
"I suppose it's amazing when you think how many things people get involved in that don't work. It's very heartening that this one actually did," said Tim Berners-Lee, who was accompanied to the Buckingham Palace investiture by his wife and two children on Friday.
But he added: "I'm very aware I was in the right place at the right time."
While working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory near Geneva in the late 1980s, Berners-Lee developed the architecture of the Internet - the Web system of servers and browsers - which he distributed free of charge.
He has worked ever since to ensure the Web remains public domain.
"The Web must remain a universal medium open to all and not biasing the information it conveys," he said.
His knighthood, for services to the Internet, was announced by Buckingham Palace last December.
British-born Berners-Lee, who is now based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said members of the royal family were no technophobes.
"I think the family are pretty knowledgeable about it," he said. "I've met the Duke (of Edinburgh) before and he was well aware of the history of IT."
Boy, I am grateful we don't have that whacko for President. God must be looking out for America.
Oh boy! Another reason for a Gore rant. As if he need another reason.
The guy sure deserves whatever accolades he may get. I think too many people take the net for granted, unaware of how it has helped preserve the freedoms we have left.
Shhhhhh! You'll have the left out for his head on a platter.
Nah, the left believes Gore.
He's a knight who says "net."
I was gonna say, SIR Algore? the guy would be even more
insufferable.
Oh Vey good, vey vey good.
Give the man a shrubbery.
I'm sure the fellows at ARPANET will be surprised how he invented "the Internet".
Actually it's not his fault, he recognizes that he didn't do much at all and freely admits it, guess it's the press that doesn't know it's net from it's web, amoung other things.
You'd think with how easy it is to Google something people would quit making ignorant statements that can be checked in less than a minute. What a waste.
Gore has filed suit with the High Court and asked for a recount.
Algore Bundy is waiting for a phone call from the DNC asking him to replace Kerry on the ticket. Don't hold your breath Al.
He now lives in Mass where he runs the World Wide Web Consortium at MIT,
What's your point? There are a few not-so-bright posters here who don't know the difference between the net and the web, but Berners-Lee did a great job inventing the web. Anyone who used the net before that surely appreciates what he did.
Proper title: Sir WWW.BigBoobyMamas.com ?
Poor AlGore, lost another recount I see.
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