The Britons? Who are the Britons?
Posted on 01/27/2005 5:45:13 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
TIM Berners-Lee, the man who invented and then gave away the World Wide Web, was picked today as epitomising the Greatest of Britishness – a quality finance minister Gordon Brown said was unique.
His selfless act added to modesty and ingenuity were deemed by a panel of judges to make Berners-Lee the Greatest Briton of 2004 in the first of what organisers said they hoped would become an annual event. Mr Brown, who opened the glittering award ceremony, said Britons were a wonderful people and invoked the bulldog spirit of World War II leader Winston Churchill – which he said was as valid now as in 1940.
Advertisement: "The true greatness of Britons ... lies in the extraordinary qualities of our people," he told guests at a gala dinner, citing fairness, civic duty, openness, wisdom and integrity.
"These are qualities that are more important now than they have been for many decades," he added.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ...
And pine and elm and gopher.
The Britons? Who are the Britons?
And when newsgroups weren't trashed out by crossposting etc !
Al Gore isn't going to like it that somebody else is taking credit for his invention.
I can't remember the last time I used Usenet.
Yes, been a long time here too. Google hosts them now.
Thanks for the link.
AS much as he doesn't like somebody else being President?
Well, that'd be a toss up.
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