Teh Interwebs Turn 20
http://tech.msn.com/news/articlecnet.aspx?cp-documentid=18574200>1=40000
They had no idea what they unleashed that day.
greed and death
14-03-2009, 06:12
thank god they discovered it how else would i get porn with out it
Vault 10
14-03-2009, 06:44
This is not so. Actually the Web dates from 1993, not 1989. Web AWKI, about 1995-1998.
That one of thousands of dudes who came up with ideas of Internet all around the 80s did so in 1989 doesn't mean anything significant, and considering he didn't even come up with Internet specifically, unlike others... well, that kinda doesn't mean anything at all.
Heinleinites
14-03-2009, 07:26
How come they didn't mention Al Gore?
Svalbardania
14-03-2009, 07:38
How come they didn't mention Al Gore?
It's the uber-neo-conserva-nazis trying to cook the globe to bring on the rapture.
Heinleinites
14-03-2009, 07:46
It's the uber-neo-conserva-nazis trying to cook the globe to bring on the rapture.
Uhh..what?
Gauntleted Fist
14-03-2009, 07:50
It's the uber-neo-conserva-nazis trying to cook the globe to bring on the rapture.Global warming, ftw! :p
Uhh..what?... :(
The Alma Mater
14-03-2009, 08:19
How come they didn't mention Al Gore?
Because they are talking about the (world wide) web, not about the internet. There is a difference ;)
Heinleinites
14-03-2009, 08:42
Because they are talking about the (world wide) web, not about the internet. There is a difference ;)
In that case, everyone knows that giant silicon spiders built the web, not some English guy.
What? Hey, it's three am, you want the high-quality funny you have to be around for prime-time.
Risottia
14-03-2009, 10:33
How come they didn't mention Al Gore?
'cause Internet =/= WWW
H N Fiddlebottoms VIII
14-03-2009, 13:20
'cause Internet =/= WWW
A useless distinction in this fast paced world of things that go "Squeak!" when you squeeze them.
UNIverseVERSE
14-03-2009, 13:28
Well, Berners-Lee is generally credited with devising the WWW, and it sounds like about the right time, so it seems vaguely reasonable. Of course, it isn't actually the internet, but we can excuse complete ignorance on the behalf of journalists, I suppose.
Actually, they're roughly three years early if they're talking about the WWW, and (depending where you count from) 15-20 years late if they're talking about the internet proper. Ah well.
Yootopia
14-03-2009, 13:39
http://www.cracked.com/video_16610_insane-true-story-behind-birth-internet.html
Relevant :D
http://www.cracked.com/video_16610_insane-true-story-behind-birth-internet.html
Relevant :D
No worky in firefox.
Yootopia
14-03-2009, 13:47
No worky in firefox.
Works in my firefox :S
Works in my firefox :S
Apparently my security settings are more draconian than yours.
greed and death
14-03-2009, 13:49
Apparently my security settings are more draconian than yours.
a paranoid type. 100 dollars to whoever hacks his computer and replaces all his files with 2 girls 1 cup.
Pure Metal
14-03-2009, 14:22
This is not so. Actually the Web dates from 1993, not 1989. Web AWKI, about 1995-1998.
That one of thousands of dudes who came up with ideas of Internet all around the 80s did so in 1989 doesn't mean anything significant, and considering he didn't even come up with Internet specifically, unlike others... well, that kinda doesn't mean anything at all.
well, i'm no expert, but Sir Tim is credited with the www. protocol, building on his, and others', work on http and the Dynatext SGML reader. but his particular model of URL-DNS-IP communication is pretty essential to the way the web works today, even if it wasn't the only model (DNS-IP goes back to ARPAnet, so i understand). to say he single-handedly invented the internet is going too far, but the man deserves credit where it is due.
UNIverseVERSE
14-03-2009, 15:41
well, i'm no expert, but Sir Tim is credited with the www. protocol, building on his, and others', work on http and the Dynatext SGML reader. but his particular model of URL-DNS-IP communication is pretty essential to the way the web works today, even if it wasn't the only model (DNS-IP goes back to ARPAnet, so i understand). to say he single-handedly invented the internet is going too far, but the man deserves credit where it is due.
TBL deserves credit for the WWW, or at least most of it. The internet, however, is something different, and predates the web by quite a lot.
greed and death
15-03-2009, 08:15
I am going to lay this to rest for all time. the internet was invented by George Washington Carver. It ran on peanuts.
Pissarro
15-03-2009, 08:19
I am going to lay this to rest for all time. the internet was invented by George Washington Carver. It ran on peanuts.
No, it was discovered by Alexander Fleming in a petri dish.
greed and death
15-03-2009, 08:51
No, it was discovered by Alexander Fleming in a petri dish.
just another case of the white man trying to steal the invention of the black man.