A revolution at 20

thehindu.com — A British physicist's frustration with varied data formats and computers coming to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) laboratory in Switzerland from different countries in 1989 launched a revolution that today's generation takes for granted. Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1990 and published the first website on August 6, 1991 with the address http://info.cern.ch, giving shape to a single information network. Aug 19, 2011 View in Crawl 4

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anomaly100 Aug 19, 2011

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Why so "Blue" Dr. Socks?

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Sockrates Aug 19, 2011Submitter

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"Ba--LU--E" as in not "Ba--oo", audible "BLUE"; progress!! :)

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anomaly100 Aug 19, 2011

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As in booberry! D'oh! That went right over my-our head. Blue is good. I like blue. I like blueberries and blue states:-)

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comgen Aug 19, 2011

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"..That went right over my-our head..." -- anomaly100

..might still be hoovering.......... :-) Anyway, progress is good Doc...was nice to hear you without having to strain my ears.....what's next on the vocab list ? "Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor" ?? :-)

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