arstechnica.com— Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, testified before a Congressional subcommittee today that open, royalty-free standards and universal access made the web a success.
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"Anyone miss the days when the web wasn't dominated by typo-ridden high school kids pirating everything under the sun and posting stupid "me too" posts on message boards? It used to be that only intelligent people used the Internet."Much of the pirating world existed pre-Internet. It was just decentralized to small networks of BBS's or single BBS systems. There has NEVER been a time when typos weren't considered "kewl" among this group of individuals.However, your statement regarding "me too" comments and posts is accurate, these did not exist in abundance till international forums started appearing. Many a time, someone from another country will want to indicate they agree with what someone says, but cannot elaborate for fear of being chastized because English is not their first language.As far as intelligence goes, I can't comment other then to mention you are using a popular website and one of the drawbacks of popularity is that it draws those that just want to be entertained, not those that are looking for an education.
I had a pic of Tim Berners-Lee in my cube at work. When people asked who he was, I'd say - he invented the World Wide Web. They'd ALWAYS laugh and make an Al Gore joke, and then I'd tell them no, he really did. Great guy. When he talks, I listen.
geekeeMar 2, 2007
Maybe Apple could learn a lesson from this. They should license their DRM, rather than keeping it proprietary.
Closed AccountMar 2, 2007
A lot of truth in that statement.
kooftMar 2, 2007
No I'm, aren't
yornMar 2, 2007
"Anyone miss the days when the web wasn't dominated by typo-ridden high school kids pirating everything under the sun and posting stupid "me too" posts on message boards? It used to be that only intelligent people used the Internet."Much of the pirating world existed pre-Internet. It was just decentralized to small networks of BBS's or single BBS systems. There has NEVER been a time when typos weren't considered "kewl" among this group of individuals.However, your statement regarding "me too" comments and posts is accurate, these did not exist in abundance till international forums started appearing. Many a time, someone from another country will want to indicate they agree with what someone says, but cannot elaborate for fear of being chastized because English is not their first language.As far as intelligence goes, I can't comment other then to mention you are using a popular website and one of the drawbacks of popularity is that it draws those that just want to be entertained, not those that are looking for an education.
zengonzoMar 2, 2007
<a class="user" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Bill">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore_Bill</a>Know your f**kin' history.
intangibleMar 2, 2007
Now we know Gore's Digg nickname: zengonzo!
catttttMar 2, 2007
I had a pic of Tim Berners-Lee in my cube at work. When people asked who he was, I'd say - he invented the World Wide Web. They'd ALWAYS laugh and make an Al Gore joke, and then I'd tell them no, he really did. Great guy. When he talks, I listen.
Closed AccountMar 2, 2007
You know what's scary? A LOT of people don't get that joke, and really think that Al Gore did invent the Internet
rebradMar 3, 2007
I have to object. Everyone knows that Al Gore invented the internet.