[olug] Knighthood for 'father of the Web'

[Vincent.Raffensberger at dtn.com]

I'm totally unimpressed. 
He had the opportunity to join the more elite order of those who have 
declined Knighthood 
(http://www.indystar.com/articles/7/106312-8267-010.html).

Royalty is such a useless sham.  Exalting and pampering one person above 
all others because of their pedigree?
I'm glad I'm not British and since I'm not, I'll stop ranting now.  :)




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Just saw this on news.google.com, very cool...

Knighthood for 'father of the Web'
Berners-Lee believed the Internet should be free for everyone.

LONDON, England (CNN) -- The computer wizard dubbed the "father of the
World Wide Web" is to receive a knighthood for services to the Internet. 
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/12/31/britain.honors.webman/
...of course, "He wrote the program which would later become the Web for
his own private use while working at the European particle physics
laboratory, CERN, near Geneva in 1991."

What I found most interesting, was his hacker spirit... =)

"He studied at the Emanuel School in Wandsworth and went on to read
physics at Queen's College, Oxford, where he was banned from using the
university's computer when he and a friend were caught hacking.

The student's response was to build his own computer, using an old TV set,
a Motorola microprocessor and a soldering iron, all funded by his job in a
sawmill."

now thats just impressive.

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