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Ask Dr. Vinton Cerf About the Internet

Posted by Roblimo on from the more-honorary-degrees-than-some-people-have-socks dept.

If anyone can claim to have "invented the Internet," (or at least to have co-invented it) it's Vint Cerf, who never makes this claim himself. But he's certainly had a hand in shaping most of what we call "the Internet" today, and is now working on taking the Internet or something like it to Mars and other planets. A Google Search for "Vint Cerf" brings up thousands of responses, so you should have no trouble coming up with a unique, interesting question for him. (As is usual with Slashdot interviews, we'll send 10 of the top-moderated questions to Dr. Cerf about 24 hours after this post, and publish his answers shortly after he gets them back to us.)

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  1. Early days of the net by El_Smack · · Score: 3, Funny


    What was it like working with Al Gore?

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  2. The question on everyone's mind by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    All those years ago did you ever imagine that things like http://goat.se would appear? In hindsight, is there anything you could have done to plug that hole, so to speak?

  3. In spite of your humbleness, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    would you allow the phrase "surfing the net" to be changed to "cerfing the net"?

  4. So should we really say by utexaspunk · · Score: 2, Funny

    that we are "Cerf"ing the net? (sorry, i had to say it)

  5. Re:Better place? by unicron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Follow up question: Has fire made this a better world, and how do you feel about the wheel and agriculture?

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  6. Re:Negatives of the 'Net by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That's easy. Not enough porn. Next question, please.

  7. OSI vs. TCP/IP by bluestar · · Score: 5, Funny

    TCP/IP was originally designed as interim solution until OSI could be finished. When do you expect that to happen?

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  8. When the Digital Pearl Harbor happens... by Rogerborg · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Secret Service/NSA/FBI/CIA assure us that evil criminal masterminds and cyberterrorists are poised to take down the internet and cripple the global economy at any moment. Given the accuracy of their past predictions, this too will surely come to pass. When it does, the government will need a scapegoat, and fast. I think we know who that will be.

    My question is: where do you plan to hide, what psueodonym will you adopt, and will you be travelling in company with Al Gore?

    Don't worry, we won't tell them. This is just between you and us.

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  9. Which term do you hate more? by gosand · · Score: 4, Funny
    Which term do you hate more:

    Information Superhighway

    Cyberspace

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  10. Re:Al helped build the Intenet by richie2000 · · Score: 3, Funny
    Yes, Al misspoke. But he was also crucial to the Internet being what it is today, so he gets some points.

    Al Gore's karma: Good (mostly affected by popular vote):

    -1, Political Exaggeration
    +2, Crucial Contribution

    This senator is currently rated +1, Insightful but Boring.

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  11. So... by bloo9298 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did you design the Internet for p0rn or mp3s?