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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. Changing the 'Net by bytesmythe · · Score: 2, Redundant

    I would like to know what thing you would change in the modern Internet that you think would make it better. Less regulation? A different protocol? A method of removing vulnerable points to eliminate certain types of network-based attacks? Built-in encryption? Or something else entirely that most users haven't even dreamed up yet?

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    bytesmythe
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  2. Huh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Didn't Al Gore invent the internet?

  3. Cerf the internet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Its weird how people who are credited with creating something sometimes appear to have their name involved with it in subtle ways. e.g. Its widely believed (although not necessarily true) that Thomas Crapper invented the toilet.

    Is it just a coincidence that your last name is Cerf and many people now 'surf the internet?'.

    Discuss, use examples.

  4. Just Imagen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Imagen a beowulf cluster of these!

  5. So... by brooks_talley · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ...How many "Cerf the Net" jokes have you heard? What's the best one?

    -b

  6. web-cerfing by terrified · · Score: 0, Redundant

    don't you hate that it's not called "Cerf-ing" the net?

  7. Re:Answer by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Oh. That makes sense.

    My best guess is, he's agin it. ;)

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