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Tim Berners-Lee Attains Knighthood
sandalwood writes "Tim Berners-Lee has been promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire for coming up with that 'intarweb' thing we all use. Characteristically modest, he said that he was an ordinary person who created something that 'just happened to work out.' He will join luminaries like Isaac Newton, Francis Drake, and... Mick Jagger."
"Tim Berners-Lee", of course, is just a clever pseudonym for Al Gore. The article failed to mention this.
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..now he can slay orcs and save princesses like the best of us.
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Tim Berners-Lee Attains Knighthood does that come with +2 armour?
Rather than Mick Jagger.
Gawd bless 'er.
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.
The www is nothing more that the internet with a waffle iron attached to it.
Two words:
go pher.
It goes from God, to Jerry, to me.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Quidquid Latine dictum sit, altum videtur (anything said in Latin sounds important)
When will Al Gore get knighted? He invented the Internet, for chrissakes! (He said so on CNN)
The astounding thing was watching a video featuring a dozen guys hanging around a chalkboard laying out the eight or so connections that formed the forst internet web.
But which one of them got Forst Pist?
So, the next time England goes to war are Elton John, Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger going to be leading the charge?
They're only famous a few decades after death - that's how it works. We should kill them now, for posterity :)
"There are some who call me...Sir Tim
And without the Brit's strong national identity, what would become of the Irish Republic, which is based largely on "we're not Britain!" for national identity :-).
I for one, welcome our British web overlords.
Whatever else a knighthood brings with it it's got to be a great pickup line and a geek can use all the help available.
"Academicians are more likely to share each other's toothbrush than each other's nomenclature."
Cohen
Don't you mean:
"itth thill a good read even for thothse with no interetht in lithp?"
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I don't understand. I thought Elton John was a queen.
In America, the royals are the sons and daughters of the greatest of all the robber barons.
In Britain, the royals are the sons and daughters of the greatest of all the feudal barons [which is the same as robber].
In America, you are allowed to become a noble or start a new line of nobility by getting filthy rich and then buying yourself a Senator. You can then pass your wealth to your children so they can be nobles for having done nothing.
In Britain, the Queen hands you a medal, and then you can possibly get a seat for yourself and your descendants in the House of Lords. You can then pass your wealth to your children so they can be nobles for having done nothing.
At least in the UK, the monarchy has a lot of interesting history behind it, and some way cool outfits. Swords and capes! Now that is cool. Plus, the titles are awesome - for the king when the next one is: "His Most Britannic Majesty".
In America, well, we just say, "Mr.Gates".
This is my sig.
On his return, he was reported to have taken rook E4
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Good for him! and about time too.
And why stop at a knighthood? They should make him an Url.
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Hehe...I read your post and thought of the first "Naked Gun" movie:
Leslie Neilson: "Protecting the, uh, safety of the Queen is a task gladly accepted by Police Squad. For no matter how silly the idea of having a Queen may be to us, as Americans we must be kind, considerate hosts."
Sig it.
Blessed +5 Dragon Scale Mail, in fact, if you're willing to put up with the -57 aura of sheer geekliness.
Tweet, tweet.
Well, by definition, no, unless you subscribe to some of the weirder resolutions to the "Grandfather Paradox".
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... out of your butt and just have a laugh!
You make Al Gore seem like the life of the party.
- sigs are for wimps.
Good to see Knighthood now represented at MIT's innermost, by a Midknight Kommander no less!
Let's hope Gnighthood is next for RMS.
So, for example, someone called Tim Berne in 1950 would, if they were to bounce a cheque in 1962, miss a credit card payment in 1965, and then declare bankruptsy twice, would be called "Tim Berners-Lee".
You are not alone. This is not normal. None of this is normal.