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Tim Berners-Lee Attains Knighthood

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the looks-good-on-a-resume dept.

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."

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  1. Hi! by j0nkatz · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!

    --
    Don't mod me, bro'!!!!
    1. Re:Hi! by spicedhamhawg · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Oh, come on, mods! You give +5 funny to the Al Gore joke (not that it wasn't funny) and you have a first post with a Monty Python reference on an article about being a Knight (that's pronounced "Kuhniggit," mind you) modded at -1?

      I never was 100% sure before now, but I at last realize that the mods really and truly are on crack. As your punishment, you must chop down the mightiest tree in the forest with... ... well, I'm not going to tell you. Get your sorry butts down to the video store and rent (yes, rent, don't download) a copy of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and then complete that sentence for yourselves.

  2. fp~!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you know it baby!!!!

  3. IVar SIver :( by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP suxxxx0rz!!!!!!!!1111111 CANDLE TRUCK

  4. I WANT TO PUT MY PEE PEE IN YOUR POO POO HOLE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Browse SourceForge - Shop ThinkGeek - freshmeat Downloads - Newsletters - Personals (ha!) All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest (C) 1997-2003 OSDN Browse SourceForge - Shop ThinkGeek - freshmeat Downloads - Newsletters - Personals (ha!) All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest (C) 1997-2003 OSDN Browse SourceForge - Shop ThinkGeek - freshmeat Downloads - Newsletters - Personals (ha!) All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest (C) 1997-2003 OSDN Browse SourceForge - Shop ThinkGeek - freshmeat Downloads - Newsletters - Personals (ha!) All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest (C) 1997-2003 OSDN

    I WANT TO PUT MY PEE PEE IN YOUR POO POO HOLE

    I WANT TO PUT MY PEE PEE IN YOUR POO POO HOLE

  5. Well then... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wasn't that intelligent?

  6. MOD PARENT TROLL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    puhleeze

  7. PORKCHOP SANDWICHES!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.dreamwill.net/giwoah/
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  8. So... by JFMulder · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... when will Al Gore made knight too?

  9. Re:Fist Sport! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Why did the little Arab boy run away from home?

    He didn't like the way he was being reared!

    Why did the little arab boy go back home?

    He couldn't leave his brother's behind!

  10. Re:ROR ROR ROR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    so you want a man to suck you off?

  11. In Soviet Amerika... by AmericanKleptocracy · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    ...law enforcement carries out random searches of your vehicles!!!


    New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey warned revelers headed to New York City to expect long delays at bridges and tunnels - and to prepare for random stops and searches.

    "We understand this may infringe on civil liberties but most of all we have a responsibility to keep our families safe," he told CNN.

  12. It Amazes Me.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well i never....

    "The first public demonstration of the Edison's incandescent lighting system was in December 1879, when the Menlo Park laboratory complex was electrically lighted."

    Joseph Swan of Newcastle upon Tyne, England is however better known for his development of the incandesscent filament electric lamp. This was the first practically usable electric light bulb and the first demonstration of this source of electric light was performed by Swan at the Literary and Philosophical Society of Newcastle upon Tyne on February 3rd 1879.

    Swan's demonstration proved to be a success and at Benwell in the western suburbs of Newcastle, he established the world's first electric light bulb factory. Later Swan went on to light up Mosley Street in Newcastle City Centre which became the first street in the world to be lit by electric light. By 1881 Swan's light bulbs had arrived in London where 1,200 of them were used in the lighting the Savoy Theatre in front of an astonished audience. From the `Darkness' of the north, came light for London.

  13. Re:Serious Question by Art+Tatum · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Everyone is more affected when something happens to someone they know, either personally or publically.

    I still think it's silly. But even that explanation doesn't deal with the Scott Peterson craze. I don't think hardly anyone knows the man. The immediate family and friends care; the judge, jury, and lawyers need to care; nobody else should even be hearing about it.

    In fact, I find it kind of offensive. It's none of our business, and I consider it very bad manners to be prying into the life of someone with whom you aren't intimately acquainted. That's why I so rarely watch TV news, I suppose.

    PS> If you think the US media spends too much time covering things *you* don't care about, try the BBC. It's pretty good in my experience.

    BBC World Service is too far to the left for my taste, though I enjoy watching the British comedy programs occasionally.

  14. Re:Don't you have to be English to be knighted? by Elektroschock · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I wonder wether the UK could be both monarchy and democracy. A non-elected head of state and persons could be knighted (when they are from the Commonwealth). I remind you what Jesus said about it in Matthew 23:

    4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

    5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

    [..]

    And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.

    10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.