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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. Oh God.... by QuasiCoLtd · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Great... I hear the Great Al Gore Joke/Debate already comming....

  2. Re:Don't you have to be English to be knighted? by shadowcabbit · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Actually, isn't it a stipulation of American citizenship that you can't accept any titles or honors granted by foreign sovereignties (specifically knighthood)? That would make Rudy's knighthood a little difficult for me to believe, unless there's some weird loophole that I don't know about.

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