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Vint Cerf on the Future of the Net

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the got-net? dept.

johnd writes "The internet is set to become the basis for just about every form of communication, according to net pioneer Vint Cerf, and he should know what he is talking about. Not terribly in depth, but an interesting read all the same."

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  1. IP on ... by jc42 · · Score: 2, Funny

    At a conference some years back, I noticed that Vint Cerf was wearing a t-shirt that said "IP on everything".

    Sorta sums it up ... ;-)

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    1. Re:IP on ... by Ralph+Yarro · · Score: 3, Funny

      I noticed that Vint Cerf was wearing a t-shirt that said "IP on everything".

      Yes, we say just the same thing at Canopy and SCO.

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  2. It's not already? by xmuskrat · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can't remember the last time I've had human contact that wasn't over a computer...

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    1. Re:It's not already? by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 2, Funny

      I can't remember the last time I've had human contact that wasn't over a computer

      I do it over the photocopier myself

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  3. Re:Ohfercryinoutloud by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 1, Funny

    What is this, the third "I, Vint Cerf, Creator of the Internet

    I'll second that. What a liar!

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  4. I can see it already... by crimson30 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Mr Cerf has proposed extending the net to other planets"

    l33td00d: ph34r my l33t skillz!
    marvin01: I have an Iludium pew-36 Explosive Space Modulator that can blow up the entire planet.
    l33td00d: haha n00b! I pwn j00!
    marvin01: Soon I will finally be able to see Venus clearly.
    l33td00d: ha! I w1ll fuxX0r j00 up, l4m3r!
    marvin01: Look outside, Earthling!
    l33td00d: wtf!? .........

  5. Knowitall by Doc+Ruby · · Score: 2, Funny

    Vint oughta know; he's been claiming credit for inventing the Internet since Al Gore was in Vietnam.

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  6. Vint Cerf... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Isn't that how a German pronouces "Wind Surf"?