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That's Sir Tim to You

andrew_j_w writes "British born creator of the web Tim Berners-Lee has finally received his Knighthood from the Queen. It's nice to a pioneer, who certainly not a household name, get such a high honour from the establishment. Hopefully more people will now recognise the great work he did!"

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  1. The real test of a knight by Qinopio · · Score: 5, Funny

    But will he say "ni!"?

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    1. Re:The real test of a knight by daeley · · Score: 5, Funny

      More likely:

      Queen Elizabeth: What manner of man are you that can summon up information with pictures and hyperlinks?

      Programmer: I...am a programmer.

      Queen Elizabeth: By what name are you known?

      Programmer: There are some who call me...Tim?

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  2. Whats next? by arieswind · · Score: 4, Funny

    Whats next? Thats SIR Bill Gates to you!

  3. From The Article... by Cavio · · Score: 5, Funny

    "He is now working on an idea called the "semantic web", which is about giving more meaning to what is on the web."

    I guess Slashdot might be described as anti-semantic.

    Braummph-Pumph Thanks! I'll be here all week

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  4. Sir Tim by Eravau · · Score: 5, Funny
    So is he now part of the Knights of the Round <TABLE>?
    1. Re:Sir Tim by Darth+McBride · · Score: 5, Funny
      I believe that would be:

      <TABLE class="Round">
      <KNIGHT>
      Sir Tim
      </KNIGHT>
      </TABLE>
  5. Wait... by Aadain2001 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought Al Gore created the internet/web?! :-P

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    1. Re:Wait... by josh3736 · · Score: 4, Funny
      So NOW we know what really happened!

      Tim and Al were roommates back in college.

      Tim just stole the floppy from Al's computer while he was sleeping and took all the credit.

      Al won't rest until he makes the cover of Wired.

  6. He will by mfh · · Score: 4, Funny

    He will say NI all the way to the forrest where he must cut down the largest imaginable tree with...

    (wait for it)

    A HERRING!!!!

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  7. In other news by Timesprout · · Score: 4, Funny

    Al Gore has challenged Sir Tim to a joust to decide who is the true inventor if the internet.

    "Verily I do declare tis I am the inventor of ye internet" said Al as he went looking on ebay for jousting poles and suits of armour.

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  8. What not to email Tim Berners-Lee.. by x.Draino.x · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought this was funny, slightly paranoid?

    Email is safe unless it contains programs. (Data and documents are fine, programs are not). If you send me a program, I will not run it, as it could damage my system and could be a virus. Note: Documents for Microsoft word, Excel, and possibly other Office programs tend to execute programs (scripts) in what you would expect to be harmless documents. These can expose my machine to viruses, because these programs do not (it seems) prevent scripts from running within a document when it received by email. Please do not send me Microsoft Office documents. If you are sending text, please send it as plain text or HTML. If you use your favorite word process, slide tool, etc, and send it in that program's format, then you are forcing me install proprietary software on whatever machine I read them on. . If your email is sent from Microsoft Outlook, and contains an attachment, I will be more likely to discard it as I understand that a famous series of viruses in 2001 resulted from Outlook's tendency to execute scripts in email, and used up a huge amount of my and my colleague's time.

    I think it should just say if you've been recently exposed to any Microsoft product, do not email me.

  9. Missing by Rexz · · Score: 4, Funny
    "It's nice to a pioneer, who certainly not a household name, get such a high honour from the establishment."

    Maybe he could now invent the verb.

  10. Oh Sure He's Knighted.... by DonElectron · · Score: 4, Funny

    But the man who invented duct tape lives in obscurity. The world is filled with insensitive clods.