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ACM to Honor TCP/IP Creators with Turing Award

Posted by Zonk on from the i-heart-packets dept.

bth writes "The New York Times reports that Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn will receive the ACM Turing Award. According to the ACM website: The Association for Computing Machinery, has named Vinton G. Cerf and Robert E. Kahn the winners of the 2004 A.M. Turing Award, considered the "Nobel Prize of Computing," for pioneering work on the design and implementation of the Internet's basic communications protocols." Commentary from Groklaw also available.

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  1. This is a travesty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    How could they have left out Al Gore?

  2. Turing what? by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 0, Funny
    Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn will receive the ACM Turing Award.

    Does this mean they got TCP/IP running on a Turing Machine?

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  3. the father of SMTP certainly will not win by the_2nd_coming · · Score: 4, Funny

    ever!!!!

    but I bet the father of the protocol that sits on top of SMTP to add SPAM protection will.

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  4. Re:About time by smittyoneeach · · Score: 1, Funny

    And it wouldn't have happened at all if not for a very open, standards-based approach.
    See, the DOD isn't AFU.

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  5. I won that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least I think I did. I was communicating with the award via a teletype and hed to guess whether it was a real award or a computer simulation of one.

  6. TCP part by mboverload · · Score: 2, Funny

    We all know /IP is just leeching off TCPs success!

  7. Re:It's suprising by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Calling C++ a "finest idea" makes you a pervert.

  8. I am just waiting for... by cr0y · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...The RIAA/MPAA to award these guys with their 'own' award. Arguing that the invention of TCP/IP enables people to pirate intellectual property.

    You laugh, but it wouldn't surprise me.

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  9. Re:About time by mboverload · · Score: 4, Funny
    Forget TCP, it's all about UDP. In fact I'll switch to UPD transfer now:

    I se dad pepe n y back yrd.

  10. Is William Shatner presenting the award? by ddkilzer · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The 2005 Turing Award goes to Vinton G. Cerf and Robert E. KAAAAAAAAAAAAAHN!!!!!"

  11. Turing award? by spongman · · Score: 2, Funny

    does this mean we won't be able to tell the difference between talking to them and talking to real people?