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Berners-Lee Says Internet Will Make Kids Creative
ErikPeterson submitted a story where Tim Berners-Lee (if you need explanation, you're reading the wrong site) is interviewed about how on-line life will make our children more creative than us. He makes various points and predictions about what the internet will do.
And he also predicts that the semantic web will take off Real Soon Now. ;-) (Where real soon is t + 5 years for continuously evaluated t.)
The people who designed the tools that make the Net run had their own ideas for the future. I look forward to seeing what the next generation does with these tools that we could not have foreseen...
#1> Gimie you're IP and Ill hax0r ya rite aw4ay...!
#2> 127.0.0.1
#1 connection reset by peer
gtkaml.org
And also more 40 year old virgins...
Seems to me it would make them more creative at three things...
1. Finding a way to send IM's to each other at school without the admin noticing.
2. Find ways to get to game/pr0n sites that filters block.
3. Find ways to appear working, while actually not.
An interesting story from #3...
A friend of mine was supposed to be doing some work for history at school, but didn't know that the computers had sound. (his work was in another window) He went to stupidvideos.com, and started to play a clip, but then the computer belted out, "Stupid Videos!" and then the sounds of someone doig something stupid. Thinking fast, he hid the taskbar and switched to the window with his work. The teacher never found out who it was playing the stupidvideos.
N-American children will most likely be more creative again than W-European children. This is caused by overly worried parents in N-America installing all kinds of filters, which the children have to circumvent to get to where they want to go. In W-Europe this is done a lot less, thus not making the children equally creative.
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Who would've thought that the inventor of the World Wide Web would declare it is good for people and society as a whole?
Next up on Slashdot: Authors reviewing their own books!
I'm a big tall mofo.
This article is BS. I have tried many times to explain to my girlfriend why I spend so much time with my boxen. She won't accept...
1. I'm searching for deals on diamonds.
2. Just 10 more minutes.
3. It is cheaper than going out and partying.
4. Theres nothing but crap on TV (which is true)
If I told her I was working on "expanding my creativity" I am pretty sure she would "creatively" kick me in the nuts.
From tfa:
Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web.
I CALL BULLSHIT!
We all know Al Gore invented teh interweb!
Ubuntu is an African word meaning 'I can't configure Debian'
...ow. I think my brain cells just died.
Many Bothans died to bring you this sig.
it isn't a new friend.
Ahh! You! hmph... shut up!
Don't listen to him... he's just being mean... you're my BEST friend!
"Oh, a lesson in not changing history from Mr I'm-my-own-Grandpa." - Dr Hubert Farnsworth
As far as proof goes, look at all the fat and lazy kids today.
if you don't know what is a Tim Berners-Lee, you are on the wrong medium.
Well duh, of course not. They'll be thinking of oral sex like everyone else.
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Good one! Say, have you heard about that "All your base" stuff yet? It's a hoot.