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Google Hires Vint Cerf

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that's-a-job-i-wish-i-had dept.

hsuwh writes "Google has hired Internet pioneer Vint Cerf away from MCI as its "Chief Internet Evangelist". "He is one of the most important people alive today," said [Google CEO Eric] Schmidt, who has been friends with Cerf for more than 20 years. "Vint has put his heart and soul into making the Internet happen. I know he is going to jump right in here and start shoveling out new ideas for Google.""

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  1. pew by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yet again google farts and it's news on slashdot.

  2. Vint by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    who?

  3. He did what? by tomstdenis · · Score: -1, Troll

    Invented the internet? Really? Wow....

    Let's see, take a some medium like IEEE 802.3 ... hook up IP routing tables ... um

    THATS WHAT THE NET IS... just really large scale. Why people pretend the internet is this magical construct is beyond me.

    I mean I have a "network" between 9 computers at my home. that's about as big as the ARPANET was in 1973 ... :-)

    But seriously, kudos for doing work THREE DECADES AGO. But let's not pretend for a second that it takes just one person to make the net.

    According to the wiki he invented [among other things but primarily] TCP/IP ... well that's good but it took Naggle to figure out properly flow control, who actually made IP practical? Did he invent DNS? What about NAT and firewalls? etc, etc, etc....

    To treat this guy as a god because 30 years ago he figured out that if you gave a box an address you could send packets to it ... my god, what a fucking genius! ...mumble.../rant

    Tom

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  4. Somewhat ironic that line... by suitepotato · · Score: 0, Troll

    I know he is going to jump right in here and start shoveling out new ideas for Google.

    Something about Google and shoveling just goes together so right given the massive piles of steaming **** poured out on the net in glowing praise of them when they are headed towards being every bit the behemoth IBM was and Microsoft is.

    Also, that shovelling might turn to bailing if Google stumbles and I don't doubt they will.

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  5. stop it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    dude, stop with the google posts, this dam website used to be a good place. Now it's gone in the shitter, every day something new about google. Look google took a piss, let's go watch them.
    Stop it.