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Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn Awarded Medal of Freedom

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the still-waiting-for-mine dept.

3l1za writes ""President Bush on Thursday announced the recipients of this year's Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civil award." Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn -- for their design of "the software code used to transmit data over the Internet" -- are among those to be honored next Wednesday. "

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  1. Unfortunate it wasn't sooner by suso · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I find it less impressive since its being given by Bush. I realize that its more than the president that desides who receives such an honor. But still, for them to receive a medal of freedom from such a tyrant is disheartening.

  2. Re:What about Jon Postel? by CyricZ · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't think that a man as truly great as he was would really give a damn about a politically-charged bullshit medal such as this.

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  3. Re:They should turn down the medals. by shanen · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Yes, but not for that silly non-reason. Dubya has been the most anti-scientific president in a long time. Probably of all of them, but certainly the greatest enemy of science of any president I know about. He's only giving these cheap awards as another cheap political move to pretend he supports science while he continues to cut the budget for real research and real education and push for pseudo-science like "intelligent design".

    Rejecting these medals would at least blow the cheap gesture back in his face, and it's barely possible the embarrassment would do some good. Perhaps Dubya can borrow a few billion more from the Chinese to support some real science?

    That's a joke, son. Laugh.

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  4. Re:I'm confused by shanen · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Was that supposed to be a joke? If so, it wasn't funny. It's just a very tired old lie. If you think it was a joke, you should include an emoticon signifying "This is a joke, but I'm not a moron and I know it isn't funny." In addition, you should register for a sense of humor transplant.

    If it wasn't a joke, then you mush be a mindless Bushevik of some stripe, and I have a favor to ask of you. Please designate me as your foe. That will make it much more convenient to ignore your futher blatherings. If you wish to make it mutual, then you can adjust your own settings to reduce the visibility of your foes.

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