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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. allow me to get this joke out of the way first... by schnits0r · · Score: 4, Funny

    KHAAAAAAAN.....yea someone was gonna say it, it may as well be me.

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  2. Let's not forget by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Aretha Franklin won it, too. As long as we're talking about mighty national heroes, and such. Maybe we should show these two a little R- oh, god, I can't do it!

  3. I'm confused by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    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"

    Shouldn't it have been Al Gore?

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