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Father of Pong Honored At White House

Posted by Zonk on from the regret-that-I-have-but-one-pong-to-give-to-my-country dept.

Gamasutra reports that Ralph Baer, the man whose work inspired the game Pong, will be honored in a White House ceremony on February 14th. He is to receive the 2004 National Medal of Technology. From the article: "The award, which is America's highest honor for science and technology, goes to those who 'have helped commercialize new technologies, create jobs, improve American productivity, and stimulate the Nation's economic growth and development', and was established by Congress in 1980."

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  1. Obl. bash.org quote by Psionicist · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://bash.org/?9322

    <tag> Ouroboros: lets play Pong
    <Ouroboros> Ok.
    <tag> |    .
    <Ouroboros> .    |
    <tag> |  .
    <Ouroboros>    . |
    <tag> | .
    <Ouroboros>      | .
    <Ouroboros> Whoops

  2. 2004? by planetjay · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is that a typo or is the government really that slow now?

    1. Re:2004? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      The selection process is running on an Atari 2600.

  3. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 2, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  4. Re:Criteria for national metal by Saxophonist · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...improve American productivity...

    In other news, the guy who coded Microsoft Solitaire gets invited to a similar awards ceremony in New York, hosted by Mayor Bloomberg.