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Tim Berners-Lee on the Web

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the 20/20-hindsight dept.

notmyopinion writes "In a wide-ranging interview with the British Computer Society, Sir Tim Berners-Lee criticizes software patents, speaks out on US and ICANN control of the Internet, proposes browser security changes, and says he got domain names backwards in web addresses all those years ago."

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  1. Finally! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's about time he got on the web. I mean, it's like 15 years old. Everyone is on it these days.

  2. Looking back... by m85476585 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Looking back on 15 years or so of development of the Web is there anything you would do differently given the chance?

    I would have skipped on the double slash - there's no need for it. Also I would have put the domain name in the reverse order - in order of size so, for example, the BCS address would read: http://uk.org.bcs/members. The last two terms of this example could both be servers if necessary."

    He could do anything differently and he would drop a slash?

    1. Re:Looking back... by Tatarize · · Score: 4, Funny

      ech tee tee pee colon slash org dot slash dot dot org - Not as cool to say.

      There is a reason for the double slash. The double slash says it's the traditional format. The single slash signifies the domain name extension should go first. In the new-Berners-Lee format...

      For example.

      http://slashdot.org
      http:/org.slashdot

      Should both be allowed addresses. They aren't. But, because he did a double slash in the beginning we could actually flip the extention order and drop the slash and it wouldn't be confused with the original format. See, Sir Tim is such a foward thinker he added a worthless slash to save the day years later!

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    2. Re:Looking back... by arose · · Score: 2, Funny

      org.asm.nerd

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    3. Re:Looking back... by modecx · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hrmmm... Now if only we could get them to drive on the right side of the road...

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    4. Re:Looking back... by bjpirt · · Score: 1, Funny

      but we do.

    5. Re:Looking back... by amw · · Score: 2, Funny
      Its all part of the plan to confound foreign terrorists trying to drive here.
      Driving on the wrong side of the road helps, as well.
  3. From the Article... by Orrin+Bloquy · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Slashes should have been backwards as well, you tea-smoking Vance-Baggers."

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  4. Re:JACK ASS by oberondarksoul · · Score: 5, Funny

    Be nice; he invented the medium you're using to flame him... ;)

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  5. Re:JACK ASS by tha_mink · · Score: 4, Funny

    Be nice; he invented the medium you're using to flame him... ;)

    Doesn't make Henry Ford a good driver...

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  6. Re:JACK ASS by DigiShaman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes me lord. *voice of peon in WarCraft*

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  7. Re:But how could you make a jingle out of ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    so right now i'd be reading org slash? sounds rude.

  8. Re:A true Brit. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    If you're going to use bookmarks, portals and search engines anyway, why not leverage them fully and make all names/identifiers collision-free cryptographic names. Trademark problem: solved permanently.


    In fact, every machine on the internet could be given a unique 32 bit number. Then you could connect to it using that number as the name. That would be awesome!
  9. Already exists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's the ".myspace.com" TLD.

  10. Re:But how could you make a jingle out of ... by BluBrick · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps so, but these guys might be able to sell their domain name for a big ol' crapload of research funding!

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  11. Re:JACK ASS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Doesn't make Henry Ford a good driver...

    Maybe not, but he was a damn fine passenger.

  12. Re:A true Brit. by emag · · Score: 2, Funny

    No! 32 bits is too small! We'll have to go right to...128 bits!

    *gasp* 128-bits? Is that wise?

    What's the matter, Colonel Sanders? Chicken?

    (No, I have no idea why that popped into my head)

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  13. Do joo mean the symantec web? by MikeSty · · Score: 2, Funny

    That would just be so black and yellow and give everyone a warm fuzzy feeling. Only the feeling you get from, you know, knowing you're protected by Symantec and all ...

    startkeylogger

  14. Re:But how could you make a jingle out of ... by Archon-X · · Score: 4, Funny

    Glad you brought that up, I've been waiting for a semi-relevant posting for years now to ask the following question: Am I the only one that reads '.org' as 'orgy'?

    It's fun, it's naughty! Catholic.org! Nun.org! Starving-Panda.org! ..no, wait.

  15. Re:TLDs by Tim+C · · Score: 1, Funny

    OMG TIM IS TOOOOOOOOO CUUTE!!!!!11!!11!!!

    Aw shucks, they noticed!

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  16. Tim Berners-Lee quote'o'matic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A bit of TBL fun ... "Was it not Tim Berners-Lee who said..."