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

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

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  4. 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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  5. 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!
  6. 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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  7. 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.