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Mother of Internet Speaks Out

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-that's-a-big-baby dept.

Anonymous Coward writes to tell us that Radia Perlman, sometimes called the "Mother of the Internet" for her invention of the spanning tree algorithm used by bridges and switches, recently gave a very candid interview with NetworkWorld. From the interview: "The taste of whoever is in the funding agencies tends to cause everyone to look at the same stuff at the same time. Often technologies get hot then go away. There was active networking for a while, which always mystified me and has now died. In security the money is behind digital rights management, which I think ultimately is a bad thing -- not that we need to preserve the right to pirate music, but because the solutions are things that don't solve the real problems in terms of security."

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  1. What a good first post by evil_roy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    even if I say so

    1. Re:What a good first post by evil_roy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I should've taken much more time with this.

  2. Someone's Going to Say it... by linuxrunner · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So I may as well just be first:

    "I thought the mother of the internet was Al Gore's Mom??? " ...

    Let hilarity ensue ---> NOW

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    www.slightlycrewed.com - Because aren't we all?
    1. Re:Someone's Going to Say it... by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      "I thought the mother of the internet was Al Gore's Mom??? "

      No it was Al Gore's wife you sick, sick, twisted individual.

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      May the Maths Be with you!
  3. Re:momma by citadelgrad · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yes i am bait of the flame variety. Sorry it was too funny not to say something. "...I must warn you that I am not that qualified as a female."

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    Losers whine about doing their best ....

    Winners go home and f*ck the prom queen!
  4. Rhea Perlman? by ToxikFetus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rhea Perlman is the Mother of the Internet? I bet that sassy broad knows how to keep those sys admins in line. Oh... Radia Perlman. Nevermind.

  5. Mother, you had me, but I never had you... by digitaldc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In security the money is behind digital rights management, which I think ultimately is a bad thing

    What is a mother to do when she realizes all her children care about is making money?

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    He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
    1. Re:Mother, you had me, but I never had you... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Retire.

  6. Internet Joint Stewardship of Earth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Alarming developments on the Internet include the rise of machine intelligence and a Technological Singularity.

    A Singularity Timeline presages the Internet culminating in joint robot-human stewardship of the planet.

    The Joint Stewardship of Earth is taking shape as a proposal in the field of international law.

    TeleLiving invites the participation of superior robots and inferior humans in the Joint Stewardship of Earth

  7. Re:Wrong anchortext: Mother of Internet by malsdavis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But dumbing down and catering for non-nerds = more readers = more cash.

  8. Al ? by deanj · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Al had a sex change?

  9. MOD PARENT UP! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod parent up because he or she is not a moron.