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Web Turns Fifteen (again?)
Accommodate Students writes "The BBC is amongst those reporting that the World Wide web has turned fifteen. However, 6 August 1991 is not the only date claimed as the 'birthday of the internet'. So, is it time to fight this out to declare an official birthday? Or can the Web carry on like the Queen with (at least) two birthdays per year? The BBC also have a Flash Timeline of 15 years of the web."
You know -- 10 seconds to the minute, 10 minutes to the hour and 10 hours to the day.
Nuts to the "Flash Timeline". The first article has a picture of the web - captioned: From its origins at the Cern lab the web has become a phenomenon
:-)
Now thats impressive
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
I already sent Al Gore a birthday card and a nice fruit basket.
Where were you when the voynix came?
..and she lies about her age.
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It must be 15 in imperial years this time...
I think we can keep recursing like this until someone returns 1
It's a really simple debate. Just edit the wikipedia entry so this birthdate becomes part of wikiality. The facts are far more important than the truth.
Developers: We can use your help.
"It must be 15 in imperial years this time..."
I think you have it figured out. Someone give the man a gallon of free bandwidth!
Where were you when the voynix came?
Just think about what the web will be able to do when it finally turns 18--namely look at itself!
This guy's the limit!
LETTERSPACING0 KERNING0Tim BernersLee formally introduced his world wide web project to the world on the alt.hypertext newsgroup.
It always boggles my mind when content management software and the output to the web gets so confused. Don't people test these things? I almost envision a new entry to the Fifteen Years list on BBC.
August, 2006
Content Management Craze Hits the Web
IT Managers around the world decide they have to install content management systems in order to be more "modern". The Internet collapses briefly until valiant web designers revert to simple text editors to recreate the web.
Where's the first AOL "me too" post?
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
Let us know when the web becomes "barely legal."
Multiple dates have been claimed as the birthday for the internet - so let's settle this by checking Wikipedia.
According to Wikipedia - the gold standard for such important questions - the internet was conceived on October 12, 1492. (Also worth noting, Carl Friedrich Gauss was the first person to hold the title of "webmaster".)
When do you think the birth of tbe internet was?
I guess when porn was introduced. Before that no one was using it. Am I right or am I right?
Can I bum a sig?
Didn't the Web just turn 2.0?
I'm Rocco. I'm the +5 Funny man.
Quite curious how the initials of the article turned out to be :)
Very similar to my wife, she's been turning "29" for at least 5-6 years now...
I don't think its the sort of thing you can put an exact date on.
The system goes on-line August 4th, 1997.
Human decisions are removed and replace with ICANN.
It begins to learn at a geometric rate.
It becomes aware of pr0n at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th.
In a panic, they try to pull the plug.
Carbon based humanoid in training.
Circumcision is child abuse.