Obama Names National Medal of Science, Technology & Innovation Winners

alphadogg writes Computer scientists who made breakthroughs in areas such as software architectures and database management systems were among those named National Medal of Technology and Innovation winners by President Barack Obama. These awards, along with the National Medal of Science, are the nation's highest honors for achievement and leadership in advancing the fields of science and technology. Overall, 18 medalists were named.

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Re:A warmonger with a Nobel Peace Prize...

[bill_mcgonigle]

If a war criminal wants to give you a prize, the proper thing to do is to refuse it.

Obama the Nobel Prize Winner?

[Anonymous Coward]

Really? I'd decline a prize from him, in order to avoid destroying the meaning of the award.

I always like to say I'm a NPP winner myself

[NotSoHeavyD3]

The way I figure it is like this, I've done nothing for peace. Oddly enough that's way more than quite a few people that have won it. (Like Arafat and Kissinger) Therefore logically I must have won it as well. (Since I did more for peace) Of course when people ask where my prize is I say they probably lost it in the mail. Either that or they're still trying to get through the list of people that also did more for peace by doing nothing and are ahead of me alphabetically.