That's Sir Tim to You 249
andrew_j_w writes "British born creator of the web Tim Berners-Lee has finally received his Knighthood from the Queen. It's nice to a pioneer, who certainly not a household name, get such a high honour from the establishment. Hopefully more people will now recognise the great work he did!"
The real test of a knight (Score:5, Funny)
Whats next? (Score:5, Funny)
From The Article... (Score:5, Funny)
"He is now working on an idea called the "semantic web", which is about giving more meaning to what is on the web."
I guess Slashdot might be described as anti-semantic.
Braummph-Pumph Thanks! I'll be here all week
Sir Tim (Score:5, Funny)
Wait... (Score:5, Funny)
He will (Score:5, Funny)
(wait for it)
A HERRING!!!!
Re:Wait... (Score:4, Funny)
Gore created the Interweb.
Re:He will (Score:4, Funny)
Hey! He was in King Arthur! (Score:4, Funny)
(Damn--what's a good Web designer combat weapon?)
Re:The real test of a knight (Score:5, Funny)
Queen Elizabeth: What manner of man are you that can summon up information with pictures and hyperlinks?
Programmer: I...am a programmer.
Queen Elizabeth: By what name are you known?
Programmer: There are some who call me...Tim?
Geat a load of the replacement titles. (Score:2, Funny)
Instead of acclaimed artists, musicians, writers, scientists, community volunteers and entrepreneurs taking the title Sir or Dame, they would become Companions of Honour.
Who would want to be called a 'Companion of Honour'? It sounds like a fancy name for a pricy hooker.
Re:Wait... (Score:5, Funny)
Tim and Al were roommates back in college.
Tim just stole the floppy from Al's computer while he was sleeping and took all the credit.
Al won't rest until he makes the cover of Wired.
In other news (Score:5, Funny)
"Verily I do declare tis I am the inventor of ye internet" said Al as he went looking on ebay for jousting poles and suits of armour.
What not to email Tim Berners-Lee.. (Score:4, Funny)
Email is safe unless it contains programs. (Data and documents are fine, programs are not). If you send me a program, I will not run it, as it could damage my system and could be a virus. Note: Documents for Microsoft word, Excel, and possibly other Office programs tend to execute programs (scripts) in what you would expect to be harmless documents. These can expose my machine to viruses, because these programs do not (it seems) prevent scripts from running within a document when it received by email. Please do not send me Microsoft Office documents. If you are sending text, please send it as plain text or HTML. If you use your favorite word process, slide tool, etc, and send it in that program's format, then you are forcing me install proprietary software on whatever machine I read them on. . If your email is sent from Microsoft Outlook, and contains an attachment, I will be more likely to discard it as I understand that a famous series of viruses in 2001 resulted from Outlook's tendency to execute scripts in email, and used up a huge amount of my and my colleague's time.
I think it should just say if you've been recently exposed to any Microsoft product, do not email me.
Ob Monty Python quote (Score:3, Funny)
Of all the Monty Python movies, that is the only exchange that has ever annoyed the hell out of me. I don't know why.
-tim
Re:must be depressing (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Sir Tim (Score:5, Funny)
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Oh sweet god (Score:2, Funny)
Missing (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe he could now invent the verb.
special reward for advancing globalization (Score:1, Funny)
"You've done more to destroy the middle class than any man in the last 50 years."
"Here is a piece of paper that shows our gratitude to you."
ESL on Slashdot? (Score:3, Funny)
> get such a high honour from the establishment.
Er..."Some people have a way with words. Others not have way." - Steve Martin.
Re:Hey! He was in King Arthur! (Score:4, Funny)
I warn thee to keep back, or I shall unsheath my IE-only htm file that's ridden with broken JavaScript, popup windows, Flash advertisements, and 500KB-gifs that were composed making excessive use of Kai's Power Tools!
Re:Wait... (Score:4, Funny)
"During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet -- IN JAPAN!"
Oh Sure He's Knighted.... (Score:4, Funny)
congrats! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wait... (Score:1, Funny)
He was instrumental, because while he was 21 and the ARPANET was expanding, he was in his dorm room downloading and whacking off to porn. This helped to create the Internet as we know it today.