The link you referenced had no reference that I could see to 'objective

You were supposed to have noticed this part:

By Christmas 1990, Berners-Lee had built
[...]
the first Web browser (named WorldWideWeb
[...]
it could run only on the NeXT
[...]

And then remembered that the preferred language of the NeXT boxen is Objective-C.

Imagine if your healthcare was run like Amtrak or the DMV. What a nightmare that would be.

Actually, I like my DMV. Right down the street, extended hours of operation (including Saturdays), website for most things (and timely processing if you go through the mail), lots of friendly people, short wait times.

Compare this with my HMO. I can get in easily enough, but my doctors are so swamped trying to cover as many patients (and trying to make as much money) as possible that it's usually 30-40 minutes after the nurse checks my vitals before I actually see the doctor. My healthcare benefits are provided by my wife's employer, so my options are limited unless I want to spend a boatload more money. Sure, it's technically private, but for me, my healthcare is essentially provided by a monopoly.

Maybe instead of trying to tear things down, you could stand up and ask for the people in charge -- you know, the ones you elect -- to put *competent* folks in public service, rather than people they owe a favor to. "Heckuva job there, Brownie..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_(web_browser) Mosaic was on Macs at the end of 1993.

NCSA Mosaic was not a commercial browser. It was freeware (actually, I believe it was released as public domain software) from the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. NCSA is at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, commonly known as UIUC. Check 'em out at http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/