"Linked Data is a sub-topic of the Semantic Web". Its latest technical effort, imho, is RDFa. So, its not like what you portrayed, more like a machine readable way to access web addressable data for re-purposing. See http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.html

I wonder if those ads that we ignore then become subliminal messages. Are we still being programmed?

If I'm not mistaken, General Relativity was also 'derived' by another physicist who considered space-time as elastic and thus gravity as a springiness, in contrast to a mass deforming a space-time continuum. But, General Relativity was/is beautiful. Could the final GUT, if ever found be ugly?

Does your company also insist on reading comprehension? The original topic was about an individual's workstation. What does that have to do with reboot a production box?

Greenfoot: http://www.greenfoot.org/about/ The thing is, most people are not "meant" to be programming. That is really a weird thing, really. Life is for taking showers and stuff. So, that's why I recommend Greenfoot; first see if someone is even interested. See more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_programming_language