inventor of the WWW uses a . . .

pfflampfflam
Posted:
in General Discussion edited January 2014
MAC





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  • Reply 1 of 12
    ipodandimacipodandimac Posts: 3,273member
    score one for us!
  • Reply 2 of 12
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    And he developed the original WWW on a NeXT box. 2 points for Uncle Steve.
  • Reply 3 of 12
    wrong robotwrong robot Posts: 3,907member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by pfflam

    MAC





    ahem...MAC?





  • Reply 4 of 12
    ipodandimacipodandimac Posts: 3,273member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Wrong Robot

    ahem...MAC?









    we'll assume he was shouting it and doesn't think that 'Mac' is an acronym.
  • Reply 5 of 12
    dmband0026dmband0026 Posts: 2,345member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Wrong Robot

    ahem...MAC?









    Yes...I saw it too. You beat me to the punch this time.



    Say it with me now.

    Mac = Macintosh, as in the computer.

    MAC = Media Access Control

  • Reply 6 of 12
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    and while you're at it, say what it is too.



    Now, the real news here is something else: He won an award!



    Quote:

    Berners-Lee was declared the first winner of the Millennium Technology Prize, which is provided by the Finnish Technology Award Foundation. ? Berners-Lee, who won a prize of one million euros (£671,064 or $1,209,190.22), now works at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston.



    More power to this man!
  • Reply 7 of 12
    cubedudecubedude Posts: 1,556member
    I believe he was also knighted by the queen of England.
  • Reply 8 of 12
    matsumatsu Posts: 6,558member
    That's not Al Gore.
  • Reply 9 of 12
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Umm... was not the internet based on the communication net between US armed forces bases / universities? And was it not "invented" by a large group of people that did not intend it for the purpose that we use it for today?
  • Reply 10 of 12
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Remember, though:



    The Internet != The WWW.
  • Reply 11 of 12
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Oh I see,

    my bad.

  • Reply 12 of 12
    ps5533ps5533 Posts: 476member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by pfflam

    MAC









    Of Course he does? what else could he possibly use!?!?!??!1/1/1/1?!?!?!?!?!?!







    PS
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