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Posted by Scotius on 06/12/72 11:37
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 16:31:13 -0800, Martin Janssen
<mj25@supersaucesteamroller.ca> wrote:
>Apparently GW Bush's grandfather is responsible for coming up with the
>idea of hypertext:
>
>"Many consider Bush to be the Godfather of our wired age often making
>reference to his 1945 essay, "As We May Think." In his article, Bush
>described a theoretical machine he called a "memex," which was to
>enhance human memory by allowing the user to store and retrieve
>documents linked by associations. This associative linking was very
>similar to what is known today as hypertext. Indeed, Ted Nelson who
>later did pioneering work with hypertext credited Bush as his main
>influence (Zachary, 399). Others, such as J.C.R. Licklider and Douglas
>Engelbart have also paid homage to Bush.
>
>Bush's innovative idea for automating human memory was obviously
>important in the development digital age, but even more important was
>his influence on the institution of science in America. His work to
>create a relationship between the government and the scientific
>establishment during WWII changed the way scientific research is carried
>on in the U.S. and fostered the environment in which the Internet was
>later created."
>-from http://www.ibiblio.org/pioneers/bush.html
>
>
>W could have really shamed Gore when he made his Internet creation
>claim, yet he didn't. I think that shows his character.
Vannevar (not sure I'm spelling that correctly) Bush was the
man behind the idea of Memex. I think he even originally coined the
term "hypertext", although it was a far different type of thing
structurally (obviously) than what we know as hypertext.
I don't know if he was a relative of the ancestors of GW Bush
though. I don't recall reading that he was, and may have heard in the
mass communications class that he wasn't.
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