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Posted by owl on 06/13/51 11:37
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"Scotius" <wolvzbro@mnsi.net> wrote in message
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> 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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