Posted by President, GOP Liars Club on 01/15/06 04:25

Martin Janssen 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.

What about Tim Burners-Lee. See
http://ieee.cincinnati.fuse.net/reiman/03_2000.html

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