Posted by Martin Janssen on 01/15/06 13:03

President, GOP Liars Club wrote:
> 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.

What about him?

He did not come up with the idea of hypertext in 1945, ***BUSH*** did.

Sir Berners-Lee just implemented what had already been envisioned. He
wasn't even the first to do that, Ted Nelson was with Xanadu.

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