WWW Inventor Knighted
Posted by Matthew on Wednesday December 31, 2003 @02:28PM
from the ministry-of-silly-traditions dept.
Matthew writes: Queen Elizibeth II has knighted Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the HTTP, HTML, the web server, and the web browser.
From transcripts of the ceremony: “We, being duly impressed with the service of this, our subject, and, having browsed the web on little harry’s marvelous laptop, and having found it useful and entertaining, Do make thee Sir Berners-Lee, Knight Commander, Order of the British Empire, until death, and do confer upon thee the rights, priviledges, and perquisites due said title.”
Sir Berners-Lee, while excited about being able to collect rent from anyone in England upon demand, claimed trepidation about leading troops into battle.
“When I developed the Web, I wanted to steward it to its full potential. I think we’re way past its full potential now, and into the realm of the silly and useless.”