stefan
08-06-2011, 02:30 PM
Happy 20th Birthday, World Wide Web!
Slate
http://www.bogley.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=46891&stc=1&d=1312666049
“Here you are, just a gleam in Dad’s eye.”
On Aug. 6, 1991, a scientist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) named Tim Berners-Lee unveiled a project for organizing information that he called the World Wide Web. Of the many individual projects that went into creating the Internet as we know it, this was one of the most significant steps toward bringing the Internet to the general public. In honor of the World Wide Web’s 20th birthday party, we’ve dug up some embarrassing baby photos for the occasion.
In 1989, Berners-Lee submitted a proposal for a linked system of information to keep track of all the documents at the laboratory. He called it “Mesh” at the time (http://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html), but later went with “World Wide Web.” He boss responded that the idea was “vague but exciting.”
http://www.bogley.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=46892&stc=1&d=1312666049
“Already embarrassed to be seen with Dad.”
The earliest Web browsers, pictured here with Berners-Lee, had a graphical interface like a modern browser’s.
http://www.bogley.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=46893&stc=1&d=1312666667
“Remember that old heap where we lived? That was a state-of-the-art home back then.”
This computer—which was designed by a company called NeXT headed by Steve Jobs—functioned as the Web’s first server. As the note on the computer unit warns, if it was turned off then the entire system would become unavailable.
more photos ...
http://www.slate.com/slideshow/business-tech/happy-20th-birthday-world-wide-web/#slide_1
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Slate
http://www.bogley.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=46891&stc=1&d=1312666049
“Here you are, just a gleam in Dad’s eye.”
On Aug. 6, 1991, a scientist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) named Tim Berners-Lee unveiled a project for organizing information that he called the World Wide Web. Of the many individual projects that went into creating the Internet as we know it, this was one of the most significant steps toward bringing the Internet to the general public. In honor of the World Wide Web’s 20th birthday party, we’ve dug up some embarrassing baby photos for the occasion.
In 1989, Berners-Lee submitted a proposal for a linked system of information to keep track of all the documents at the laboratory. He called it “Mesh” at the time (http://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html), but later went with “World Wide Web.” He boss responded that the idea was “vague but exciting.”
http://www.bogley.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=46892&stc=1&d=1312666049
“Already embarrassed to be seen with Dad.”
The earliest Web browsers, pictured here with Berners-Lee, had a graphical interface like a modern browser’s.
http://www.bogley.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=46893&stc=1&d=1312666667
“Remember that old heap where we lived? That was a state-of-the-art home back then.”
This computer—which was designed by a company called NeXT headed by Steve Jobs—functioned as the Web’s first server. As the note on the computer unit warns, if it was turned off then the entire system would become unavailable.
more photos ...
http://www.slate.com/slideshow/business-tech/happy-20th-birthday-world-wide-web/#slide_1
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