| Sep 22, 2007 @ 7:55 PM |
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ToucherinSparks
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This person created something that all of us still use today. In fact, you may be using it right now.
The person may use the following honoriffics after their name: OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA.
This person has been the recipient of several international awards including the Japan Prize, the Prince of Asturias Foundation Prize, the Millennium Technology Prize and Germany's Die Quadriga award.
Who is this person, and what's their accomplishment?
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| Sep 22, 2007 @ 8:01 PM |
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Laidback742
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Hey ... does Al Gore know about this? 
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| Sep 22, 2007 @ 8:08 PM |
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Loreli
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I don't know who, but I think it has to do with the Web 
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 12:49 AM |
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Heaveninawildflower
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Well, my guess was Windows and Bill Gates and when I googled him, I found he has indeed won all those honors, and then some.
So, did I win???
p.s. on Al Gore - he didn't invent the internet, he just worked really hard on making it accessible to 'the masses'...
Wiki said:
the "problem of giving ordinary Americans network access had exercised Senator Al Gore since the late 1970s" leading him to develop legislation that would alleviate this problem.[77] Gore thus began to craft the High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991 (commonly referred to as "The Gore Bill"[78]) after hearing the 1988 report Toward a National Research Network[79] submitted to Congress by a group chaired by UCLA professor of computer science, Leonard Kleinrock, one of the central creators of the ARPANET (the ARPANET, first deployed by Kleinrock and others in 1969, is the predecessor of the Internet).[80]
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 2:52 AM |
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carpediem48
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Oh darn it Heaven ...ya beat me to it...
Is there a prize and will Heaven share with me???
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 2:59 AM |
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Angel54214
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Sir Timothy John Berners-Lee 
OM - Order of Merit (British & Commonwealth)
KBE - Knight Commander (a British order of chivalry)
FRS - The Royal Society (London)
FREng - Royal Academy of Engineering (British)
FRSA - Fellows of the Society ( Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, RSA)
[Edited on 9/23/2007 3:09 AM]
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 3:14 AM |
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carpediem48
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Sheeesh Angel....ya beat me to it
If there's a prize will you share it with me
Dontcha hate it when somebody posts what you were going to say....it's all so anticlimatic 
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 3:19 AM |
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ToucherinSparks
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We have half a winner so far. Angel has the right person, but what did he do?
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 3:22 AM |
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SunBabe
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W-W-What did he do? ...wwwellll, I know. 
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 3:26 AM |
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ToucherinSparks
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Ok, so now we have two half winners. Angel gets the man, and the Babe gets the creation. Even though she is subtle about the wwwhole thing.
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 3:27 AM |
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Angel54214
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wwwellll, I know
Wonderful World We create
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 3:32 AM |
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Angel54214
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Darn Napit Sun!
Your...
Too Carnel Petty
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 3:33 AM |
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carpediem48
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Is ther a prize???
Since nobody believes me I don't expect to have a share....but...
just wondering...is there a prize???
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 3:36 AM |
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Angel54214
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Yes "carp" You get to share the...
Widower Window Washer
But you have to say that 3 times fast!
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 3:47 AM |
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SunBabe
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Yep, the prize is...an elephant under a rug. 
PS Touch...I wish they'd pull the www plug in Las Vegas What an embarassment to this state!
[Edited on 9/23/2007 3:49 AM]
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 3:49 AM |
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Angel54214
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Hey...Thats Dumbo and he is lost Sun!
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 3:49 AM |
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carpediem48
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sun...  ...you seem to be adept at pest control...I won't be back 
Angel...he's not lost...he's on his way to 'my' house
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 3:51 AM |
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Angel54214
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 I think I peed myself! carp Sunbabe is killing me 
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 3:56 AM |
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Angel54214
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Angel...he's not lost...he's on his way to 'my' house
carp...that's a hard trivia to persute I don't think even Dumbo can do it especially if he is carrying that rug on his back!
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| Sep 23, 2007 @ 3:57 AM |
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carpediem48
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Cross yer legs...and count to....wait a minute....if you peed you'd know it...
he 'thinking' process is not involved
peeing is something you feel...kinda like....another physical process which shall remain unamed 
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