Advice from Tim Berners Lee (inventor of the Internet) about email

In his blog, Tim Berners Lee (the inventor of the WWW) informs people emailing him what he will, and will not, accept in emails. It is very sensible advice and
I thought I would post it here - if you follow his way of doing things you will not have your computer infected half as much by malware

 

Cool....Then I Wont Email Him Ever

 

wtf... inventor of the internet? Bull, he'd be dead by now.

 

Well you need to read more history because the last time I checked - he was alive and working on a form of AI document browser. He also gave a lecture on Logic at MIT a few months ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Berners_Lee

This is what he is currently inventing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web

The man is generally acknowledged to be a living genius and if you go to his blog, you will see why
http://dig.csail.mit.edu/breadcrumbs/blog/4

 

I thought Bob Dole invented the internet...and pants

 

HA HA HA - I dont think so - I believe you will find Bob Dole invented transvestites and platform soled shoes. His wife is a mud wrestler from Iceland

 

He didn't invent the internet, just the WWW.

 

Thats right ! - my mistake !!!
Humph and until recently I used to point this same kind of mistake out to other people !
I have edited the original post but for some reason I cant change the title of the thread

Thanks for pointing that out - it will remind me to be more precise with language.

 

It was Al Gore that said he invented the internet. But I find that advice valuable and have used it for quite a while.

 

To be fair, his exact quote was "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet." Creating, not inventing. Creating, as in laying the groundwork to allow it to flourish.


"He sponsored the 1988 National High-Performance Computer Act (which established a national computing plan and helped link universities and libraries via a shared network) and cosponsored the Information Infrastructure and Technology Act of 1992 (which opened the Internet to commercial traffic)."

Source: http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp