The internet earns a nomination for 2010 Nobel Prize

ryanjoachim
ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
edited March 2010 in The Clubhouse
http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/the-internet-earns-a-nomination-for-2010-nobel-prize/?s=t5

Made me giggle a bit. Like they say in the article, if everyone on the internet got the award, what use would it be? I could definitely see **** sites strutting that logo!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited March 2010
    ryanjoachim wrote: »
    http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/the-internet-earns-a-nomination-for-2010-nobel-prize/?s=t5

    Made me giggle a bit. Like they say in the article, if everyone on the internet got the award, what use would it be? I could definitely see **** sites strutting that logo!

    The Father of the Internet, Mr. Al Gore will be there to accept...
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited March 2010
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    The Father of the Internet, Mr. Al Gore will be there to accept...

    and to collect on the $$$$
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited March 2010
    If the internet can be nominated for a Nobel...I have an old 'sneaker' that would like to throw its laces into the race!

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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited March 2010
    DSkip wrote: »
    I'm still frustrated that Obama won it last year. I don't understand what he did to earn it, rather than being a great orator.

    It's the past let it go.
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  • Hillbilly61
    Hillbilly61 Posts: 702
    edited March 2010
    DSkip wrote: »
    I'm still frustrated that Obama won it last year. I don't understand what he did to earn it, rather than being a great orator.
    Sherardp wrote: »
    It's the past let it go.

    I think it is a relevant statement and the Obama fans knows this win as being questionable as well. (This is not political, he simply did not do anything to win the award). If the Internet is being nominated, then that goes to show further questioned judgment by the committee that declares Nobel nominations.

    If a thing can be nominated, let's get more fundamental:

    * The cell phone - put telecommunications in more hands around the world than wired phone ever did - or -

    * The automobile - gave more people significant mobility than any other mode of transport ever did - or to get even more fundamental:

    * The printing press. Knowledge/Info could be easily distributed and it has informed the most people that has ever existed (living and dead).

    The Internet is among the latest of truly great things that mankind has figured out.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited March 2010
    LOL. These morons don't even know WHY the internet was invented!

    I wonder if someone from DARPA will be accepting:rolleyes:
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