When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's permission (2006)

Re:When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's pe... by gjm11 on Saturday February 07, 2009 @11:12AM (#471199)

One-para summary: Tim Berners-Lee, in mid-2006, arguing for network neutrality, pointing out that it isn't the same thing as "you shouldn't be able to pay more for better internet service" and that regulation is not always a bad thing (e.g., a market economy wouldn't work so well if there weren't laws against forging currency).

(His one-sentence summary of the network neutrality principle: if A and B both pay for access to the net with at least a certain quality of service, then they should be able to communicate with at least that quality of service.)

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Re:When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's pe... by unalone on Saturday February 07, 2009 @11:23AM (#471208)

I know it's vogue to summarize articles in comments, though I'm not sure why, but this is ridiculous. His article is 11 short paragraphs - each one shorter than one of your two paragraphs. It fits on a single page even if you have a small screen and a narrow web browser. Why is a summary at all necessary?

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Re:When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's pe... by rms on Saturday February 07, 2009 @11:36AM (#471219)

Most people read the comments first.

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Re:When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's pe... by iamwil on Saturday February 07, 2009 @11:56AM (#471237)

I tend to do the opposite since I figured the comments would affect my reaction to it.

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Re:When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's pe... by unalone on Saturday February 07, 2009 @12:58PM (#471311)

So you rewrite the article and summarize it for the people who wanted to see commentary before content? If the commentary is summary, it starts to become a joke.

I understand it for Steve Yegge articles, but this? Christ, some people must be very, very lazy.

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Re:When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's pe... by gjm11 on Saturday February 07, 2009 @03:06PM (#471423)

rms is right, vaksel wrong: the point is that most people read the comments first, and depending on what they see there may not even read the original article (there was a discussion of this not so long ago).

Yes, this article is short, but I think the HN title is actively misleading. I'd never have guessed from the title that it had anything to do with network neutrality; would you?

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Re:When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's pe... by Raphael on Sunday February 08, 2009 @02:08AM (#471969)

I thought it was about domain names.

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Re:When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's pe... by bmelton on Sunday February 08, 2009 @12:36PM (#472264)

I thought it might be a spoof on Al Gore. :-\

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Re:When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's pe... by vaksel on Saturday February 07, 2009 @11:33AM (#471214)

free karma

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Re:When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's pe... by alecco on Saturday February 07, 2009 @11:39AM (#471220)

Same for posting here things already in the top of proggit.

Here is one that might get to the top too, and it doesn't seem to be submitted to HN already. Quick!

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/7vkmc/father_of...

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/18/kahn_net_neutrality_...

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Re:When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's pe... by vaksel on Saturday February 07, 2009 @11:44AM (#471224)

not exactly. After all thats the whole point behind a site like this. To submit articles that other people would find interesting.

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Re:When I invented the Web, I didn't have to ask anyone's pe... by alecco on Saturday February 07, 2009 @11:48AM (#471227)

<captain style="obvious">I just found it ironic you pointed the "free karma" finger.</captain>

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