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Re:The Web’s Inventor Regrets One Small Thing by RevRal on Monday October 12, 2009 @07:25PM (#877897)
I love it!

I always look at things in terms of man-hours. Forced piracy warnings before watching your DVD? A sin against human progress.

Though this isn't a big infraction, it all adds up.

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Re:The Web’s Inventor Regrets One Small Thing by hristov on Monday October 12, 2009 @07:52PM (#877927)
He has a good idea. Specifically, I think the government should put all of its accounting information online. Let us all see exactly how tax dollars are being spent. I bet people will find billions worth of waste.
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Re:The Web’s Inventor Regrets One Small Thing by anamax on Monday October 12, 2009 @11:14PM (#878231)
> I bet people will find billions worth of waste.

One man's waste is another man's income....

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Re:The Web’s Inventor Regrets One Small Thing by paulsmith on Monday October 12, 2009 @10:37PM (#878176)
He says he regrets the inclusion of the double-slash "//" after "http:", chalking it up as a programming convention at the time.

What was that convention, and where and why was it used, anyone know?

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Re:The Web’s Inventor Regrets One Small Thing by kvs on Monday October 12, 2009 @10:59PM (#878210)
Paths: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_%28computing%29
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Re:The Web’s Inventor Regrets One Small Thing by Hipponax on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @05:56AM (#878749)
Why do they refer to Sir Tim as "Mr" throughout the article.
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