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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Tue Apr 30, 2013, 07:07 AM Apr 2013

Cern re-creating first web page to revere early ideals

A team at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) has launched a project to re-create the first web page.

The aim is to preserve the original hardware and software associated with the birth of the web.

The world wide web was developed by Prof Sir Tim Berners-Lee while working at Cern.

The initiative coincides with the 20th anniversary of the research centre giving the web to the world.
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According to Dan Noyes, the web manager for Cern's communication group, re-creation of the world's first website will enable future generations to explore, examine and think about how the web is changing modern life.

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Cern re-creating first web page to revere early ideals (Original Post) dipsydoodle Apr 2013 OP

I remember the first time I saw CERN's FTP site. tridim Apr 2013 #1

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1. I remember the first time I saw CERN's FTP site.

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Tue Apr 30, 2013, 01:46 PM

Apr 2013

It blew my mind... I still remember the first thing I said to my buddy, "This is going to change EVERYTHING!" Berners-Lee was probably saying the same thing.

At the time I was dialing into my University's VAX, which was 100% free and not password protected. Ahh, the good ol' days.

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