Wednesday, August 29, 2007
A Modest Proposal: Vague but Exciting
(Via Thomas) History, especially scientific history, is littered with under-statements. I guess the most famous of the lot was Watson and Crick writing at the end of their paper, "it has not escaped our notice that the specific pairing we have postulated immediately suggests a possible copying mechanism for the genetic material."
This image below is destined to join the ranks of famous understatements. A certain Tim Berners-Lee submitted a proposal for an information management system to Mike Sendall, his boss at CERN. Sendall read the proposal and wrote, "vague but exciting." Berners-Lee continued his research, became a saint, and the world as we knew it was changed forever.
This image below is destined to join the ranks of famous understatements. A certain Tim Berners-Lee submitted a proposal for an information management system to Mike Sendall, his boss at CERN. Sendall read the proposal and wrote, "vague but exciting." Berners-Lee continued his research, became a saint, and the world as we knew it was changed forever.
