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One of the benefits to hanging out with Mom and Dad is the ability to read the Sunday paper. Today, there was the magazine that profiled the "MIT 150: 150 fascinating, fun, important, interesting, lifesaving, life-altering, bizarre and bold ways that MIT has made a difference" that is in celebration of MIT's 150 years.
MIT is near and dear, as my dad spent over thirty years in the labs of computer science (before they WERE the labs of computer science) - back when computers took up whole rooms and were relatively simple machines (the first "bug" in the system was an actual bug - a moth - and I believe it was at Harvard...). My dad retired as the Associate Director of the Lab of Computer Science back in '96. And he was directly involved in number one on the list: The World Wide Web Consortium (he served as chairman for several years I believe).
In fact, I believe #81 actually hired him back in 1962. I have vague recollections of Mr. Licklider who coined the phrase that titles this post.
And there are other names on the list of people I've met, or heard about (hello #148, you weirdos! And when the bridge was rebuilt they remeasured it to get the current accurate Smoot measurement - using the current Smoot in attendance - his son.)
And okay, while some would argue #150 having a place on the list... I agree! But still find it funny.
For the full list you can go here and read all about it:
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/specials/mit150/mitlist/?page=full
MIT is near and dear, as my dad spent over thirty years in the labs of computer science (before they WERE the labs of computer science) - back when computers took up whole rooms and were relatively simple machines (the first "bug" in the system was an actual bug - a moth - and I believe it was at Harvard...). My dad retired as the Associate Director of the Lab of Computer Science back in '96. And he was directly involved in number one on the list: The World Wide Web Consortium (he served as chairman for several years I believe).
In fact, I believe #81 actually hired him back in 1962. I have vague recollections of Mr. Licklider who coined the phrase that titles this post.
And there are other names on the list of people I've met, or heard about (hello #148, you weirdos! And when the bridge was rebuilt they remeasured it to get the current accurate Smoot measurement - using the current Smoot in attendance - his son.)
And okay, while some would argue #150 having a place on the list... I agree! But still find it funny.
For the full list you can go here and read all about it:
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/specials/mit150/mitlist/?page=full
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