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[quote]If the Internet wins the Nobel Peace Prize, do we all get a trophy?
Several nominees for the prestigious 2010 prize, which was awarded last year to President Obama, surfaced on Wednesday in news reports. Among them: "The Internet" and, separately, several of the Web's creators, including Larry Roberts, Vint Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee, who is pictured above.
If one of those guys wins, it's pretty clear who would receive the award.
But if the Internet wins? No one seems to know what would happen then. Maybe give it to Al Gore?
The Internet's credentials aren't bad. Recently, it helped speed relief efforts to Haiti and organized protesters in Iran. Wired Magazine in Italy, which has been advocating for the nomination, says it spreads "dialogue, debate and consensus."
That and, as Chatroulette showed us, porn.
The truth is that the Internet is designed as a fairly neutral platform - and it's used both for good and ill. That's perhaps why the nomination has sparked so much debate - ahem - on the Internet.
Some Web sites, including the tech blog Mashable, have asked whether Wired Magazine in Italy is raising the issue to try to get publicity. One commenter on that blog wrote: "This is a really dumb idea for a bunch of smart people ... I think it is just a publicity stunt on Wired's part."
Others say it's silly to give the Nobel Peace Prize to a thing instead of a person.
The who-will-accept-this-award thread is becoming a running joke online:
"If the Internet wins the Nobel Peace Prize, I really hope a cat accepts the award," Twitter user @joyengel wrote, in an apparent reference to the goofy LOLcats meme.
The Internet has an unprecedented amount of competition. There were more Nobel Peace Prize nominees - 237– this year than ever before, according to news reports.
Not all of the Peace Prize nominations have been made public. Lots of people, from professors to government officials, can submit nominations for the prize.
The prize winner will be announced in October.
If the Internet wins, who do you think should get the prize? And do you think it would be deserved?[/quote]
Fuck yes we do fucking deserve it because we are so motherfucking peaceful
let these faggots give us the nobel prize or kill them
oh fuck
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4chan is peaceful
what? i think i should get the prize
They better upload a high-res image of a Nobel Prize trophy for us all to cut out.
I still don't know why Obama won the Nobel prize. What the fuck did he do other than being the first black president?
[QUOTE=SteelReal;23436429]I still don't know why Obama won the Nobel prize. What the fuck did he do other than being the first black president?[/QUOTE]
being the first black president
[QUOTE=SteelReal;23436429]I still don't know why Obama won the Nobel prize. What the fuck did he do other than being the first black president?[/QUOTE]
wow you found a way to bash Obama in this topic? I admire your dedication.
Or maybe a Paper craft one.
Whoops automerge.
[QUOTE=Dr. Freeman;23436434]being the first black president[/QUOTE]
The winner is supposed to get it for doing something extraordinary that benefits all of mankind.
[QUOTE=SteelReal;23436472]The winner is supposed to get it for doing something extraordinary that benefits all of mankind.[/QUOTE]
then he got it for not letting McCain win.
Them there internets is priceless and don't you forget it boy.
[QUOTE=SteelReal;23436472]The winner is supposed to get it for doing something extraordinary that benefits all of mankind.[/QUOTE]
Keeping Sarah Palin out of the White House, and subsequently out of Alaska.
Hezzy gets the award.
[QUOTE=Upgrade123;23437378]Hezzy gets the award.[/QUOTE]
No, the web creators are being nominated.
Who goes and accepts it?
[QUOTE=IStanI;23439188]No, the web creators are being nominated.[/QUOTE]
But Hezzy [B]IS[/B] the internet.
[QUOTE=Zackin5;23436455]Or maybe a Paper craft one.
Whoops automerge.[/QUOTE]
They would officially get points in my book if they uploaded a papercraft nobel peace prize somewhere.
Al Gore would accept the award.
If my calculations are right, every internet user gets $0.00077677209 of the $1.4 million. I guess that'd be like a hundred Zimbabwean dollars.
[url=http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm]Source[/url]
Mikfoz should get it.
[QUOTE=DrLuke;23440431]Mikfoz should get it.[/QUOTE]
If they can find him...
As I said before, the creators\creator of the www and html should be awarded.
The army made Internet.
[QUOTE=Sector 7;23436583]then he got it for not letting McCain win.[/QUOTE]
So true.
I thought these people were meant to be smart.
The internet is not a person. If it's anything, we should nominate the MEN AND WOMEN who developed the internet.
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But if the Internet wins? No one seems to know what would happen then. Maybe give it to Al Gore?[/quote]
Whoever wrote this article is brilliant.
Tim Berners-Lee's kids go to the school I went to.
Remembers me of the time when the computer was Times "Man of the Year". Probably give the price to google and donate the money to some internet research thingy.
[QUOTE=Sector 7;23436583]then he got it for not letting McCain win.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Omali;23437126]Keeping Sarah Palin out of the White House, and subsequently out of Alaska.[/QUOTE]
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