nick
04-07-2004, 22:04
FEARS OF A GLOBAL INTERNET COLLAPSE are growing this week after the shock announcement that the man who runs the Worldwideweb is to retire
Lionel Thruxton, 63, has admitted that the job is getting to big for his aging shoulders. Speaking from his converted shed in Frampton-upon-Severn from which he runs the internet, he told reporters, "It's all a bit too much for me at my age. I started the internet as a hobby in 1989. I got the idea from my model railway set, with trains taking things from station to station, so I connected all the stations together and had a working prototype within weeks.
I thought it might be a cult fad, like CB radio, but it has turned into a worldwide phenomenon."
So if they can't find a replacement, it looks like the end of the internet. :(
Lionel Thruxton, 63, has admitted that the job is getting to big for his aging shoulders. Speaking from his converted shed in Frampton-upon-Severn from which he runs the internet, he told reporters, "It's all a bit too much for me at my age. I started the internet as a hobby in 1989. I got the idea from my model railway set, with trains taking things from station to station, so I connected all the stations together and had a working prototype within weeks.
I thought it might be a cult fad, like CB radio, but it has turned into a worldwide phenomenon."
So if they can't find a replacement, it looks like the end of the internet. :(