Auction at Sotheby’s www source code will be auctioned

Status: 23.06.2021 12:35 p.m.

It is basically the founding document of the World Wide Web: 9550 lines of programming code. Now the original files of the inventor Tim Berners-Lee come under the hammer.

From Peter Mücke, ARD Studio New York

“This changed everything” is what Sotheby’s calls the auction quite immodestly. Which, for once, shouldn’t be an exaggeration – because who would deny that the World Wide Web has actually changed almost everything. Even if its inventor Tim Berners-Lee was probably not aware of this when he presented his proposal for a system for the exchange of information on March 12, 1989.

It started at CERN

At that time, the British computer scientist was working at the European nuclear research center CERN and had the problem that parts of the laboratories are located on Swiss territory and other parts on French territory. Because the two countries had different network infrastructures, he developed a system that was supposed to facilitate the exchange of information across borders. This original programming code comprises 9550 lines and has since dictated the basic structures of the Internet: the page description language HTML and the transfer protocol HTTP and the identifier URI. A revolution – not just for the scientific world for which the project was actually intended.

Invented the Internet code: the British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee. Image: picture alliance / dpa

Digital collector’s item

Even if the code has long been “open source” – that is, freely accessible to everyone – it is now going under the hammer: the original files, provided with a time stamp and a signature from Berners-Lee, together with a digital poster that visualizes the source code and a letter from the scientist from 1989 in which he describes his project. Everything is conveniently packed in a so-called NFT – a “non-fungible token”. This is a kind of digital certificate of authenticity that is stored on a so-called blockchain. It should prove that the virtual object is unique – even if any number of digital copies can exist. The collector’s item of the digital age, so to speak.

Minimum bid $ 1000

As a computer scientist, it is only logical to auction his invention as such an NFT, says Berners-Lee. It feels right to put your signature under an all-digital artifact. The online auction lasts a week and starts with a minimum bid of $ 1000. The proceeds will go to a foundation.

After the auction houses had long blocked the auctioning of such NFTs, they have been doing this for some time good sales with digital art . Most recently, the auction of works by crypto artist Pak at Sotheby’s raised $ 17 million. At Christie’s, an NFT of a collage by digital artist Beeple changed hands for just under $ 70 million

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This eventually led to a complete abandonment of dedicated television systems over telephone lines. Instead, various video conferencing facilities use data networks and the Internet to make calls. Today, people use apps to communicate, although the technology is still available to anyone who wants to use it, most people don’t bother showing up with the person they communicate with, instead they prefer texting, emailing or simple phone calls. Video phone calls have been around for a while, but they have barely changed the world. People are still communicating through voice more than the video alternative, and that’s hard to change. Fiske reader Bradley Allen Fiske made many inventions throughout his life. Of course, not all of these inventions are welcome, like his telescope for naval guns. One such invention, the Fiske Reader, sought to change the way the world absorbs information, but it could not keep pace with the world’s readers. 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Many other problems that make Daylight Motion Pictures a thing of the past, ultimately still do not change anything and movie theaters still need to watch movies in dark rooms. Cinerama Long before IMAX, the best way to watch widescreen movies was through a process called Cinerama. It was developed by the motion picture industry to counteract the growing trend of television. It was first used in 1952, when This is Cinerama, which premiered in front of a cheerful and enthusiastic crowd on Broadway. The new format projects video onto three large, deeply curved screens, creating extremely large images. It is considered the future of watching movies. However, it never got hold of the market, and in the end it fell into oblivion. The problem with Cinerama technology is, at least initially, it requires three projectors (and three projector drivers) to perfectly synchronize their projections at the same time. 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The Ho Chi Minh City Post Office, also known as the Central Post Office, is an ancient architectural work built by the French in 1886-1891, located at the Paris Commune Commune Square, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. Minh. During more than a century of existence and through many regimes, the work still retains its function as a post office. Located next to Notre Dame Cathedral, the Post Office is a beautiful architecture, in harmony with the urban landscape and an attractive tourist destination for tourists coming to Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City Post Office has contemporary Western Beaux Arts architectural style combined with oriental decorations, designed by architect Villedieu and his assistant Foulhoux. The building has a sophisticatedly decorated facade with delicate details. Above the main gate facing the square, there is a round clock and records the year of construction: 1886-1891.

Outside, the front of the building is decorated in rectangular boxes, on which the inventors of the telegraph and electricity industries are registered. Above and below the registration box is covered with delicate flower and leaf relief.

The main hall interior space of the building is impressive with rolling arches and roof light windows. This is the place where customers deal with postal service counters; Currently, this is also a place to sell souvenirs for tourism.

In the middle of this space, there are rows of tables for people to sit and write letters.

The architectural features inside the building are extremely delicate with rolled arches and steel columns.

The main entrance to the lobby and the foyer system are made of iron with sophisticated floral decorations.

Even the roof drainage pipes are also sculpted aesthetically.

The two sides of the wall in the hall have two antique maps. The first plate is titled: Saigon et ses environs, 1892 (Saigon and surrounding areas, 1892).

The second plate is titled: Lignes télégraphiques du Sud Vietnam et du Cambodge, 1936 (Vietnam and Cambodia telegraph line, 1936).

The floor is tiled with cement tiles with many rich motifs.

The post office still maintains public telephone cabins – a hallmark of a time. Currently, a number of cabins are converted into rooms for ATMs.

Now few people come to post offices to send mail and mobile phones are dominant, but the Ho Chi Minh City Post Office is always crowded with tourists to visit and buy souvenirs.

The souvenir counter is located in the front hallway. This place is very crowded, especially foreign visitors.

They are very interested in souvenirs bearing Vietnamese cultural identity.

With beautiful space and architecture, the City Post Office is an attractive wedding photography spot for many couples.

Visitors here cannot forget to take souvenir photos in front of this wonderful architecture.