Chapter 954 World Wide Web
"What a genius idea, a very interesting and useful program!" Mark couldn't help but admire the evaluation scores, and then asked Zhang Hao to test the other two computers.
Zhang Hao immediately transplanted the program over through the networking of three computers, and then ran the program. After a while, the test results of the other two computers came out. Looking at the three results, Mark couldn't help but admire them.
I have to admit that Zhang Hao's program is really good. Although this program is not very useful for computer professionals like them, it is very useful for ordinary computer users. Ordinary people can use this program to evaluate the performance of their computers and choose the most suitable computer to buy and use.
Unfortunately, although this program is good, it is not very useful for commercial purposes. If it is sold, Mark feels that computer companies will not be very interested in this program and will not promote it.
After all, if such a program exists, it is not a good thing for computer companies. In this way, they will not be able to use commercial means to fool customers when selling computers. Customers can use this program to compare products, which is very disadvantageous to computer companies.
When Mark expressed his opinion, Zhang Hao also agreed, because he had considered this point after designing the program, so he had not thought about commercializing the program.
But even so, Mark felt that Zhang Hao's computer skills were not bad. Just as his cousin Jimmy said, Zhang Hao was a very good college student. No wonder he specially brought Zhang Hao to visit him this time.
"Can you leave this program to me?" Mark asked.
"Of course, if you need it." Zhang Hao replied with a smile.
"But I can't afford to buy it. You know, although it's good, it has no commercial use." Mark explained specifically.
"I understand Mark. This program is just a hobby of mine. Besides, it would be a good thing if it can be promoted through you." Zhang Hao didn't care at all and waved his hand.
"OK!" Mark nodded happily and glanced at Jimmy beside him. It seemed that his cousin's classmate and roommate was indeed a good talent. No wonder he brought him here.
"Cousin, Mike's Chinese food is very good. Let's make Chinese food today and you can try it." Jimmy had a sandwich at the airport for lunch. Several hours had passed since he got on the plane and he was already starving.
Seeing that Zhang Hao and Mark were about to continue chatting, Jimmy couldn't help but interrupt them. He touched his belly and said, "There's no rush to chat for a while. Can't you fill your stomach first?"
Mark was stunned, then burst into laughter, and at the same time, he was curious about whether what Jimmy said was true or not. However, Zhang Hao had been with Jimmy for a long time, and had long been immune to his actions. He smiled and said that if Mark did not refuse Chinese food, he would make dinner today. He brought some seasonings with him when he came. He didn't know if Mark's family had prepared anything. If not, it was still in time to go to the supermarket.
Mark told Zhang Hao that he usually had very simple meals due to his work and there was nothing to cook at home. In this case, Zhang Hao asked Mark where the nearby supermarket was. Mark said there was no need to ask and they could just go shopping together. The three of them went out and ran to the nearby supermarket to buy a lot of food.
After arriving home, Zhang Hao started to prepare the ingredients. Jimmy consciously helped out. As for Mark, he didn't know anything, so he just waited for dinner.
Because Zhang Hao didn't know Mark's taste, he specially made a few light specialties, and then took care of Jimmy and made braised pork and eggs for him.
When the dishes were served, Mark's eyes widened in surprise at the sight of the food on the table. Jimmy was already starving at this time and was about to start eating, but Mark quickly stopped him and asked him to wait. Then he quickly ran to the room to find a polaroid camera, took several horizontal and vertical pictures of the food on the table, and then put down the camera with satisfaction.
Mark opened a bottle of red wine and poured it for everyone. He offered to cook such a sumptuous meal for Zhang Hao to express his gratitude and welcomed them to his home.
The three of them clinked their glasses and happily started eating. Although Mark's family had no chopsticks but only knives and forks, they still enjoyed the meal very much. The three of them chatted while eating, and the content of the chat was nothing more than the small program Zhang Hao had just made, and gradually talked about their respective studies and lives.
Mark was slightly surprised when he learned that Zhang Hao was not only studying his current major, but was also an excellent model aircraft enthusiast when he was in China, and that he had even achieved very good results in world model aircraft competitions.
Mark also had a strong interest in model airplanes, but he was not as professional as Zhang Hao, so he couldn't help asking some questions about model airplanes. Zhang Hao didn't hide his questions, and answered all of Mark's questions, carefully explaining a lot of knowledge about model airplanes to him, which benefited Mark a lot.
"By the way, Mark, I heard from Jimmy that you are working at NCSA now?"
"Yes, our university has a cooperation with NCSA. My mentor recommended me to NCSA, and I'm currently working there as a student." Mark replied after taking a sip of wine.
"So what exactly are you researching? Oh, I'm sorry if it involves something that is inconvenient to tell you." Zhang Hao said.
Mark laughed. "It's not inconvenient. NCSA's current research topics are mainly about applications and academics. I used to do more applications. But last year I started to focus on the World Wide Web. By the way, you know the World Wide Web, right?"
Zhang Hao and Jimmy nodded. As people in this field, they were certainly familiar with the World Wide Web. The World Wide Web appeared in 1990. Its name is World Wide Web, abbreviated as WWW or 3W. It is a combination of information discovery technology and hypertext technology based on the client/server method. It is a collection of a huge number of documents stored in Internet computers.
Speaking of the World Wide Web, we have to talk about the Internet. Of course, the current World Wide Web is still in its infancy. It only has text, no images, sounds, colors, and an interface similar to Windows. Moreover, the entire network is free. Mark became very interested in the World Wide Web last year and began to study it.
Mark feels that although the current World Wide Web is rich in information resources, it is very complicated to use and has no images, sounds, or even colors. The World Wide Web is really too basic. If these things can be added to the network, it will be more interesting and practical.
With this idea, Mark began to try to change the current situation of the World Wide Web, but it was very difficult to do so. The key point was that although the World Wide Web was open and free, to design and further improve it on the original basis, Mark had to invest not only a lot of manpower but also considerable material resources.
Even though Mark is working at NCSA now and can use some of NCSA's resources, this project is Mark's own after all, and it is impossible for NCSA to bear all of it. So Mark applied for funds from the school, and the school allocated some funds to Mark after careful consideration, which gave Mark the motivation to continue his research.
After hearing what Mark said, Zhang Hao immediately became interested and asked Mark about the current progress of his research.
Mark did not hide anything from Zhang Hao and told him directly that his research had reached that stage. He then opened his computer, retrieved the things he had not yet completed, and ran them for Zhang Hao to see.
Zhang Hao watched Mark running the system and explained to him, while also comparing the current World Wide Web with Mark's research results in his mind . He had to admit that Mark's idea was very genius and his thinking was also desirable, although his research results were still very rudimentary and could only show a small part of what he wanted to express. Some ideas had not yet been achieved and there was still a lot of work to be done.
"What a genius idea!" Zhang Hao couldn't help but sigh. Just now, Mark said that his mini program was a genius idea, but now compared to what Mark was doing, Zhang Hao's mini program was simply no different from a toy.
"You think so?" Mark asked.
Zhang Hao nodded seriously: "Of course! Why not? I think it is an idea that can change the world!"
For a moment, Mark's impression of Zhang Hao was extremely good. Although he conducted research and design in this area out of interest, Mark thought he was doing a great job, at least that's what he thought in his heart.
Unfortunately, there were too few people who recognized him, and the funds he had applied for from the school had run out. Mark applied for funding again not long ago, but after looking at his work, the school rejected his request. Mark also thought of many other ways, such as looking for investors through NCSA's connections and channels, but the results were not optimistic.
Mark had no confidence that the project could continue without further funding. So when Zhang Hao expressed his feelings about the project, Mark was very happy but also a little frustrated.
Seeing Mark's expression, Zhang Hao couldn't help but ask him if there was any problem. Mark shook his head and sighed, telling Zhang Hao that the main problem was that he had run out of funds and had not found a follow-up sponsor. His research could no longer continue, so if the funding problem was not resolved, the project might come to a standstill.
"Mark, if, I say if, to achieve the results you want, how much funding will it take?" Zhang Hao asked.
Max asked, "It's hard to say. The university funded me $20,000 before, but according to the previous progress, only about a quarter . If we want to achieve results, we will need at least $100,000, or even more."
"One hundred thousand dollars..." Zhang Hao thought for a moment, and took a deep look at what was displayed on Mark's computer. He suddenly said, "Mark, can I join your project? If you are willing, I can fund you."
