Cerf has been working with NASA's Pasadena Jet Propulsion Laboratory—the people behind the recent Mars expedition—to design what he calls an "interplanetary Internet protocol."

瑟夫一直在与美国宇航局的帕萨迪纳喷气推进实验室（最近火星探测的幕后人员）合作，设计他所说的“星际互联网协议”。

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"Only geeks care about this stuff," says Dr Cerf.

“只有土包子才会介意这些。”瑟夫博士说。

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"He has a flair for the dramatic," says Dr Cerf, who was in the audience that day.

“他有戏剧天份。”当天观众之一的瑟夫博士说。

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Vint Cerf accepts that the company he now works for is embroiled in the patent wars.

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But Cerf admitted that much of the Internet's exploitability could have been avoided at its advent.

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Rep. Defazo, Vint Cerf, and the National College Republicans all tweeted in favor of the petition.

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