Web creator sorry for slash

Not the complete Herald title (slashes), but funnier in a sick sort of way. I'm left wondering whether someone at the Herald is clueless, or has the right sense of humour.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10603341 , or the original, http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6872873.ece

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, said there was no good reason for them.

"Really, if you think about it, it doesn't need the //. I could have designed it not to have the //", The London Times reported.

He said he could not have predicted 30 years ago that the two small marks would cause so much annoyance.

"There you go, it seemed like a good idea at the time," he said.