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The Most Famous Geek in IT

Gushi writes "I want this guy to come work for us. He's famous. He's been everywhere. And he may not even know it. He knows about Windows Mail Servers and all about Open-Source Management Software as well as plenty about the intricacies of SCO server authentication. I want him to come join our team."

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  1. Sadly I have a job by bharatman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Try me again in a year!

    1. Re:Sadly I have a job by marbike · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ah, but I am being made redundant within the next fortnight. You can give me the jod instead.

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    2. Re:Sadly I have a job by McNally · · Score: 5, Funny
      Ah, but I am being made redundant within the next fortnight. You can give me the jod instead.
      I'm sorry, the only position we have available is copy editor..
  2. Violet laser beams... by warmcat · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... stabbed out of the DarlBot's unhealthy bloodshot eyes, scorching a black line across the very pixels of the JPG until the RedHat was just a blackened, charred area.

    1. Re:Violet laser beams... by WasterDave · · Score: 3, Funny

      Oh, wow, I see what you mean now.

      Maybe he started life on a redhat photo shoot? Maybe, just MAYBE redhat actually have copyright on that photo and can add winging off with it to their list of "shit we're going to kick SCO's arses for".

      Dave

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    2. Re:Violet laser beams... by buttahead · · Score: 3, Funny

      Collect 'em all, kids!

  3. I KNOW that guy... by Toddimer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I saw him Leaving the Australian customs department with a couple of mainframes!

    1. Re:I KNOW that guy... by Stephen+Samuel · · Score: 4, Funny
      No way. He wasn't "of Pakistani-Indian-Arabic appearance". Only people "of Pakistani-Indian-Arabic appearance" can be bad guys.

      It's a disguise you idiot!!!! This is what he really looks like!

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  4. Hmmm...I bid ONE MILLION DOLLARS. by Bowie+J.+Poag · · Score: 5, Funny


    This guy should team up with the screaming spikey-haired Asian guy.

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  5. Who? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a lynx user, i don't exactly get the point..

  6. What this really means is... by cnb · · Score: 5, Funny

    IPSwitch and Plesk now have to pay SCO $699 per
    page view

    - cnb

    1. Re:What this really means is... by KoolDude · · Score: 3, Funny


      IPSwitch and Plesk now have to pay SCO $699 per page view

      Close. But, according to SCO's logic, every veiwer has to pay them $699 per page view. All viwers are otherwise liable for copyright infringement. Well, thats for viewers who viewed the page with one eye. Those who used two eyes have to pay $1399. Those with three eyes.... uhm, never mind.

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  7. Tourist Guy by big_debacle · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm glad to see he escaped the World Trade Center in one piece. And it seems as though he's cleaned himself up and gotten a job...or two...or three.

  8. it comes this..! by Grummet · · Score: 5, Funny

    slash. finally finds a way to write articles that force us to read the links!

    It seemed like someone was stupid for a minute there and forgot his name...

    Anybody got any ideas on what his name is?

    My bets on Joe.
    as in Shmoe.

    It seems at Ipswitch his photo id name is
    messaging.jpg.

    Whereas at Plesk he is Mr. productPhoto.jpg.

    Then over at SCO is the auth_guy.jpg.

    All Hail AUTH_GUY!

    He must a transvestite then if SCO is calling him an authentic guy. (No offense to the transvestite reading population, just seems to fit as far as SCO lying goes.)

    Hmm. Anybody know his true identity?

    sig shmig

    1. Re:it comes this..! by JoeShmoe · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'll take that bet!

      You lose...it's not me...pay up!

      - JoeShmoe
      .

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  9. Re:Who? by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

    "which is quite an acheivement considering my 15 years of web browsing..."

    Which is quite an acheivement in and of itself.

    KFG

  10. Re:News for retards by retards · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whoa! News for me! I feel so special!

  11. He also has Superhuman Powers by cyber_rigger · · Score: 4, Funny

    He can even change his Color Balance without moving his hands.

  12. Re:Who? by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet all the subsribers were thinking the same thing 20 minutes ago : "What the fuck ? We're paying to see this _crap_ early ?"

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  13. Re:sco has airbrushed his RED HAT out by ZenJabba1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    SCO has airbrushed his RED HAT out- some significance perhaps...?

    I noticed that.. So did my wife who laughed at it, even she got the joke

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  14. Mystery IT kid's dark secret! by gad_zuki! · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmm, no glasses, no zits, no 'programmers belly', unthreatening but serious, fit, and wearing a t-shirt that fits with no geek logo?

    Sorry ladies, but if this guy exists he probably plays for the other side.

    1. Re:Mystery IT kid's dark secret! by DuctTape · · Score: 5, Funny
      Sorry ladies, but if this guy exists he probably plays for the other side.

      Microsoft?

      DT

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    2. Re:Mystery IT kid's dark secret! by glwtta · · Score: 5, Funny
      and read Slashdot, sometimes several times a day.

      Describe this "discontinuous use of slashdot" idea, it intrigues me.

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  15. I have to click??? by TwistedSquare · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's this - a slashdot post where I can't learn everything I need to know without clicking on the links. What is the world coming to! I want to be able to rant without having to look at the content... ;)

  16. This is an old one ... KopyKat Kompanies ? by Hogbert · · Score: 5, Funny

    I found out the following some time ago....

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-88 59 -1&q=proud+of+our+products%2C+services%2C+and+tech nology%2C+nothing+matches+the+pride+we&btnG=Google +Search

    "It it's good, why change it" :)

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  17. Re:no Red Hat by Krunch · · Score: 2, Funny

    No that's IPSwitch and Plesk who added the red hat. They are gonna be sued unless they pay the license.

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  18. Re:no Red Hat by The-Bus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Worse than that, it's not even a good cover up. The same people who direct the legal team must be in charge of directing their graphic design intern.

    Intern: "Uh, sir, what should I do with this red hat here?"
    Mr. Turd McShitforbrains (VP): "Erm... mmm."
    * stares at screen *
    Mr. T McS: "OK, uh, select a black airbrush, 80%, multiply. Just sort of let it hover over the hat, AND THEN MAKE A DIAGONAL LINE THROUGH HIS SHIRT."
    Intern: "Like this?"
    * looks at result *
    Mr. T McS: "Ohhh yeah"
    * pantomimes driving a golf ball *
    Mr. T McS: "Good work -- you've been promoted to the litigations squad."

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  19. Actor by 1s44c · · Score: 2, Funny

    My guess is he is an actor that knows or cares nothing about IT.

    That makes him just like most of the management at the place I work at come to think of it.

  20. Re:Who? by Danious · · Score: 2, Funny

    >my 15 years of web browsing...

    Is that you in disguise Mr Berners-Lee? 'Cause that's the only way you could have been surfing the web way back in 1988, and then only in your head, seeing as you didn't publish the protocol proposal until 1989 :-)

    John (who remembers the excitement at uni in early '93 when the sys-admins first installed Mosaic alpha for general use and everyone tried hitting it's homepage at once. God, it crawled, give me archie anyday...).

  21. I thought... by stephenbooth · · Score: 2, Funny

    The most famous geek in the world was Milo Hoffman!

    Stephen

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  22. Famous faces by dragondm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Heh, So many companies use stock art for their websites & ad-copy, it can be amusing when somebody doesn't.

    As it happens, the company I work for (www.rackspace.com) uses real pictures of it's employees in it's webpages & ad art. This becomes very amusing when somebody else thinks the pictures are stock clipart and poaches them for their own site. There's one pic of a guy plugging in some network cables that has wound up everywhere, including on the websites of several of Rackspace's competitors. The amusing part is that the guy in the photo is actaually one of the founders of our company!

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    1. Re:Famous faces by The+Famous+Brett+Wat · · Score: 2, Funny

      You're not the guy in the Rackspace ad which seems to be permanently affixed to the left margin of The Register at the moment, are you? (direct link to image, me hopes) At least it's not terribly likely to be snitched by your competitors.

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  23. Re:Who? by ls+-lR · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a lynx user you don't get much at all.

    (BTW, kudos on a successfull "You insensitive clod" post without the actual "insensitive clod" part.

  24. Re:Funny... by lone_marauder · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, I think you are right. This guy definately looks like someone who would have a "my minivan" section on his web site.

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  25. Re:Dupe comment by glwtta · · Score: 3, Funny

    Holy shit dude - complaining about dupe stories is a full time job, if you are gonna whine about dupe comments you'll have to give up sleeping.

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  26. Re:News for retards by mraymer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, you're special. That much is certain. ;)

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  27. Re:Funny... by AbbyNormal · · Score: 2, Funny

    "GROVELING"???

    He drives a frickin Mini-Van !!!

    He said he made an "investment" into it.

    Hey buddy, I have a few investment bridges that you may also want to look into.

    SMACK

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  28. He's a University Geek to by martinde · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks like he goes to the finest unaccredited University out there.

    (Laugh, it's a joke -m aybe they are accredited, I have no clue!)

  29. Re:Who? by Ed_Moyse · · Score: 2, Funny
    GODDAMMIT!


    Should have previewed ... was supposed to say "now where's a SNIGGER html tab when you need one?"

  30. I know his sister... by d0n+quix0te · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ms Stock Art , a freelance writer . Remember her from a few months ago when she switched from Mac to Win XP?

    See old Slashdot article

    1. Re:I know his sister... by eyepeepackets · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's not his sister, that's the same guy in drag, sheesh. Talk about flexibility!

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  31. Guy must need a job too... by soward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like he's only got the one shirt and hat.

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  32. SCO sues Photodisc for copyright infringement by d0n+quix0te · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other new Darl McBride claimed that PhotoDisc is violating their sacred intellecutal property by distributing pictures of their smily network technician. McBride also sent invoices to Ipswitch and Plesk for $100 per page view.

    In associated news Wall Street analyst Tom Wolfe of Morgan Stanley greeted the news by raising the rating on SCO from "Buy" to a "Strong Buy". SCO's shares are now trading up +$3.25.

  33. WTC tourist guy by QuackQuack · · Score: 2, Funny

    He seems to be the antithesis of This guy.

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  34. How long before . . . by Nerodias · · Score: 2, Funny

    . . . this guy shows up on websites that:

    • identify the true source of the Northeast Power Blackout?
    • recruit innocent, young students into the adventure of Information Technology?
    • explain George W. Bush's plan for the rehabilitation of Iraq?
    • the RIAA introduces as evidence of abusive downloading of propriety media into 'massive storage systems'?
  35. Umm...no. by buffy · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's a model, not a geek. How can anyone possibly confuse the two?

    -buf

  36. Re:Who? by Gzip+Christ · · Score: 2, Funny
    "which is quite an acheivement considering my 15 years of web browsing..."
    Which is quite an acheivement in and of itself.
    Not really... 1 people-year is equivalent to 7 troll-years, so he's actually only been browsing the web for a little over 2 years. Let's just hope he's been neutered.
  37. The real question: by jcsehak · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, what were you doing at mannotincluded.com? ;)

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  38. Re:And here comes his sister, the most famous fema by cbiltcliffe · · Score: 5, Funny

    from lycoris and mannotincluded.com

    Does that mean pregnant lesbians prefer Linux?

    Go ahead...mod me down. It's not like I have any karma to lose, anyway.....

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  39. Nah! by xenocide2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The most famous geek is clearly Zero Cool. He's the guy who took down the NY powergrid at the age of 12, and fined a ludicrous dollar amount.

    Kinda odd, that a kid is forced to pay a buttload for a failure, but in reality the power companies fuck it up themselves and nobody's sueing (yet).

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  40. Re:Funny... by ryanvm · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow. I better begin practicing my groveling...

    Yes, maybe he will let you categorize the miscellaneous garbage in his mini-van. Oh wait, he already did that.

  41. I hate you, and everyone like you. by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Windows MAil SERVER?
    SCO authentication?
    How the HELL does that couple with open source management software?

    Why do people always want my BEST skill, and two other skills that no one in the world wants. It's like, "We want a Java programmer with massive database experience...Who is a hemaphrodite, and can speak fluent sanskrit." AAAAAAAAAA!

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    1. Re:I hate you, and everyone like you. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
      "We want a Java programmer with massive database experience...Who is a hemaphrodite, and can speak fluent sanskrit."

      Are you hiring?

  42. Re:Who is he? The invisible man? by ashitaka · · Score: 2, Funny

    The beauty of it lies in the irony (yes, he *proper* usage) of both RedHat and SCO using the same image in their promotional materials.

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  43. Thinking "outside the stock art box" by Mu*puppy · · Score: 2, Funny
    -can also get you in trouble.

    Case in point, my company put out a mailer featuring a nice looking woman in a trenchcoat, holding the trenchcoat closed, showing a little leg at the bottom, with the caption "I have something Graphic to show you." The mailer opened folded open, with the edge of the mailer flap following the edge of the woman's trenchcoat. Open the mailer to find...... an ad for our graphical operator interface terminal!

    ... Yeah, we got lots of negative feedback from that ad campaign... ;)

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  44. WTF? by ca1v1n · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did BBspot just hack slashdot?

  45. red hat by sanity_slipping · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey! The guy working for Arsys has a GREY hat!

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