Internet History In Pictures

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Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 23, 2003 @06:31PM from the hey-dug dept.

prostoalex writes "Tired of reading black-on-white text on Internet history and its celebrities? The Faces in front of the Monitors features the Internet history in pictures. See the legendary BBN IMP team, Linus naked and drinking beer, Bill Gates and Paul Allen and other luminaries."

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Linus by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-23 18:32 · Score: 5, Funny

The server will be slashdotted because of the Linus picture IMO.
1. Re:Linus by bigjocker · 2003-12-23 18:45 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  In those pictures are like a dozen jokes waiting to be posted on slashdot ....
  
  BTW, where is the goatse guy?
  
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2. Re:Linus by Frymaster · 2003-12-23 19:32 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  The server will be slashdotted
  don't worry, someone will post the entire... uh... text.
  nevermind.
  
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3. Re:Linus by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-23 20:49 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Doubly so if he's petrified and covered in grits.
  
  - I post anonymously so you don't have to.
4. Re:Linus by Lord_Dweomer · 2003-12-23 20:49 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  "In those pictures are like a dozen jokes waiting to be posted on slashdot ...."
  Well, hopefully it will lead someone to post some good ones of Natalie Portman covered in hot grits. That's one picture that would be modded +5 informative so fast Slashdot would Slashdot itself.
  
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5. Re:Linus by Tongo · 2003-12-24 06:52 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  It is sad that you have a pet peeve involving the goatse.cx guy. Sad and disturbing.....
Darn. by The+Human+Cow · 2003-12-23 18:34 · Score: 5, Funny

Try as I might, I couldn't find a picture of Al Gore anywhere on that page.

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1. Re:Darn. by Valar · 2003-12-23 18:40 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Son, you have no idea of the kind of thread you just started.
  
  I hope you're happy.
  
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2. Re:Darn. by benk · 2003-12-23 18:41 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  He'll probably say he was in the photo with Linus ... but was just under the table already at that point...
  
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3. Re:Darn. by mcc · 2003-12-23 20:16 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  but was just under the table already at that point...
  
  *Looks at photo*
  
  Hmmm.. and if you don't mind me asking, what exactly was he doing down there??
  
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4. Re:Darn. by pen · 2003-12-23 22:59 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Just plugging the network cable in. What did you think?
5. Re:Darn. by Mr.+Jax · 2003-12-24 01:08 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Apples and Oranges - A comparison
6. Re:Darn. by Burlynerd · 2003-12-24 04:06 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Anonymous coward, you sure know how to ruin a good joke. BN
7. Re:Darn. by glitch23 · 2003-12-24 08:30 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  You sir are rather ignorant, I assume that is why the internet runs on IPX or UDP, LOL. Nope, it seems that the TCP/IP (hint the last letters IP are for Internet Protocol)
  
  TCP/IP stands for Total Control of People's/Intellectual Property.
  
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But surely, according to SCO... by benk · 2003-12-23 18:35 · Score: 5, Funny

Darl would have to be in there, naked, too.

Wait ... on second thoughts ... I don't want to see that...

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1. Re:But surely, according to SCO... by AndroidCat · 2003-12-23 22:21 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  It's supposed to be people who left a mark. Darl is going to leave a stain.
  
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2. Re:But surely, according to SCO... by AndroidCat · 2003-12-24 04:17 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  What the denotations bring, the connotations take away. A bench-mark isn't exactly the same as a bench-stain.
  
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the shirtless pic of linus with beer .... by jms258 · 2003-12-23 18:37 · Score: 5, Funny

should most definitely be the new linux logo ... drop the penguin.... we can get corporate sponsorship from heineken!
didn't know... by krahd · 2003-12-23 18:38 · Score: 3, Funny

that allen was a ventriloquist!

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Linus, Linus, Linus..tsk tsk tsk.. by Jediman1138 · 2003-12-23 18:39 · Score: 2, Funny

I would expect more from a Torvalds..

-shakes head dishonorably-

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1. Re:Linus, Linus, Linus..tsk tsk tsk.. by Geek+of+Tech · 2003-12-23 19:06 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  >> I would expect more from a Torvalds..
  What? You expected him to chug the whole six-pack?
  
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Not just Internet history by Pranjal · 2003-12-23 18:43 · Score: 2, Funny

According to the article its...
"Pictures of people who have made a mark in any of the following: programmable computer systems, computer networks, the Internet or the security involved with those systems."

I don't recall Charles Babbage contributing to the internet.
Naked Linus by geekBass · 2003-12-23 18:51 · Score: 2, Funny

Aah that's why he was ashamed... wait..nevermind.
Who would have thought... by teamhasnoi · 2003-12-23 18:51 · Score: 4, Funny

such a skinny guy would be behind making so many computer users fat?
I Kid! (Besides, I'm working tonight and I feel Christmas fat settling on me even as I type)
Hmm.... by asadchev · 2003-12-23 18:51 · Score: 3, Funny

Is there an image of the drunk Steve Ballmer doing monkey dance naked??? It could be the next goatse.
Ut-oh by BrianGa · 2003-12-23 18:51 · Score: 4, Funny

"This page is 100K in size, please be patient while it loads"

Oh boy...
Linus Naked by rsmith-mac · 2003-12-23 18:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Well, I suppose that explains where "free as in beer" came from.
Mmm Free Beer by waltmarkers · 2003-12-23 18:54 · Score: 2, Funny

See! Free beer really will beat out free speech, not only did he stop coding for that beer, he gave up his shirt too!
Linus naked? by edunbar93 · 2003-12-23 18:57 · Score: 4, Funny

Linus naked and drinking beer

Mmmm. Geek porn.

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1. Re:Linus naked? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-23 22:24 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Looking at that site, I learned I am not a geek.
Re:hey! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-23 19:03 · Score: 1, Funny

Oh, and why does Linus look really fat in the first two pictures and skinny in the last ones? Does drinking beer really make you skinny?
The kernel adds twenty pounds.
Unfortunate omission by mcc · 2003-12-23 19:13 · Score: 4, Funny

This is a really cool page, but I find it too bad that they left out the absolutely priceless mug shot of Bill Gates from when he was arrested in 1977 in New Mexico on a traffic offense.

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huh by standsolid · 2003-12-23 19:14 · Score: 2, Funny

look at that. naked and drinking beer. huh.

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Why are they all so pasty ? by anti-NAT · 2003-12-23 19:17 · Score: 2, Funny

Aren't they getting enough Sun ?

At least Rusty is trying to ... although I'm not sure the "open source is better code" idea works after a few beers.
Outside hacking with beer Outside hacking with beer again
Hmmmmmm, Coopers Beer. Thoroughly recommend the Pale (green label), Sparkling (red label) not too bad either. Fortunatley it's made where I come from (as does Rusty), so it is always fresh (can't speak for Rusty though, never met him - I did hear he got married a while back, so he may not be as fresh as he used to be.).

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Re:hey! by Liselle · 2003-12-23 19:18 · Score: 2, Funny

That story may make the Slashdot frontpage more interesting, but according to the FAQ, Linus drinking beer makes it an omelette. I don't ask questions.

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Re:Gates and Allen by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-23 19:19 · Score: 1, Funny

Don't think of it as if Microsoft stole their TCP/IP stack from BSD.

Think of it as if BSD kindly donated their TCP/IP stack to Microsoft.

That just sounds more pathetic, somehow. Thieves have this kind innate, "badass" coolness value. People on BSD welfare do not.
rhymes with... by i_should_be_working · 2003-12-23 19:19 · Score: 3, Funny

his name is pronounced "lee-nus"??

good thing he didn't grow up in an english speaking country
Linus by borgasm · 2003-12-23 19:32 · Score: 4, Funny

Why did I immediately click on the picture of Linus drinking beer naked!!!!

I think I had a freudian click.
ewwww by index72 · 2003-12-23 19:45 · Score: 2, Funny

Thats not what I call Christmas cheer.
No goatsex? by wrinkledshirt · 2003-12-23 20:09 · Score: 3, Funny

Lord knows that's gotten more time on Slashdot than a naked Linus posing...

[pause]

Wait a second...! OH MY GOD!!!

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Kernel maintainer drunk and half-naked by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-23 21:23 · Score: 2, Funny

Linus started new trend, huh? Here are his photos:
one and
two.
That's nice... by fuck_this_shit · 2003-12-23 22:52 · Score: 2, Funny

...but where is the All Your Base Are Belong To Us animation?
Couldn't resist...had to look....garrrhhh.... by baudtender · 2003-12-23 23:15 · Score: 3, Funny

That must be the least satisfying naked picture I've ever seen.
He didn't make it.... by twoslice · 2003-12-24 03:18 · Score: 2, Funny

BTW, where is the goatse guy?
He was kicked out of the clubhouse for making an ass of himself...

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Re:Gates and Allen by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-24 06:58 · Score: 1, Funny

Well, beg steal or borrow, we can thank the gods that be for the fact that Microsoft didn't take it upon themselves to "fix" it until they did. Can you imagine the havoc caused back in the day by an insecure Win95 computer with a complete TCP/IP stack and the ability to create raw TCP sockets. Stay-Puft-Marshmallow-Man bad.