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Happy Birthday, Von Neumann (And Linus!)

Posted by timothy on from the what-have-the-romans-done-for-us dept.

noims writes "Sunday is the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of John Von Neumann, the man with one of the strongest claims to the title of Father of Modern Computing. Although, as noted at the time by Mark Stanley of Freefall, several sources indicate that it may have been December 3rd." Update: 12/28 01:07 GMT by T : deja206 writes "Today (December 28, CET) also is Linus Torvalds' 34th birthday. Now we probably wouldn't be here talking about all this stuff if it weren't for him. Thank you for Linux, happy birthday!"

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  1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOATSE GUY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. Happy Birthday script! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ln -s birthday ../yourass

  3. "Modren Computing"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "What the fuck does that mean?" - Mike Bolton, Office Space

  4. Happy birthday to me as well! by bludwulf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm 21 now.

    1. Re:Happy birthday to me as well! by Epistax · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Will you buy me alcohol?

  5. Frankie Muniz by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I saw a 48 Hours special called Rich Kids where Frankie Muniz was bad mouthing regular teenagers who didn't have millions of dollars, calling them losers. He also throws around hollywood lingo like "have your people call my people". Hey Frankie! you know who else has people? Show dogs. You made your millions of dollars because writers who were once regular kids fed you lines, just like farmers feed grain to livestock. Those lines were based on their experiences, not your out of touch Porsche Speedster hollywood bullshit.

  6. MOD PARENT DOWN -1, 43 year old virgin by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
  7. The GNAA will ASS RAPE MOOKORE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    < MooKore's ugly head will be FUCKED OFF BY A GIANT GNAA COCK >

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  8. OH DO THE OKIE KOKIE, OHHH DO THE OKIE KOKIE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    uhuh

  9. MOD LEFT, MOD RIGHT, MOD ME BABY MOD ALL NIGHT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    word to your mother