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Map of the Internet

Posted by Hemos on from the truly-impressive dept.

Wellington Grey writes "Author of the popular webcomic xkcd has put up a hand made map of the internet as today's comic. He also has an interesting blog entry detailing some of the work that went into it, such a pinging servers and creating a method of fractal mapping to display related regions as contiguous sections on the grid." The drawing is pretty damn impressive; somebody get on making that thing a giant wall poster so I can paper over Taco's office door.

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  1. xkcd by Tet · · Score: 4, Funny

    xkcd is a work of genius. See, for example, this classic.

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    1. Re:xkcd by Fordiman · · Score: 2, Funny

      That was special. Almost makes me want to install Linux on my girlfriend, just so I can try that.

      Meanwhile, I agree with the killing Ann Coulter thing. She just makes humans look bad.

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    2. Re:xkcd by Thornae · · Score: 4, Funny

      Note that there is no request for a password.

      The implications of this are left as an exercise for the reader...

      Be warned: If you're viewing xkcd for the first time, you might end up reading through all of them. It's simple but brilliant.

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    3. Re:xkcd by erpbridge · · Score: 5, Funny

      Methinks the Girlfriend is insecure? Seems she is easy to root.

      Since the girlfriend takes commands over the air, that makes her an open access point?

    4. Re:xkcd by finkployd · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yet none are as funny as this

      Finkployd

  2. Interesting... by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 4, Funny

    But where's the "Here there be dragons" part?

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    1. Re:Interesting... by Savage-Rabbit · · Score: 2, Funny

      But where's the "Here there be dragons" part?

      In view of the way humanity's moral compass has been recalibrated since the middle ages I think the need for the creation of a "Here be porn!" annotation is more urgent.

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  3. Too much time by OhHellWithIt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Someone obviously has too much time on his hands. And to think he could have been reading /.

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  4. Risk? by onetwofour · · Score: 2, Funny

    Anyone fancy a game?
    Good news is that we could wipe out the USA quite quickly.

  5. Re:Running out? by revlayle · · Score: 3, Funny

    THAT what must be clogging the tubes. Not porn... GRASS!

  6. You are here -- by Rastignac · · Score: 1, Funny

    --> 127.0.0.1

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  7. Re:MIT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    I always laugh at how MIT half as much as all of latin america and as much as all of Africa.

    Buh?

    We actually had a coke vending machine that was hacked and online with its own IP. Considering they has so much that they are no where near running out, I'm sure there are a ton of toasters online at MIT as well.

    Wuh?

  8. So why by dattaway · · Score: 3, Funny

    does a company like Halliburton get a whole square? Are they planning to invade others?

  9. One Factor by Kadin2048 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In reality, the security of the girlfriend system is hardware-based; it requires the presence of a specialized dongle.

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  10. Tubes? by j00r0m4nc3r · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't see any of the tubes

  11. oblig. by Bugs42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Almost makes me want to install Linux on my girlfriend, just so I can try that. You know, of course, what this means.

    Slashdotter1: Dude, I met the most awesome girl last night! She's hot, funny, smart, AND a gamer!

    Slashdotter2: Yeah, but can she run Linux?
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    1. Re:oblig. by Rheingold · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now imagine a whole clone army of Natalie Portmans running Linux, serving up hot grits.

      Wow, that was so 2000.

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    2. Re:oblig. by dosquatch · · Score: 3, Funny

      Now imagine a whole clone army of Natalie Portmans running Linux,

      So, you're suggesting we imagine a babeowulf cluster of these?

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