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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 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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    2. 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?

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

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

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  3. 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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  4. 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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