Internet History In Pictures 288
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."
Re:Darn. (Score:5, Interesting)
I apologize from any resulting cognitive dissonance and you may now return to listening to Rush.
What the Hell? (Score:5, Interesting)
And what's with the rainbow? hmmm...?
(posted from a powerbook, you zealots!)
Beer, Photos, and Linus (Score:5, Interesting)
Back in '98 or so, my best friend Brian politely informed me that his employer at the time was footing the bill for him to fly out to LinuxWorld Expo for 3 days. Not a bad gig. This made me a bit jealous, of course, so I made a bet with him. I bet him $50 that he could not come away from the conference with a photo of him and Linus having a beer. See, Bri is painfully shy. The odds of him running into (let alone introducing himself to!) Linus were pretty damn low, I figured. Hahaaa, an easy $50, I figured. Sucker!
So Bri gets on the plane and leaves....Days went by, and I heard nothing. Of course, this meant I could (in my infinite wisdom) run out and immediately spend $50, because he was obviously going to return from the conference empty-handed. Ch-ching, -$50.00...(I think it was on something totally meaningful, like a spool of CD-Rs.)
A couple days later, I get a call from Brian. Snickering like a friggin hyena.
(bbRRRrrrring....bbRRRrrrriing..) (*click*)
Me: Hello?
Brian: (...silence...) (*snicker*)
Me: Hellloooo.....?
Brian: (*snicker*)...Hey...(*snicker*)
Me: Oh! Hey man! How was your trip?
Brian: (..silence...)....*snicker*... Y..Y-YOU OWE ME FIFTY BUCKS!! (*snicker*) PAY UP, BITCH!!!!
Me:
Brain: OOOH YEAAH, PAY UP BITCH!!!
The consumate programmer that he is, Brian figures out a way to do it. That son of a bitch intentionally got drunk, and drunk enough to work up the courage to pull it off...He spots Linus, and immediately buys two big frothy glasses of beer. He walks over to him, and asks Linus if he can have his picture taken with him. Linus kindly obliges. "Here, hold this", Bri says, and hands one of the beers to Linus. Bri hands his camera off to a passer-by who snaps the photo. Picture perfect. There's Bri, theres Linus, and they're both holding a tall 'n frosty one. And it's a good picture. Son of a bitch!
Ch-ChinG! another -$50.00...
Re:Gates and Allen (Score:1, Interesting)
Actually, no. Apple bought it from Xerox. [mackido.com]
And Apple included significant, significant additions, both to the conceptual development of the GUI and to the art of implementations of those concepts. I would say, from looking at screenshots of PARC vs early Macintosh, that Apple advanced the GUI at least as far again as Xerox did. Meanwhile it would be hard, even today, to argue that Microsoft has ever advanced the state of the GUI in any way that is not mere packaging and window dressing.
Re:Gates and Allen (Score:3, Interesting)
what have they EVER contributed to the net
How about massive acceptation? The internet has been around since 1969 or so, but with the developments in cheap hardware (thanks to IBM and Microsoft) and an easy to use operating system (again Microsoft), the internet had the environment to grow and become massively accepted by non-technical people. This acceptation then led to a faster, cheaper and bigger internet. The one we now use. Don't think too technical, social developments count too in 'The History of the Internet'.
Re:Linus (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:the shirtless pic of linus with beer .... (Score:1, Interesting)