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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/30

It’s such an all time classic from 2006 that people even kept scans of the original 2006 Computer World publication by [WayBack] John Klossner.

Over the last few years, it has done its round over the internet a few times, so I did some digging for the scans, colour and mono originals.

Data security versus Human Error.

In this corner, we have firewalls, encryption, antivirus software, etc. And in this corner, we have Dave!!

[WayBack] John Klossner Cartoons: Computer World has the original black and white version: it’s even a gif!

Way better than the scan from paper: [WayBack] ShackF00 » Weekend Round-up: Google Issues and a Sad-but-True Comic

In 2014, Spiceworks re-ran the black and white one: [WayBack] And in THIS corner we have Dave! (Funny cartoon) – IT Security – Spiceworks

In 2015, Wombat Security published a coloured version on social media, and even bigger too: not just large, huge as well (:

–jeroen

via: [WayBack] Dave – CodeProject – Google+

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How to turn on your lights the Philips way

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/23

This was too funny to let go unnoticed: [WayBack] How to turn on the light at home, Philips Version – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+.

It was shown during [Archive.is] Google Cloud Next 2017 in Amsterdam and immediately reminded me of The Big Bang Theory – How to turn on a lamp below.

A few notable entries from the comments:

  • Wie viele Server braucht man bei Philips, um eine Glühbirne zu wechseln?
  • Apple macht das wohl ähnlich, hier dient ein AppleTV oder ein iPad als “Bridge zur Bridge”.
  • They’re at least honest — the icon of the cloud in the upper left prominently displays a “waiting” circle animation. I also notice the use of the word “looks” rather than “works” in the title, which is probably also accurate.

–jeroen

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Parable of the Polygons – a playable post on the shape of society

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/06/15

A diverse community pays off but also needs investment from everyone. Small steps…

A playable post on how harmless choices can make a harmful world.

Source: Parable of the Polygons – a playable post on the shape of society

–jeroen

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cov.fefe.de – The Isoblog.

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/31

[WayBack] cov.fefe.de – The Isoblog.

(it was Scheduled for 09:00 UTC, but after all these years, WordPress.com at random still suffers from the “missed schedule” bug)

Brilliant move. Der Spiegel never had a chance, and even Der Postillion is in awe. (Context).

Yes, cov.fefe.de is the same content as blog.fefe.de.

Via: [WayBack] #covfefe punkt de http://blog.koehntopp.info/index.php/1833-cov-fefe-de/ – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+

Background:

–jeroen

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Happy Geek Pride Day – Nerdious geekius computerus

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/25

Wishing you all a happy Geek Pride Day. Please hug your local Nerdious geekius computerus.

Big image [WayBack] of the PDF map based on this world image [WayBack]. Older Google Drawing.

–jeroen

via:

Facebook office images

Friend found this on his office door
byu/Twisted112 inProgrammerHumor

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Wow, this parses in Delphi: `property Foo: string index 0 string read GetFoo;`

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/05/18

Quite a few interesting entries got posted after I published this compiler glitch:

Wow, this parses:

property Foo: string index 0 string read GetFoo;

Note the extra “string”.

Found this in an old piece of code so it must have been uncaught by the compiler for quite a while.

– Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – Google+

Some:

property DepartmentName: string index 0 program library uses unit interface string class read GetCustomDataX;

property Foo: string index 0 unit if library uses unit do not inline file else raise object if is nil read GetFoo;

–jeroen

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O Rly Software Books – Album on Imgur

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/04/01

Still sooo funny many O Rly fake book covers. Here’s just one of them:

http://imgur.com/gallery/jXAza

–jeroen

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Offline – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/04/01

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LOL. Nice t-shirt. Linux is Sexy

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/03/24

LOL. Nice t-shirt.

Order via: https://teespy.com/app/campaigns/teezily/linux-is-sexy-limited-edition

Linux is Sexy

who | grep -i blonde | date; cd ~; unzip \
touch; strip; finger; mount; gasp; \
yes; uptime' umount; sleep

#ifyouknowwhatimean

–jeroen

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Friday fun: Bluetooth Driver installation progress dialogs – via reddit ProgrammerHumor

Posted by jpluimers on 2017/02/24

[WayBack] “So I was trying to install a Bluetooth Driver today… the developer of this program apparently had a little fun with the installation progress dialogs.”

Via: [WayBack] So someone tried to install a Bluetooth driver on a Windows machine Source: https://redd.it/5vk3em – This is why I Code – Google+

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