I think it takes a rare combination of religion and technology geekage to fully appreciate the following:
Click on the image to see the full comic. They mention LISP, which is not a speech impediment. I can’t see how the original creators of the programming language would’ve been clueless of the name’s irony.
On second thought, I can see that.
7 responses so far ↓
1 John // Feb 16, 2007 at 11:25 pm
The Wikipedia link explains the ‘cars’ reference (the programming part, not the Clarke/Kubrick allusion).
2 Jonathan // Feb 17, 2007 at 3:08 pm
LOL.. this is funny
I guess that makes me a certifiable geek.
3 Elise // Feb 17, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Elise’s most-hated ever class in all of junior high, high school, and four years of college:
*****Intro to Java Programming*****
Yuck!!! Glad someone gets it, though…..I’m certainly a computer junkie! But I don’t really get the joke.
4 John // Feb 17, 2007 at 11:25 pm
Jonathan, you are a geek after my own heart.
Elise, we each need to find our own unique geek within. But don’t worry, I think your brains, profession, and religion focus qualify you as a 100%, genuine geek.
5 Elise // Feb 17, 2007 at 11:41 pm
True. Very true.
The code word for “geek” in my line of work is “bean counter”.
6 solistics // Feb 18, 2007 at 11:29 am
roflmao, cars and cdrs …
“We hacked most of it together with perl” … now the universe makes so much more sense …
truly a rare combination. thanks for sharing!
7 Jonathan // Feb 18, 2007 at 2:23 pm
I hear that God is looking at re-writing everything in Ruby.
Perl is so yesterday.
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