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What kernel hackers look like (PHOTO)

lwn.net — Here is the annotated version of the 2007 kernel summit group photo.

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  • mishabear, on 10/10/2007, -12/+86Wow...what a scary bunch. Would hate to run into them at a dark Star Trek convention!
    • XisZ, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1If you're going to a Star Trek convention, then you probably would feel more at home with these guys rather than an outside.
      However, Tony Luck is quite scary *brr*
      • GawtMilk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Look at Andrew Morton -- second from the right, first row, blue shirt.

        Yipes.
      • timusca, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Hell, Greg Korah-Hartman was so ashamed, he looked away and hid his face!
      • Infidelephant, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1You couldn't fit a NERD in edge-wise!
    • iFungus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20Linus doesn't look too bad in this crowd.
      • MikeMcG, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I like him better in his speedo picture.
    • kwazyhulk, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17A scary bunch? They look like us...
      • paloooz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7No, they don't look like us. There's only one fat guy.
    • edilclyde, on 10/10/2007, -13/+1suparna bhattacharya? WTF are the parents thinking when they we're naming their son/daughter
      • nepawoods, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8Names are different in other countries with other languages.
      • alamandrax, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2...and it's an indian girl you've got there. She's (from what I can tell from the name) from West Bengal. They refer to themselves as "Bongs". Not kidding.
    • ZeRux, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2None of them beats the looks of Richard Stallman though...not even Tony Luck as he's still wearing the slippers.
    • zomgflamer, on 10/10/2007, -4/+18Now thats what I call the Wall of Virgins
    • joel.smith, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4There is a never ending flow of socks with sandles in this picture. WHY?
    • knowyourrights, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1What the ***** do you all expect? They're not going to look like TV stars. Take any silicon valley company and take a snapshot, you'll see the same thing. Those people are probably driving much better looking cars and living in bigger houses than most, I could care less.
    • raynar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9If you listen carefully, you can hear the poon drying up for miles.
    • svivian, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Half of them aren't even looking at the camera, they're just looking at their feet or something.
    • xconverge, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Why are they all wearing shirts with their names on them?
  • JoeLeo, on 10/10/2007, -9/+111Being a typical white male, I immediately noticed there were only about three women in the photo.

    But, what's even more noticeable is the fact that there isn't a single person of African (black) decent.
    • XisZ, on 10/10/2007, -43/+1First off, stop stealing my name.
      Next, why does race matter? Nerds outcasting other nerds because of race is like bread out casting bread because of the dough they're made out of.
      Everyone knows that it's taste that matters.
    • tseif0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+61And 2/3 of those women are by Tony Luck, that man is a player.
    • sgtbutterscotch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13That's funny, I immediately noticed that there were no women. I wasn't even paying attention to black people. I thought what was most noticeable was that they were all dudes. (But I guess there were some women if you say there were.)
      • NLS87, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7There is a black man in the left, poor guy, even the dude who put the names forgot him.
    • davidrools, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13my first reaction is that it's quite a diverse mix, though the hispanics are underrepresented too. but here there is a more diverse group than any professional sports team, where you might find all blacks and no whites, asians, or hispanics...is racism at play? no. same situation here.
      • 808kick, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Have you ever watched a hockey game?
        • s1mph0ny, on 10/10/2007, -8/+5you mean that bone-crushing sport that only white men have enough balls to play?
    • shaitanx, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3There are actually 4 women in the picture, the last of which is coming out of the door in the middle. You can see her ponytail.
      • MiDri, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8In the geek kingdom, ponytails are not reserved for the female of the species.
    • PikkonX, on 10/10/2007, -3/+19I always thought everyone descended from Africa.
    • sundby, on 10/10/2007, -0/+55Some of them used to be black, before they abandoned sunlight.
    • lordtyros, on 10/10/2007, -10/+13That's because it's impossible for black people to be that uncool.
    • ZeRux, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1I counted four women, actually - Suparna Bhattasomething, Yang Li, Ming Ming Cao and Cristen Carlson Accardi. Not that any of them looks like someone I would be dating with.
      • lynx77, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3You'd well do Ming Ming Cao, dont lie.

        actually i'd be willing to bet you'd be up for any kind of action from anyone in that pic, male or female - that fleshlight must get a bit boring after a while no?
      • rizla420, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I have to agree the only girl i'd admit to doing is Ming Ming Cao. After dropping a "suckie suckie long time" line afterwards to make up for the fact that she's a kernel hax0r.
    • estacado, on 10/10/2007, -9/+3The blacks are busy partying like it's your birthday.
    • Nurven, on 10/10/2007, -8/+13I'm black, and I'm an ex kernel hacker, was one of the ubuntu core developers.
      Still hack on various OSS projects, Although I left left ubuntu linux to join a bigger corporation that pays more.

      Yes there are no black people there, but that doesn't mean anything.
      • trenchfever, on 10/10/2007, -12/+1You being on digg is testament enough.
        Now STFU
    • Scorp888, on 10/10/2007, -11/+4Why does someone of African decent have to be black? I know quite a few white skinned Africans.

      There are also no black Caribbeans there....so what? If you're noticing the colour of someones skin...then you're being racist...
      • MikeWanDo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Yeah, I should really try not to notice how ugly you are, or that you're fat, or that you're a woman. God damn if I failed to notice something as obvious as the color of your skin then I'm either blind or stupid, not racist. If I was racist I would notice the color of your skin AND base my actions upon it. Seriously though, how am I not going to notice something that obvious. Think before you talk.
    • digitul, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7 yeah it's a real shame there weren't more black people represented there in Creepy Virgin Fest '07
    • lostcny, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1really, you were surprised? where the F do you come from? I've never known an African American that can hack kernels let alone program, so for me I, was actually surprised that there weren't more asians in the group and that there were that many white guys in the photo! :)
      • Nurven, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1you should get out more, there's more to life than your mom's basement
  • Monkeybrains, on 10/10/2007, -3/+28They look like everyone I know, just not as well dressed.
    • jsearch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Bow tie behind the third column from the left. Pretty well dressed if I may say so myself.
    • HigherLogic, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10This is actually what I picture most Digg users as.
  • RadiantBeing, on 10/10/2007, -4/+75These are mi gente. Their sun-starved skin, emaciated bodies, and terrible clothing remind me of every friend I've ever had.
  • wealer, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18That's funny--one guy is on the phone.
    • winterorchid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21he's actually taking the picture through his homemade voip controlled camera
    • davidrools, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6it's his girlfriend.
    • UnstableMind, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I thought that suspicious at first too. All his friends are there already...
  • dweeb79, on 10/10/2007, -3/+43I would still give it to Ming ming Cao
    • TheChunt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Ming ming Cao, or Ming ming WOW......
      • netwonder, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Ming ming Cao, Ming ming Cao, Ming ming Cao, Ming ming Cao, Ming ming Cao - makes for a great t-shirt.
    • davidrools, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Suparna Bhattacharya is way hotter.
    • thomasprebble, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'd bang her!
    • juc0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6You're all quite obviously horny enough to give it to a horse, if you could
  • drunkentoad, on 10/10/2007, -2/+57I bet everyone figured they knew what these guys looked like before they even clicked on the link.
    • Kurisuku, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19I imagiined worse, actually.
    • Tippis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I was surprised the Eric conspiracy hasn't penetrated this group more...
      They're slacking off! :O
    • chedabob, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Nick Piggin looks like he could easily pass off as a non-nerd though.
  • bradneuman, on 10/10/2007, -9/+2buried because it reminds me way too much of my college (Carnegie Mellon computer science). I bet there are at least 3 of them that now how to have a good time!
    • elzurawka, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Its the University of Toronto, i think....
    • kat81, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If you were smart enough to get into CMU, then why do you not know the difference between 'now' and 'know'? And CMU is not 'Carnegie Mellon Computer Science', that is just one program/area of study they have.
      Besides, CMU is nothing like this picture - CMU has more Indians (not Native American Indians) than this picture.
      (yeah, I live right by CMU, know tons of people who go there/teach there, and I am often on campus)
  • vornan19, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20There is two people not named!
    One is standing behind and between Yang Li and Chris Wright. The other is behind Lee Schmermerhorn.
    • XisZ, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11I thought you were mentioning the two that John Linville ate.
    • 10001110101, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6OMG!! And they look middle eastern! Ponies!
    • jimonastick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6I never knew Jesus's real name was Tony Luck...
      (front row, 4th from the left)
  • vault, on 10/10/2007, -1/+70sexy bitches
  • limezor2, on 10/10/2007, -4/+35So those are what people who "pwn noobs" look like.
    • parkermauney, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2No way... Noob pwners are all giant and assertive, just listen to the way they talk!
      • MagicCake, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Judging from the way noob pwners talk (in games supporting voice chat, which I do not use but can still hear), they're either all 12 or all rednecks, so...
    • kat81, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2Umm... No. Kernel hackers (nerds, geeks, whatever you wish to call them) are intelligent enough to use PROPER English, and not some ***** pre-teen short-type. I doubt a true geek/nerd would ever use 'pwn noobs' in their lifetime.
      That kind of 'talk' (typing, whatever) needs to be illegal for being so ***** stupid.
  • thall, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Is Greg Kroah-Hartman, who I think is the primary contributor for the new device model in linux 2.6, avoiding the camera in this shot?
    • tehmoth, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0I think he's at a funeral for his 'Free Linux Driver Development' program.
  • bullsfan03, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16Did anyone else notice Elvis in the 3rd row by the door?
    • linville, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That's Head Bubba -- no, I'm not joking. He speaks w/ a Boston accent, I ***** you not.
  • 10001110101, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17OK.. Maybe some dude decided to change his last name to "Bubba".. And maybe he found some chick crazy enough to marry him, and take that name.. But why in the name of god would they decide to name their son "Head"?
  • hondaman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+40Anyone with a name "Hugh Dickens" can hack my kernel all day long.
  • Piedramente, on 10/10/2007, -1/+27THE LIGHT!!! *hisssssssss*
  • PerfektXj, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20Sites goin pretty slow, heres a mirror if anyone else is havin a problem http://pic.bestpicever.com/piles/?s=kernelhackers
  • chrisinsocalif, on 10/10/2007, -15/+2I wonder if any of them ever had a hair cut over 10 dollars.
    • consoneo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15I've never had a haircut over 10 dollars... Who the hell needs to pay someone that much money to cut their hair? I use an electric razor and shave it all off.

      So you, sir, can go to your biggoty bitch hell :)
      • BradMW, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm already there, it's called the Digg comment section.
  • Dhalgren, on 10/10/2007, -0/+103Where's the hot hacker chick that I always see in the movies?
    • mshanly, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1It is all a lie, there iis never a REAL hot hacker chick? Why? They've all given up on computers and gone off to parties to get laid by drunken idiots who piss me off... Oh wait, thats just the girl I am in love with. :P
    • RockinRoel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Carrie-Anne Moss isn't THAT hot!
    • rizla420, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Oh yea she is. She's got that older sexy smart thing going for her. Not to mention that she looks great in skin tight vinyl.
  • poorman04, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3I don't think I see any normal looking people in that group.
    • kat81, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Err... these are what the people who control the world look like. I'd be nice to them if I were you.
  • FoxOrian, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I especially love the 'tude in Andi Kleen. Front standing row, center.
  • Crossmenjeff, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3yes, rockin the bowtie, bold move my friend. but you, you pull it off.
  • bastardoperator, on 10/10/2007, -1/+35Not to be confused with annual NAMBLA meetup...
  • SNIa, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6How many females do you see?
  • bruinexmo, on 10/10/2007, -5/+49You sure this isn't the 40 Yr Old Virgin Summit?
  • dalaeth, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4It's a veritable Who's Who of people I've never heard of.
  • a3r0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Heh... 'Hugh Dickins'...
    • blipblopblip, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0yeah really heh heh heh hehehhehe (shut up bunghole, i saw it first!)
  • fLUx1337, on 10/10/2007, -0/+33Wow, every digg user just lost the right to call themself a Geek, this is terrible...
    • Cid420, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0How do you know one of them isn't a Digg user?
  • grimstar, on 10/10/2007, -5/+21I found this linked underneath the picture...and it scares me. http://pic.bestpicever.com/piles/?s=photoshopbush
  • DrunkenSavior, on 10/10/2007, -13/+1god, i hate nerds.....

    ~KEMIC ONE~
  • jszaszvari, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0Site is down
    Direct Mirror of Image http://images.roflcopter.net/view/321
  • editthis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10And the race is off!
    Who will be the first digg commenter to insult someone in the photo enough to get put on the FBI's most wanted?
  • DannySpace, on 10/10/2007, -7/+0The only "real" hacker in this photo would be the one on the phone.
  • mikesty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Two guys on the right (between the second to last, third to last) columns look a ***** like Penn and Teller.
    • tehpwnrate, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That's the first thing I noticed... especially the Penn guy.
  • mateo60, on 10/10/2007, -0/+21I'm disappointed at the lack of neck-beards.
  • erkokite, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Representin for the gangstas from all across the world
    • HautePie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I laughed loud in the office. Thanks.
  • Subterfug, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12Sandal Summit 2007
  • eean, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9And what KDE hackers look like:
    http://static.kdenews.org/danimo/akademy07/group-photo.html
    • centran, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2They must be cooler... they have more females!
      Now someone needs to annotate this one. Anybody in both pictures?
      • s1mph0ny, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Ah, you don't remember when gnome and kde were fighting to over-compensate women to work on their projects?
    • SumguyTwentyOne, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Oh god, the guy on the bottom right has no legs!
    • SumguyTwentyOne, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0*sigh* double post.
  • Catbert107, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7dugg for linus torvalds
    • Uberwon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0i was wondering if someone else would notice that. hes the first one i saw
    • Rileyper, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1dugg for johhny knoxville...no wait thats Ralt Baechle
    • Gman1223, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hes starting to look old...
  • stillasleep00, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14James Bottomley, hiding behind the first right pillar...

    Too classic.
    • MrFisty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yep, if anyone was going to wear a bow tie, it was gonna be him.
  • fwoofles, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0Jonathon Corbet is totally checking out Rali Baechle's crotch.
  • stonhaus, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1James Bottomley guest starring as Tucker Carlson
  • consonance, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8These are the people who are bringing sexy back.
  • DiggzDE, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Omg, nameless Indian guy scares me. *See between Yang Li and Chris Wright
    • bkrishnan, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1btw, the only 2 nameless folks in the pic are indians. what gives??
  • sathia, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8checking their names on Google and looking at their CV makes me feel inadequate.
  • ArthurSucks, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1WOOT WOOT! Nerd alert! Nerd alert!
  • maehem, on 10/10/2007, -5/+4I can smell them from here. Buncha hippies!
  • E3L1, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I feel sorry for the 1 guy without a label :( (between Yang and Chris) - also for Bubba, Head
    • Wacer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1There are two without labels. The other one is the right and back row. He is also of what appears to be of Indian descent.
  • vilemonkey, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0Look at that big fat stupid idiot jabba the hut pig at the bottom right corner,.
  • spyd3rweb, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3did anyone find Waldo?
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