The list for September 12, 1996
The Top 18 Indications That Geeks Rule the Web
- I refuse to answer on the grounds that it may implicate me.
- See contributor list below.
- 20 bad hurricane names; zero complaints.
- ’96 World Wide Web Consortium postponed due to international shortage of asthma inhalers.
- 78,306,721,987,591,357,852 Karaoke home pages — and counting.
- Latest Internet polls show Chris White leading Bob Dole by 10 percentage points.
- Chance of hacking your way into the Pentagon still better than chance of hooking up with Cindy Crawford.
- 95% of high-level system passwords are based on Star Trek trivia.
- Bathroom stalls at information superhighway rest stops all covered with java code graffiti.
- Uh, you’re READING it, buddy.
- Scanned photos of home page owners all look like cross between Lyle Lovett and Thomas Dolby.
- alt.binary.tape.glasses
- Money magazine picks Bill Gates as sexiest man alive.
- Coco Puff stains on the bottom left corner of most web pages.
- Frequent server crashes between 12-1 p.m. because most users have been forced to surrender their lunch money.
- Fierce Kirk vs. Picard debate crashes AOL.
- “Click here for your free Netscape pocket protector!”
And the Number 1 Indication That Geeks Rule the Web…
- Actually, Dogbert rules the Web, geeks are just his loyal minions.
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CREDITS
Selected from 99 submissions by 35 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Lee Oeth, San Diego, CA — 1 (1st #1!)
- Joel McClure, Sterling Heights, MI — 2
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 3
- George Olson, Colorado Springs, CO — 4, 17
- Sam Evans, Charleston, SC — 5
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 6
- Lisa Stepaniak, Dearborn, MI — 7
- Dee Anne Phillips, Shreveport, LA — 8
- Marshal Perlman, Minneapolis, MN — 9
- Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 10
- Kermit Woodall, Richmond, VA — 11
- Kathleen Buchanan, Tuscaloosa, AL — 12
- John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 13
- Jennifer Ritzinger, Seattle, WA — 14
- Jeff Downey, Raleigh, NC — 15
- Dennis Koho, Keizer, OR — 16
- Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 18
- Mr. E. Person, New York, NY — Topic
- Chris White, NY, NY — Listmeister
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