I decline to take part in your ad campaign. posted by DU at 10:04 AM on January 25 [7 favorites]
I can only see...
1) Wikileaks' release of the US embassy cables.
2) Nyan Cat.
3) Duke Nukem Forever is released after 15 years in development.
4) Friday by Rebecca Black
5) Minecraft?
6) The PlayStation Network hack posted by Memo at 10:11 AM on January 25
On preview, I thought that might be Minecraft too, but why does the screen say "Hello World." posted by mrgrimm at 10:18 AM on January 25
Steve Jobs, Bradly Manning (in prison for secrets), Google (clue for #15), the Darth Vader kid from the superbowl. posted by Ogre Lawless at 10:20 AM on January 25
Looks like the lower left corner is possibly Google Groups (with the circles) being sailed by a Rage Face ('Like a Sir,' if I recall correctly.) posted by Weighted Companion Cube at 10:21 AM on January 25
Damn, couldn't they make that all-important image just a little bit bigger? posted by kcds at 10:22 AM on January 25
The green and blue circles, Google+?
The small Darth Vader, the VW ad? (Not sure why that is "Internet," I saw it on TV ...)
Damn, couldn't they make that all-important image just a little bit bigger?
That was actually my fault. There is a bigger image at:
Didn't Minecraft happen in 2010? posted by koeselitz at 10:25 AM on January 25
Where's Steve Jobs? Is he the "Hello World" programmer? I never would have gotten that (never made that connection with the Macintosh, though now that I do look again, it does look like the old multicolor Apple logo on the monitor).
Also, it's probably not Minecraft, since it was around for a while and exploded mostly in 2010?
On preview: JINX. posted by mrgrimm at 10:26 AM on January 25
Ooops, Admiral Haddock already correctly identified the blocks as Swords and Sworcery... posted by mrgrimm at 10:28 AM on January 25
Apple and glasses on the right... Harry Potter left school? Had an affair with Snow White? Harry Potter ate an apple? posted by heyho at 10:29 AM on January 25
No, the "Hello World" programmer has to be Dennis Ritchie, who died this year. He invented the "Hello World" programming language in his classic textbook "The C Programming Language." posted by koeselitz at 10:30 AM on January 25 [3 favorites]
Argh. "... the "Hello World" programming language..." should be "... the "Hello World" programming example." posted by koeselitz at 10:31 AM on January 25
No, the "Hello World" programmer has to be Dennis Ritchie, who died this year. He invented the "Hello World" programming language in his classic textbook "The C Programming Language."
Ah, that makes more sense. Then the glasses and the apple are a reference to Jobs. posted by mrgrimm at 10:33 AM on January 25
Ah, that makes more sense. Then the glasses and the apple are a reference to Jobs.
/me slaps head, quits this stoopid game. Dammit! posted by heyho at 10:37 AM on January 25
What I really wonder about is the bison. Somebody on another board says bison charged tourists at Yellowstone this year ... but that happens every year.
Some of these selections are pretty bad, i.e. they didn't "happen on the Internet." A lot (most?) are just news stories.
Sorry for the meme psyche. posted by mrgrimm at 10:39 AM on January 25
Anonymous hacking the PS3 is on there, and I would assume the scroll is Facebook Timeline. I guess the lulzboat is the Anon. campaign to avenge Wikileaks? posted by codacorolla at 10:41 AM on January 25
...I just right this minute realized nyan cat is saying "nyan." (nyan-nyan-nyan-nyan...)
this whole time I thought it was saying "meow."
I never understood why it was called nyan cat. posted by changeling at 10:52 AM on January 25 [2 favorites]
I think the Bison is the "Douchebag Bison" clip and the apple and glasses is for Steve Jobs posted by smcniven at 10:55 AM on January 25 [1 favorite]
The boat with turkeys on it is the aid ship from Turkey, I think. posted by KGMoney at 10:56 AM on January 25
Do I win points for obviousness if I suggest that #20 is the Arab Spring? posted by never used baby shoes at 11:19 AM on January 25
this whole time I thought it was saying "meow."
I never understood why it was called nyan cat.
This Is What the Voice of the Honey Badger Video Looks Like
Or more likely, this. The Randall honey badger video was uploaded by "CZG123," which, as far as I can tell, is Christopher Zane Gordon, an actor, standup comic, and voiceover artist. The link is to a video in his other youtube account.
It's amusing that the gawker editor breathlessly exclaims "That is how he sounds all the time!" Well, no, that's what he sounds like when a TMZ camera crew interviews him on the street in character. posted by Admiral Haddock at 2:06 PM on January 25 [2 favorites]
Where the fuck is Fenton? posted by mippy at 7:31 AM on January 26
I'm still contemplating "Sphinx pong" ... if it really is the Arab Spring, shouldn't the Sphinx be livecasting on a cell phone or something?
Again, the clue, "An epic battle of the old vs. the new" connotes gaming to me, not the Arab Spring.
Also, I was totally wrong on the Zanesville massacre (which is good, b/c that's not the Internet). The clue for the leopard is "a dreaming leopard rewrites open source South African philosophy"
posted by Old'n'Busted at 9:49 AM on January 25 [2 favorites]