Around the time this website was made, I was building an application for a big company in Spain that was to run as a Java applet and required the code to be signed.
They did not yet have their own certificates so I had to make my own CA during testing and sign the code, and I wanted to make sure that they did not forget to switch to their certificates later, so instead of signing the code with my name which some bureaucrat might decide to not bother changing, the code was signed by Britney Spears.
They noticed it, got the joke and made sure to switch certificates for the release. Everything went well thanks to Britney.
Meanwhile Dolph Lundgren has an actual MA in Chemical Engineering. It's a pity we can't get him to do something like this in earnest to teach engineering concepts.
From the same era of the internet I recall a site called the "Large Hardon Collider" making fun of the very common subtle typo. IIRC it had a light blue background and crude (in more ways than one) pencil diagrams. I can't find it now and I wonder if anyone else remembers it?
There used to be a series of network posts by the "Router God". They went missing, and someone resurrected a bunch of them. Sadly, the article "7 of 9 on OSPF" has left us for good.
An attempt was made in the section "Band Structure and Effective Mass" of the chapter "Basic Semiconductor Physics" to tie the two disparate subjects together.
Around the time this website was made, I was building an application for a big company in Spain that was to run as a Java applet and required the code to be signed.
They did not yet have their own certificates so I had to make my own CA during testing and sign the code, and I wanted to make sure that they did not forget to switch to their certificates later, so instead of signing the code with my name which some bureaucrat might decide to not bother changing, the code was signed by Britney Spears.
They noticed it, got the joke and made sure to switch certificates for the release. Everything went well thanks to Britney.
Coincidentally I was just looking for this picture yesterday https://britneyspears.ac/wallpaper/bswp005_800x600.htm (the one absent Britney, but this did cross my mind)
I remember this, presumably from slashdot 20,years ago
(2000) Popular in:
2023 (37 points, 7 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10872658
The old Internet was so fricken cool before we allowed monopolies.
Meanwhile Dolph Lundgren has an actual MA in Chemical Engineering. It's a pity we can't get him to do something like this in earnest to teach engineering concepts.
Brian May (Queen) has a PhD degree in astrophysics :)
and Mayim Bialik holds a neuroscience PhD
And sadly a bit of a loon about vaccines and supplements.
MA is master of art according to google. MSc seems right.
Many (most, in the US; don't know about Sweden or Australia) institutions don't draw a distinction between the two and award MA regardless.
From the same era of the internet I recall a site called the "Large Hardon Collider" making fun of the very common subtle typo. IIRC it had a light blue background and crude (in more ways than one) pencil diagrams. I can't find it now and I wonder if anyone else remembers it?
Author briefly/currently worked in SEO as a result.
I was crushed when I saw the site needed Flash.
And also Java in the browser for the (presumed) awesome chat, provided the surely still amazing freejavachat.com
oh, good.
no longer will i have to settle for learning Quantum Physics from Kim Kardashian [1]
[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/6a5mf7/whats_less_be...
There’s also Zara Dar and Chang Hsu’s PornHub/OnlyFans pages for maths and STEM subjects, if we’re going down this rabbit hole…
The picture on the front page reminds me of the Why's Poignant guide to Ruby, specifically it had a picture of a baby shouting some Ruby code.
There used to be a series of network posts by the "Router God". They went missing, and someone resurrected a bunch of them. Sadly, the article "7 of 9 on OSPF" has left us for good.
They seem to be in the wayback machine:
https://web.archive.org/web/20100528044501/http://www.router...
https://web.archive.org/web/20100328035939/http://routergod....
Along with Gunney Sgt Hartmann:
https://web.archive.org/web/20100508022721/http://www.router...
I don't see much connection here between miss BS and semiconductor physics.
It's just a physics book that happens to have pictures of the popstar in it.
It’s a 25 year old joke. It was a simpler time.
An attempt was made in the section "Band Structure and Effective Mass" of the chapter "Basic Semiconductor Physics" to tie the two disparate subjects together.
But what's the joke though?
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Routergod.com was one of the greats, good times.
Interesting, I can see a clear connection between the two subjects on this image: https://britneyspears.ac/physics/basics/images/britneycbvb.j...
This can't be coincidence!
Autistic me wanted to half believe it. You don’t get any cookies for bursting my bubble :(
A joke is like a soap bubble. The act of explaining a joke pops it and reveals it to have no substance.
The essence of humor is simply surprise. Once the surprise is gone, or if it never was surprising, it seems flat or silly.
Some people enjoy humor with deeper meaning, and explaining that meaning might be illuminating. But that’s lipstick on a duck.
Non-sequitur humor was the style at the time.