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Posted by simoniker on Monday May 10, 2004 @01:48PM from the eat-the-rich dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Public voting has opened for the Computer Museum of America Hall of Fame, which is looking to add 5 more members to the roster via a public vote. Previous inductees include Sid Meier (of Civilization fame), and among this years list of nominees is Linus himself. The full list, along with the voting area itself is over at HomeLAN."

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Idiots! (Score:-1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @01:50PM (#9108559)

Where is:

[_] Goatse.cx Guy

I mean.. show me Linus' bum on the net and I may vote for him.

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CowboyNeal? (Score:4, Funny)

by Hatta ( 162192 ) writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @01:52PM (#9108588) Journal

I don't get it, where's the CowboyNeal option?

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What? No Darl? (Score:2, Funny)

by lukewarmfusion ( 726141 ) writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @01:53PM (#9108607) Homepage Journal

I started clicking the ones I considered to be "sure bets" - and found there were way too many.

And Steve Case wasn't on my list.

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What??? (Score:4, Funny)

by Archangel Michael ( 180766 ) writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @01:55PM (#9108628) Journal

No Darl McBride?

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Flamebait (Score:5, Funny)

by Jonboy X ( 319895 ) writes: <jonathan.oexnerNO@SPAMalum.wpi.edu> on Monday May 10, 2004 @01:56PM (#9108634) Journal

Can I mod this article as flamebait?

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Dear Baudilus, (Score:0, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @01:56PM (#9108635)

Your fired. Pack your shit and get out. Now.

Sincerely,
Your Boss

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Is electronic voting allowed? (Score:5, Funny)

by avoisin ( 105703 ) writes: <swh8@cornell.edu> on Monday May 10, 2004 @01:57PM (#9108645)

If electronic voting is allowed, can we use Dibold machines?

Could they vote for themselves?

Ack! *Vanishes into a paradox*

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Re:Where's the "WOZ" (Score:2, Funny)

by Emperor Shaddam IV ( 199709 ) writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @01:59PM (#9108677) Journal

Sorry, my bad...

Emperors make mistakes too.

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Re:Linus Himself? (Score:5, Funny)

by baudilus ( 665036 ) writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @02:01PM (#9108712)

Does he deserve his own religion? Probably not.

I just love the word "probably" in that statement.

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Re:Missing Poll Option (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @02:01PM (#9108715)

You mean GNU/Linus Torvalds?

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Dear AC Boss, (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @02:03PM (#9108738)

Your fired. Pack your shit and get out. Now.

You're fired because you don't understand proper English grammar and punctuation.

Pack your shit and get out. Now.

Sincerely,
The Boss's Boss

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Is Al Gore on the list? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @02:06PM (#9108770)

Is Al Gore on this list? He invented the Internet. Sure he belongs on it!

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Vote for Mauchley and Eckert (Score:0, Funny)

by wcrowe ( 94389 ) writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @02:09PM (#9108820)

I'm surprised that Al Gore isn't on the list.

He invented the Internet, you know.

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Re:William Gibson? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @02:14PM (#9108869)

Dunno what the "M" is for, though.

Malodorous

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Re:Why aren't these people already in? (Score:2, Funny)

by Geoff-with-a-G ( 762688 ) writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @02:18PM (#9108898)

Linus Torvalds - I don't need to say who he is - but why isn't he there either.

Was he that other kid with Charlie Brown, in Peanuts?

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Voting twice?? No way! (Score:5, Funny)

by greppling ( 601175 ) writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @02:18PM (#9108907)

Please check your basic facts before posting. They use cookies to ensure that NOBODY can vote twice. This is STATE-OF-THE-ART hardened hacker-proof COMPUTER SECURITY TECHNOLOGY!!!

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Re:Flamebait (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @02:38PM (#9109085)

Only if you're voting for Steve Case.

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Re:My Votes (Score:3, Funny)

by metlin ( 258108 ) * writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @03:17PM (#9109483) Journal

I don't see the NSA, either :-p

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Re:RMS (Score:3, Funny)

by Mr. Bad Example ( 31092 ) writes: on Monday May 10, 2004 @04:17PM (#9110217) Homepage

> Where is Richard Stallman???

Demanding that Torvalds change his name to "GNU/Linus" before he's inducted.

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