vary the Oppenheimer photo taped to the monitor

[wjt]

On the Fediverse, vathpela writes:

It is amazing to me how much I see the Jurassic Park "this is unix, I know this" meme (often with the screen image replaced, but also often not), but never in a way that recognizes that the photo taped to the monitor is Oppenheimer. Mind boggling.

I hadn't recognised the photo.

Anyway, maybe it would be fun to vary that photo as well, substituting other black-and-white photos of humans smoking a pipe and/or standing in front of a chalkboard.

[dill]

I like this idea! I think I did know that it was Oppenheimer, but I had not considered changing the photo.

I guess the other obvious angle here would be to replace the photo with other members of the Manhattan project? Or randomly and infrequently replace the photo with one of Cillian Murphy (though perhaps Christopher Nolan should pay some server costs for that).

[kkarhan]

Is there a specific aspect ratio for that too?
I reckon the screen is 4:3 and the photo is 1:1 in terms of aspect ratio?

if so, one could just vary those as well.

My recommendation would be to add other notable inventors and scientists to it.
For Example:

• Einstein
• Turing
• Hopper
• Wilson
• Torvalds
• Poettering

[BekaValentine]

no no don't swap it for those folx

swap it for cillian murphy

and then maybe swap it for black and white barbie

[wjt]

and then maybe swap it for black and white barbie

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