How the Internets work
OK, now I'm only going to explain this once: You start with Tim Berners Lee and the W3C and you wind up with PornoTube, LaLa, ytmnd and that "Numa Numa" guy. And it's all done with computers, coffee, business plans and Douglas Coupland novels. Don't understand it? Well why do you think they call it "code," dumbass? (Click image to see full-size... built with Gliffy).
(Saturday A.M. UPDATE: While the popularity of this diagram has faded in the English-speaking world since yesterday's Reddit/Digg/Netvibes frenzy, this morning it's popular in the Spanish-speaking world. Here's how it's described at Meneame: "Un interesante mapa de como funciona internet." And look, if that winds up being Portugese, don't give me a hard time, por favor.)
There's a group on Facebook that would love this. "WE NEED MOAR INTARNETS."
Fan-damn-tastic.
Posted by: Badger | Friday, October 20, 2006 at 15:19
You forgot Travel niche! Travel niche is one of the strongest backbones and pharmacy.
Posted by: Travel niche | Friday, October 20, 2006 at 17:19
I don't trust that cylinder labeled "CIA-NSA" lurking over on the side trying to look inconspicuous.
Posted by: PotatoStew | Friday, October 20, 2006 at 18:54
Again - hilarious. I love the "Nigerians who need help with banking". I might have to add "Prosective Postdoctoral Fellows from India and China who start off all emails with "Dear Sir: I have been closely following your laboratory...". Oh well. But a funny story: I used to make fun of Larry Page. But he was a kid, the son of a MSU professor who lived with the tech in one of the labs I did graduate work in. She (the lab tech) used to always have parties and we'd go to her house and there would always be this kid playing on the computer. So we'd always make fun of him as we walked by his room. Who knew. The woman who raised him has now retired from her job and supposedly has three homes. I was invited to her retirement party and couldn't go - I just found out a month ago that Page was throwing it for her. What a riot.
Posted by: Pam | Friday, October 20, 2006 at 22:37
Really cool map of the internet ! For me the opinion of the web 2.0 should refer to the startpages such as : pageflakes , goowy and desktoptwo. They are on a big fight against the globe...
Posted by: Marcos Sanchez | Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 20:12
Holy crap, some has alot of time on there hands, but i do like the concept.
Penny P
www.4u-dear.com
Posted by: Penny Page | Sunday, September 02, 2007 at 14:54
Thats dumb you forgot all the ads that pop up like ones you don't need like for mustang parts
Posted by: Brian | Thursday, April 03, 2008 at 17:04