September 27, 2007
Don’t be such a “#ffc0cb”
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Identify and connect 1 and 2 .
Cracked by: srikanth , udupendra(cracks the cryptic title too) , bs , Biki , rajeshvj , Sharath , Gammafunction , Sharath , Naresh , Ganesh Prasad , Preetish , Abhishek , alephnull , yaksha , uma , prasanth , shyam , Prasad(what is the secret of your energy?) and Tathagata Chatterjee.
1. Slackware‘s mascot. Tux with a pipe and cool hairdo.
2. J.R. “Bob” Dobbs, the diety of the “Church of the sub-genius”
Patrick Volkerding, who created Slackware Linux named it based on the term “Slack”, a very important concept of the church of the sub-genius. Slackware’s mascot Tux is smoking a pipe as a direct reference to Bob.
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1 is the slackware logo, inspired by 2 and the usual tux .
2 is a picture of Bob, the deity of The Church of the Subgenius. This church is based around the concept of "slack". Patrick Volkerding, the creator of slackware, named Slackware after this concept.
2. is JR Bob Dobbs, the figurehead of the Church of the Subgenius
Slackware's logo is inspired by 'Bob'. And I am not Pink.
2. J. R. "Bob" Dobbs
Founder of Slackware Linux, Patrick Volkerding is a member of the Church of SubGenius. J. R. "Bob" Dobbs is a prominent figure head of the Church of Subgenius. Slackware Linux was named after "Slack", the pursuit of which was a central belief in the Church , which generally stands for the sense of freedom, independence, and original thinking that comes when you achieve your personal goals
2. [[ Couldn't crack this without Wikipedia :P]] Its the symbol of the "Church of the SubGenius" – The smiling pipe-smoking face of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs
Good one!
Connection: Patrick Volkerding, the founder and maintainer of Slackware Linux, is also a SubGenius affiliate, and he has confirmed the Church and "Bob" inspired the name for Slackware.
Blame AutoRaja
Slack in Slackware comes from Slack as defined in 'Church of the subgenius' a new-age religion for "cool" people. The founder of this church was J.R. "Bob" Dobbs- the man in pic 2.
2. is J.R."Bob" Dobbs who is the figurehead of the church of the SubGenius.
The connect being that the Slack in Slackware comes from the church's definition of 'Slack'-(which generally stands for the sense of freedom, independence, and original thinking that comes when you achieve your personal goals)
This church of the sub-genius seems like an ultra-cool idea!
Slack in Slackware comes from Slack as defined in 'Church of the subgenius' a new-age religion for "cool" people. The founder of this church was J.R. "Bob" Dobbs- the man in pic 2.
Fig2: Patrick Volkerding. This picture is on his home page.
The Connect: Slackware. Slackware is a Libux distribution by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux, Inc.
Thanks,
Naresh.
Patrick Volkerding is the founder of the Slackware Linux distribution
pic2 : The smiling ,pipe smoking face is of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, the figurehead of the Church of the SubGenius.
The central belief in the Church is the pursuit of Slack, which generally stands for the sense of freedom, independence, and original thinking that comes when you achieve your personal goals.Patrick is a SubGenius affiliate/member. The use of the word Slack in "Slackware" is a homage to J. R. "Bob" Dobbs
2nd pic – BOB dobbs the founder of "Church of the SubGenius".
Connect - Slack is an important term in "church of the subgenius"
and Slack in Slackware is derived from the "church of the subgenius".
Patrick Volkerding, the founder and maintainer of Slackware Linux, is also a SubGenius affiliate, and he has confirmed the Church and "Bob" inspired the name for Slackware.
2)J.R."Bob" Dobbs
The "Slack" in Slackware is a reference to the term "Slack" as defined by the Church of the SubGenius.
Volkerding, the founder and maintainer of Slackware Linux, is also a SubGenius affiliate, and he has confirmed the Church and "Bob" inspired the name for Slackware.
J. R. "Bob" Dobbs is the figurehead of the Church of the SubGenius
(1) is a reference to (2) and the pipe is an essential part of "Bob".
Patrick Volkerding
oh the connect is Slackware
Blame AutoRaja
pic2: J.R Bob Dobbs,the figurehead of the “Church of the SubGenius” .
connect: “Church of Sub-Genius”.Patrick Volkerding, the founder of Slackware Linux, is a SubGenius affiliate, and he has confirmed the Church and “Bob” inspired the name for Slackware.
the slackware logo, inspired by bob the deity of the church of subgenius. this church has a base around "slack". volkerding named slackware after this
Pic 2- J. R. "Bob" Dobbs
Tux got its new avatar from Dobbs to become the "slackware" mascot
2, J. R. "Bob" Dobbs is the figurehead of the Church of the SubGenius.
The connect is that Slackware gets its name from the definition of 'Slack' as defined by the Church of the SubGenius, according to whom Slack generally stands for "the sense of freedom, independence, and original thinking that comes when you achieve your personal goals".
(for Slackware 2.0 through 3.0, distribution CDs were printed with a dobbshead on it)
2) J R "Bob" Dobbs – the figurehead of The Church of the Subgenius
The connection is : Patrick Volkerding. (PV)
PV is the founder of Slackware Linux. He is also an affiliate member of The Church of the Subgenius, and once claimed that the word"slack" of Slackware is a homage to J R "Bob" Dobbs and the Church.
regards,
Tathagata Chatterjee