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Absolutely Unbelievable: Richard Stallman Crankin' Dat Soulja Boy in front of the Green Building at MIT [video]

82 points by pius 19y ago

ivankirigin 19y ago
The best confluence of hacking and hip hop since Monzy's "Drama in the PhD" http://graphics.stanford.edu/~monzy/DramainthePhD.mp3 http://graphics.stanford.edu/~monzy/DramainthePhD.mp3
- tokipin 19y ago
  for those that haven't seen this one yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTby_e4-Rhg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTby_e4-Rhg
- RyanGWU82 19y ago
  I thought Monzy's "Kill Dash Nine" was even funnier. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fow7iUaKrq4 http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fow7iUaKrq4 (Monzy was one of my TAs last year!)
  - mechanical_fish 19y ago
    I prefer the MP3 version. Here it is, complete with an insightful intro by the man himself: http://www.monzy.com/?p=245 http://www.monzy.com/?p=245
- aswanson 19y ago
  What about MC Hawking? Entropy is my song: http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Rhyme-Hawkings-Greatest/dp/B00069YE70 http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Rhyme-Hawkings-Greatest/...
  - mrtron 19y ago
    Bah...you want some actual hardcore CS rap MC Plus+ http://www.mcplusplus.com/ http://www.mcplusplus.com/ Featuring such masterful lyrics as: Project 2 in the databases, around deadline I see desperate faces. Concurrency control using two phase lockin' two writes coming in, second one is blockin'
    - aswanson 19y ago
      Is he a representative of the east or west coast contingent? This is consequential, you know.
      - rms 19y ago
        doesn't MC Hawking rep Cambridge? (the one in England)
        aswanson 19y ago
        Sure does (East Side). I was talking about MCplusplus, though.
- edw519 19y ago
  "The best confluence of hacking and hip hop" That's like saying the best confluence of oil and water.
  - ivankirigin 19y ago
    you obviously haven't heard of the genre "nerd core". it's exploding.
    - edw519 19y ago
      You're right. I'm far too nerdy for anything that's "exploding". Isn't "nerd core" a contradiction in terms?
      - ivankirigin 19y ago
        http://youtube.com/results?search_query=nerdcore http://youtube.com/results?search_query=nerdcore
        edw519 19y ago
        I had no idea. That was too good. (Except the bit about being picked last for dodgeball was hitting a little below the belt). I'm glad I saw that. Now destroy that link forever.
  - pius 19y ago
    Um, no, you're just being arbitrary. Someone could just as easily say that about hacking and heavy metal. They'd be just as wrong.
    - edw519 19y ago
      Isn't calling someone wrong kind of arbitrary?
      - pius 19y ago
aston 19y ago
I need yoooouuu to put down the laptop before you start doing club dances.
- euccastro 19y ago
  Um- testing the accelerometer?
- jmzachary 19y ago
  Yo! That is Master GPL! Respect or he will pop a cap in your stack.
mynameishere 19y ago
He's the worst dancer. I remember reading his bio about how he spent years training as a folk dancer. Guess it didn't do much good.
- sayrer 19y ago
  I think he is much better than anyone else in the movie. He carries it well at about 0:20-0:25, while the others look like spastic white people.
Alex3917 19y ago
"Please tell us something surprising or amusing that one of you has discovered. (The answer need not be related to your project.)"
choward93 19y ago
Every time I hear that song I can slowly feel my brain decompose.
- mojuba 19y ago
  Many GPL'd sources do the same to my brain.
henryw 19y ago
you guys know about 'superman' right? it's nasty.
- rms 19y ago
  in the scheme of slang terms for sexual acts, i would say it is nothing. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=superman+dat+hoe http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=superman+dat+...
  - mattmaroon 19y ago
    Yeah, go play poker online, then run the names of your 9 opponents through urban dictionary. Odds are 2 will be worse. I just hope the same thing goes for fantasy sports.
getp 19y ago
About the man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman
twism 19y ago
pffft.... lets see if he can do the spiderman
aquateen 19y ago
I love the lab coats.
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henning 19y ago
I'm not that surprised by this, actually. RMS was very big into folk dancing at one point in his life.
sspencer 19y ago
I can't help but wonder if there is a dusty film in someone's basement of Alan Turing swing-dancing to Glenn Miller in front of Bletchley Park sometime in the early 1940s. Because that is how people will view this in 50 years or so. Awesome!
altano 19y ago
So is that like... A macarena type fad? Please explain this to us old folks =\
- kirubakaran 19y ago
  What is a 'macarena type fad'? Please explain this to us young folks ;) BTW, how can one be "trapped" at 23? http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=altano http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=altano
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  - altano 19y ago
    Surprisingly easily
ptn 19y ago
oh...my...god...he's a better dancer than I am :P
Nicolay77 19y ago
He's just trying to impress the lady in black. (Or some other lady nearby.)

82 points by pius 19y ago

The best confluence of hacking and hip hop since Monzy's "Drama in the PhD" http://graphics.stanford.edu/~monzy/DramainthePhD.mp3 http://graphics.stanford.edu/~monzy/DramainthePhD.mp3

tokipin 19y ago
for those that haven't seen this one yet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTby_e4-Rhg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTby_e4-Rhg
RyanGWU82 19y ago
I thought Monzy's "Kill Dash Nine" was even funnier. http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fow7iUaKrq4 http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fow7iUaKrq4 (Monzy was one of my TAs last year!)
- mechanical_fish 19y ago
  I prefer the MP3 version. Here it is, complete with an insightful intro by the man himself: http://www.monzy.com/?p=245 http://www.monzy.com/?p=245
aswanson 19y ago
What about MC Hawking? Entropy is my song: http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Rhyme-Hawkings-Greatest/dp/B00069YE70 http://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Rhyme-Hawkings-Greatest/...
- mrtron 19y ago
  Bah...you want some actual hardcore CS rap MC Plus+ http://www.mcplusplus.com/ http://www.mcplusplus.com/ Featuring such masterful lyrics as: Project 2 in the databases, around deadline I see desperate faces. Concurrency control using two phase lockin' two writes coming in, second one is blockin'
  - aswanson 19y ago
    Is he a representative of the east or west coast contingent? This is consequential, you know.
    - rms 19y ago
      doesn't MC Hawking rep Cambridge? (the one in England)
      - aswanson 19y ago
        Sure does (East Side). I was talking about MCplusplus, though.
edw519 19y ago
"The best confluence of hacking and hip hop" That's like saying the best confluence of oil and water.
- ivankirigin 19y ago
  you obviously haven't heard of the genre "nerd core". it's exploding.
  - edw519 19y ago
    You're right. I'm far too nerdy for anything that's "exploding". Isn't "nerd core" a contradiction in terms?
    - ivankirigin 19y ago
      http://youtube.com/results?search_query=nerdcore http://youtube.com/results?search_query=nerdcore
      - edw519 19y ago
        I had no idea. That was too good. (Except the bit about being picked last for dodgeball was hitting a little below the belt). I'm glad I saw that. Now destroy that link forever.
- pius 19y ago
  Um, no, you're just being arbitrary. Someone could just as easily say that about hacking and heavy metal. They'd be just as wrong.
  - edw519 19y ago
    Isn't calling someone wrong kind of arbitrary?
    - pius 19y ago

aston 19y ago

I need yoooouuu to put down the laptop before you start doing club dances.

euccastro 19y ago
Um- testing the accelerometer?
jmzachary 19y ago
Yo! That is Master GPL! Respect or he will pop a cap in your stack.

mynameishere 19y ago

He's the worst dancer. I remember reading his bio about how he spent years training as a folk dancer. Guess it didn't do much good.

sayrer 19y ago
I think he is much better than anyone else in the movie. He carries it well at about 0:20-0:25, while the others look like spastic white people.

Alex3917 19y ago

"Please tell us something surprising or amusing that one of you has discovered. (The answer need not be related to your project.)"

choward93 19y ago

Every time I hear that song I can slowly feel my brain decompose.

mojuba 19y ago
Many GPL'd sources do the same to my brain.

henryw 19y ago

you guys know about 'superman' right? it's nasty.

rms 19y ago
in the scheme of slang terms for sexual acts, i would say it is nothing. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=superman+dat+hoe http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=superman+dat+...
- mattmaroon 19y ago
  Yeah, go play poker online, then run the names of your 9 opponents through urban dictionary. Odds are 2 will be worse. I just hope the same thing goes for fantasy sports.

getp 19y ago

About the man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman

twism 19y ago

pffft.... lets see if he can do the spiderman

aquateen 19y ago

I love the lab coats.

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henning 19y ago

I'm not that surprised by this, actually. RMS was very big into folk dancing at one point in his life.

sspencer 19y ago

I can't help but wonder if there is a dusty film in someone's basement of Alan Turing swing-dancing to Glenn Miller in front of Bletchley Park sometime in the early 1940s. Because that is how people will view this in 50 years or so. Awesome!

altano 19y ago

So is that like... A macarena type fad? Please explain this to us old folks =\

kirubakaran 19y ago
What is a 'macarena type fad'? Please explain this to us young folks ;) BTW, how can one be "trapped" at 23? http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=altano http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=altano
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- altano 19y ago
  Surprisingly easily

ptn 19y ago

oh...my...god...he's a better dancer than I am :P

Nicolay77 19y ago

He's just trying to impress the lady in black. (Or some other lady nearby.)