Internet Famous

[Cheese]

I need some examples of people who are "internet famous", people like Maddox for instance. A lot of people who spend far too much time on the internet know who he is but I'd say no-one in the real world has ever heard of him.

Any ideas?:unsure:

[Samurai]

internet.news :dry:

[Barbarossa]

random_nut :)

[100%]

kevin metnick
or any other famous hackers
virus creators? (viruses)
tubgirl
the chinese kid who got his face photoshopped http://rhee.dakindesign.com/
starwars kid
salad fingers
other flash characters eg.badgers
smilies eg.dancing banana
Raol\s hakker tips (or whatever his name was)
http://www.neowin.net/forum/uploads/post-8300-1102822784.gif

[manker]

Camgirl Nay is internet famous. She was even on Oprah once - or Rikki Lake, I forget.

She is full of plastic goodness, yum.

http://cam.sacred.nu/camera.jpg

http://www.sacred.nu/layout/rot1.jpg

http://www.sacred.nu/layout/rot2.jpg

http://www.sacred.nu/layout/rot3.jpg

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Is Stile internet famous :unsure:

Also until the Anchor butter adverts weebl wouldn't have been too famous IRL. He probably fits the criteria.

[tesco]

starwars kid

[vivitron 15]

you have Steve Gibson (http://www.grc.com/) and Blackviper (www.blackviper.com) who are properly famous i guess...people like i.n are more "this forum" famous

[ziggyjuarez]

www.AngryNakedPat.com

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The Internet Celebrities Quiz, 2004 (http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/netiquetteonlineculture/l/blquizcelebs1.htm)

http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/netiquetteonlineculture/l/blquizcelebs1.htm


Question 1


Who is this famous man?


A. Lawrence Page

B. Tim Berners-Lee

C. Riddick Bowe




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/quizzes/timbernerslee.jpg

HINT: In the late 1980's, he designed the World Wide Web, and later launched the first official web pages in 1989. Recently, Queen Elizabeth knighted him for outstanding service as a British citizen.






Question 2


Which Internet company did this man create?


A. KartOO

B. Inktomi

C. AOL




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/graphics/steve_case.jpg
HINT: Steve Case founded a company in 1985 that grew to become a massively-popular online service. Millions of people use Steve's service today as a daily part of their lives.







Question 3


Who is this famous
Phone Phreaker?



A. Gore Vidal

B. Gary Larson

C. Kevin Mitnick




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/quizzes/mitnick.gif
HINT: This Phone 'Phreaker' is the hero of Internet hackers and crackers around the world. Now released from prison, he is the most famous hacker in history, and the bestselling author of "The Art of Deception".



Question 4


Which two Steves founded the world of Apple Computers?


A. Steve Vdorsky and Steve Yang

B. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

Steve Austin and Steve Buscemi




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/quizzes/twosteves.jpg

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Question 5

In 1995, Jeff Bezos founded what Fortune 500 company in Seattle?


A. Amazon.com

B. Starbucks.com

C. PizzaNow.com




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/quizzes/jeffbezos2.gif








Question 6


President Clinton awarded these two men the U.S. National Medal of Technology.



A. Joel and Ethan Coen

B. Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn

C. Leo Tolstoy and David Suzuki




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/graphics/cerf_kahn_clinton.gif
HINT: These two men designed TCP/IP networking protocol, the way we beam HTML pages around the Internet.



Question 7


David Filo and Jerry Yang developed what service?


A. MSNBC

B. Altavista

C. Yahoo!




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/graphics/yahoodudes.gif HINT: These two Stanford University electrical engineering students started a directory service in 1994. It grew to become "another hierarchical officious oracle".





Question 8


Marc Andreessen designed what popular Internet software?


A. Netscape Navigator

B. Napster

C. The Sasser Virus




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/quizzes/marcandreessen.jpg









Question 9


He hacked Citibank in 1995, stealing over $10 million USD.



A. Warren Dickie

B. Vladimir Levin

C. Michael Yee, Jr.




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/graphics/vladimirlevin.jpg
HINT: He was caught at Heathrow airport in London, and later sent to jail for three years. His cohorts were similarly jailed.



Question 10


Which online business did Pierre and Pam Omidyar create?


A. Bluefly.com

B. Amazon.com

C. eBay.com




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/quizzes/PamPierre.jpg HINT: This couple founded a small web site in 1995 that focused on selling goods across the Web. It later grew to be the single most successful online business in human history.





Question 11


What software did Shawn Fanning create?


A. Napster

B. WinAMP

C. MP3.com




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/graphics/shawn_fanning.jpg HINT: Because of Shawn Fanning's efforts, nearly 90% of American college students used his file-sharing software between 1999 and 2001. Outraged by the resultant free sharing of copyrighted music, Dr. Dre, Madonna, Metallica, and ARIA took Shawn to court, and he was ultimately forced to discontinue his product in its free-sharing form.










Question 12


Which operating system did this man devise?



A. Palm OS

B. Longhorn 06

C. Linux




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/graphics/linus.jpg
HINT: Linus Torvald devised a powerful operating system that is freely available to the public. His product has achieved eminence for promoting "open source" (free-and-customizable) software for personal computers, and has provided a powerful alternative to Windows.



Question 13


In 1981, he was the first person to ever be arrested for a computer crime.


A. Ian Murphy

B. Pete Mansbridge

C. Nicholas Melissinos




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/quizzes/zap.jpg HINT: Nicknamed "Captain Zap", he later became the inspiration for the Robert Redford movie, "Sneakers"





Question 14


Sergey Brin and Larry Page founded which popular search service?


A. Ask.com

B. Dogpile.com

C. Google.com




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/graphics/brin_page.jpg HINT: Sergey's and Larry's service has become so popular, its name has been added to the English dictionary as a slang term.










Question 15


James Gosling created an "Oak" computer language. It was later renamed to what?

A. Ethernet

B. Java

C. Perl




http://netforbeginners.about.com/library/quizzes/gosling.jpg
HINT: That language later became a huge part of Internet technology, cell phones, Coke machines, and computer games around the world.



+ plus the dude that does presentations for microsoft - the screaming guy

[TheDave]

star wars kid and andy milonakis mentioned

sharedholder

this is tougher than i thought

[Cheese]

I needed the names for my piece on Maddox. I wanted to introduce the concept of being "internet famous" in my argument. I have used Kevin Metnick, the guy who invented Napster and Star Wars Kid.

[enoughfakefiles]

Paris hilton. :rolleyes:

Is that my coat. :lol:

[bujub22]

kevin metnick
or any other famous hackers
virus creators? (viruses)
tubgirl
the chinese kid who got his face photoshopped http://rhee.dakindesign.com/
http://rhee.rossdakin.com/pics/stephen.jpg
starwars kid
salad fingers
other flash characters eg.badgers
smilies eg.dancing banana
Raol\s hakker tips (or whatever his name was)
that site is great funny as hell :lol:


also the most famous is bill gates or billy g- as i call him :shifty:

[vivitron 15]

yeah but Bill G is RL famous, so excluded :P

[Jon L. Obscene]

Everyone online is internet famous.

But the Drummer boy is great.

Jonno :cool:

[TheDave]

Random Nut - For K++

Sharepro - of ESV fame. Probably more infamous, especially for the death threats (see above).
thats who i meant. obviously not famous enough:blushing:

[Rat Faced]

Slyck

[Sid Hartha]

http://www.foundcrap.com/wget/www.fypl.info/fppcreg1.jpg

Bill Miller (http://www.foundcrap.com/wget/www.fypl.info/)

[muchspl2]

bubb rubb
http://www.google.com/search?q=Bubb%20Rubb

[TheDave]

devvo

[Santa]

wikepidia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numa_Numa

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1a/Numanumanewspaper.jpg/691px-Numanumanewspaper.jpg

[4play]

what about tub girl and the goatse guy they are pretty difficult to forget.
maybe cmdr taco or emotion eric

[MagicNakor]

I can't forget TubGirl and GoatseGuy no matter how hard I try. I think those images are permanently burnt onto my retinas.

I'd submit Drew Curtis (of fark.com fame). Maybe Strongbad.

Edit: Emotion Eric's pretty good. ;)

:shuriken:

[JPaul]

I can't forget TubGirl and GoatseGuy no matter how hard I try. I think those images are permanently burnt onto my retinas.

I'd submit Drew Curtis (of fark.com fame). Maybe Strongbad.

Edit: Emotion Eric's pretty good. ;)

:shuriken:
Emotion Eric is da bomb.

http://www.emotioneric.com/sarcresp.jpg

[Samurai]

Nice dead thread revitalisation :dry:

[JPaul]

http://www.emotioneric.com/anger.jpg

[Gripper]

Who's the scary oriental