Picture of the Day, 1/12/09

And so...after a brief hiatus, we continue the "Picture of the Day" series. Today's winners are courtesy of my firm's IT department. You do have a little bit of IT knowledge to appreciate the humour, but I'll notate each picture to make things a little clearer.

Problem Solving Flowsheet


Well actually, I'm not going to explain this one, but it demonstrates the thought process flowchart for problem solving in many IT (information technology) departments and projects. Like they say, if I have to explain it...

Linux Symposium Statistics: T-Shirt Size

There's always the joke expressed via stereotype that IT people are not the most fit specimens. Say "computer guy" and average Joe thinks of a nerdy, balding guy with glasses who lives in his parent's basement, wears ratty jeans with pocket protector, and couldn't score a date to save his life, but mostly the imagery that comes to mind is that of a fat middle aged man. In this case, reality reflected perception. There are annual technical conventions for users of Linux, an open-source operating system that rivals Microsoft's Windows. For one such convention, organizers kept track of how many shirts attendees ordered of each size (S, M, L, XL, XXL) from 1999-2008. It's apparent by the bar graph that attendees went from mostly wearing small to medium shirts to wearing large and extra large shirts nine years later. Well it's sad but true.