Are they flying? Is it a chorus line? It’s a flying chorus line!

Look at that lamp down there in the lower right hand corner. They’ve managed to use Ruby to achieve levitation! Now Python isn’t the only one with a flying circus.

The first guy isn’t wearing a white t-shirt. Is this significant?

The first guy is taking all that “sexiest hacker alive” talk a bit too seriously ;-P

Is the second guy Matz?

Yes Yerry, that is indeed Matz. Levitating at least six feet in the air by the looks of it.

Isn’t the first guy you, _why?

This is probably sad, but for some reason I can’t help thinking of the Algorithm March from Pythagoras Switch.

Oops, I was outstripped by _why ;)

This pose is a funny and famous pose in Japan, that called ‘Boom’. This pose is expressed a mimicking air-plain flies, came from an Ascii Art on 2ch – a huge aggregate of BBSs, photogravure idol Shoko-tan spread this pose to Real world.

boom ascii art: http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/maruheso/aadic/ha.html#bu-n

shoko-tan blog(boom sample): http://yaplog.jp/strawberry2/archive/4201

2ch: http://www.2ch.net/

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Yes! Just it. _why.

“Isnt the first guy you, _why?”

No, the first guy is The Hottest Hacker on Earth (according to Wired) and father of Rails.

Second / middle guy is Matz, father of Ruby.

Third guy, I have no idea.

3rd guy is the ex-Prime Minister of Canada, Right Honourable Jean Chretien!

I bet you’re embarrassed now. That SJIS art totally backfired and the alignment is all wack.

Zing: Actually, I thought that _Why’s SJIS art could easily be entitled: WARNING : Duck Typing Ahead!

ghgfhf

SJIS art blows up RedHanded preview but good.

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Why does the preview come out differently than the actual post, anyway? Originally I thought it was because it was doing the stuff in Javascleept, but then I realized no, it’s doing a roundtrip to the server. So it should just use RedCloth, yeah?

DHH is the only one who has the decency to look embarassed. Probably these sorts of shananigans happens regularly in Japan which may explain why ruby 2.0 will not appear ‘til 2007. stop mucking around and get to work ruby ubergurus

hang on. DHH and Babie both look mildly uncomfortable. Only Matz is enjoying himself. So maybe these seminars / workshops are nothing more than a front for Matz to add to his collection of photos of “People behaving foolishly and erratically.”

Hang on, hang on. sausagehead, don’t you read this blog? Can’t you tell? Ruby is nothing more than a front for people behaving foolishly and erratically.

Sneak some Ruby through the system: dance in the lobby water fountain tomorrow!

That is a fine backing that can code till they are blue in the face. In the case of the greatest programmer in the world we have photographic evidence.

Backing Singers that is (with a couple of triffic dance mooves thrown in for good measure).

Jack says: I’m the king of the world!!!