Computer Art For a CS Dept Office?

philgross writes "My university's Computer Science Department has just renovated its main office, and is looking for artwork for the walls. Do you have any recommendations about your favorite posters or images that address the algorithms, the history, and/or the aesthetics of Computer Science?"

1979 Apple Pascal Syntax Poster

[icke]

http://www.pascal-central.com/pascal-syntax.html [pascal-central.com] or a picture of it here: http://pascal-central.com/images/pascalflow.jpg [pascal-central.com] You need to fix it firmly to the wall since it carries some strong type.

Bill Gates?

[The Real Nem]

How about some nice Bill Gates [scurvydawg.com] pics?

Maybe not traditional...

[should_be_linear]

I have Munch [wikimedia.org] on my wall. Very relaxing and inspiring when you are behind schedule.

Re:Several Suggestions

[QRDeNameland]

Slashdot Story Art

I couldn't help but picture a hallway adorned with nicely framed images of goatse and tubgirl.

awesome ....

[brunokummel]

No matter what your tastes are..you must have an AWESOME POSTER [imageshack.us]

Re:Demoralizing posters FTW

[OldeTimeGeek]

Like these [despair.com]?

I've been secretly substituting them for the motivational posters at work. heh. heh.

4-word ultimate answer

[idontgno]

Line Printer Snoopy Calendar!

Re:Several Suggestions

[Anne_Nonymous]

How about some ASCII naked ladies?

Robotic head that follows you down the hall

[TheSync]

I suggest a robotic head [t11s.com] that follows you down the hall while showering you with compliments. It will help to boost the self-esteem of the CS majors.

Or animatronic fish [t11s.com] crying out in pain. It will remind the CS majors that some people do have it worse than them.

Or a disembodied robotic hand [t11s.com] that points at you and accuses you of crimes against humanity. OK, this is just weird.

Re:The "Oh Shit" train poster

[Anonymous Coward]

"And welcome to the Dijkstra Hall of Computer Science! Construction has just finished, and we're delighted to have you here! We're going to start at the top and work our way down to the lobby, where there's refreshments for everyone here taking the tour. This here is our Department head's office, a room second to none in the country, I might add. From here he can monitor the clusters on the fourth, fifth, and nineteenth floors from his quadruple monitor display system. (A couple of them are off, but I'm sure those two G5's under the desk there will keep them company! *snicker*) And on the right you'll see a few pieces from the Director's favorite museum, the Stedelijk Museum. Please notice that coffee table, especially. Lots of funding went into that leg rest! Okay, let's head out! But on your way out, please take care to notice the 6 foot by 4 foot poster of a train crashing through a building with exclamatory "OH SHIT!"; that gem was wrestled off the hands of "easyart.com" and is quite possibly this buildings greatest asset, wouldn't you agree? "Framing that sonnuva bitch", our Dean has said, "was the best goddamn idea I've ever had. Bar-none! Check out those track lights! Damn."

Re:posters

[Eli Gottlieb]

They'll just send back a screenshot from "Revenge of the Nerds".

Re:Demoralizing posters FTW

[hbruijn]

Despair posters are excellent. The Mistakes [despair.com] one was a big hit at our help desk.

Cluelessness [despair.com]
and Problems [despair.com] may be quite appropriate for a CS Department.

Or just watch them All [despair.com].

Re:Several Suggestions

[Tetsujin]

How about some ASCII naked ladies?

Actually, forget the ASCII...