The Programmer Dress Code

I really want to know what it is about programming, or computers in general, that makes people want to grow a beard, have long hair, and dress like a slob. So who was the guy that started the unkempt programmer code of honor?

Was it this guy?

EdsgerDijkstra (most know for Dijkstra's shortest path algorithm) Here we seehim in a suit and tie, but hey, he was born in 1930. All people wore asuit and tie back then, even women and children.
Or how about this guy?

AlanKay - Doesn't he look like a sad Burt Reynolds? Stop laughing! This isone of the fathers of object oriented programming. All hail! He doeshave the mop and a nice 'stache going on though.
What about this one?

BjarneStroustrup - I would say that this looks like the kind of guy Iwouldn't let my children around (if I had them), but this guy broughtus C++! I couldn't talk trash about a guy who made C++.
And this one?

CharlesBachman - Nothing unkempt about this guy, except that hat! Damn son! Hehad a hand in early database technology and won the Turing award forhis work.
The list keeps going...

DennisRitchie and Ken Thompson - Are we programming here or going to a Hell'sAngels meeting? But seriously though, being that I am a Microsoftprogrammer I'm not sure that I am supposed to like these guys. Denniswas the original developer of C and one of the core developers on UNIXwhile Ken was the man responsible for UNIX and the fact that I don'thave to pay 8000 dollars for a copy of Windows since MS has somecompetition now. But seriously, these guys are gods.
One of my personal favorites...

JohnMcCarthy - Long lost relative of Colonel Sanders and the originaldesigner of the Lisp programming language. This guy had some seriousprogramming cojones. He even predicted in 1961 that one day computerprocessing would be sold like a utility. That is the kind of predictionthat makes Nostradamus look like a sissy. Again, not too terriblyunkempt, but that crazy hair and beard mixed with the suit says"serious by day, party animal by night."
The A-list celeb:

Donald Knuth - If I have to explain what this guy did for computer science, then you need to stop reading this and go to the book store.Again, not an unkempt guy, but nothing says "Computer Programming God"like flannel. You really have to wonder where his beard or mustache isthough. He is a real computer scientist, isn't he?
Cha-ching...

MartinFowler - I'm not sure he should be in the list with some of these otherguys, but he is a personal hero of mine, and man this picture is great.I could not have asked for a better example of this article if I hadrequested a picture from him. He has written quite a few books, ofwhich Refactoring and Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture are my favorites.
And the freedom fighter...

RichardStallman - Like him or hate him, he is a seriously influential personin the computer world, and again he looks like he'd fit in better at awood chopping competition than at MIT, but who am I to judge? The manis the founder of GNU, need I say more?
And the fruit...

SteveWozniak - What is a list of crazy computer people without Woz? Heco-founded Apple (duh) and is the poster-boy for hippie styleprogramming.
This one is a gem...

YukihiroMatsumoto - I just threw this one in for the search engines. Justkidding! This the man that brought us Ruby and proves that even in theland of the rising sun, programmers still need beards. Or at least afive o'clock shadow.
By popular demand...

Larry Wall - This guy brought us Perl and sports a nice mustache and hair that would make Fabio jealous.
And I can't believe I left off this one...

AlanCox - Holy crap. Alan Cox and Richard Stallman must have been long lostbrothers. This guy was one of the earliest developers on the linuxkernel and apparently has not shaved since he started.
The programming santa...

JamesGosling - This guy brought us Java and is wearing a shirt with the javamascot playing an electric guitar. I have nothing else to say. I thinkI am out of smart-ass comments.
He's a cold hearted snake...

GuidoVan Rossum - This guy brought us Python and he is seen here without hisbeard, but he has an afro that would make Snoop Dog smile.
I know I said Fabio before, but wow...

GradyBooch - This guy does commercials for Herbal Essences shampoo and inhis spare time he invented UML. Oh, and he wrote a little book called Object Oriented Analysis and Design, you may have heard of it.

And saving the best for last...

JustinEtheredge - How'd that tool get in there? His picture doesn't deserveto be in the same folder as these guys, much less in a list with them!Bah!
So there you have it, my totally incomplete list ofbearded, long haired, casually dressed visionaries. Except that lastone. Sorry, but I'm not sure how that last one got in there. Now whatother field (except maybe physics) would accept these people, much lessmake them their idols. Got any other great pictures of any computerscientists/software engineers? Let us know in the comments.
Also,this list is clearly in jest, if you are offended by having yourpicture on here then please let me know and I will take it down. Justsend the request in writing to me with a signed copy of yourbook/source/picture and a personal letter of recommendation. I willthen dance because you have fallen victim to my trap.
And onefinal note, I can't believe you guys read this crap.

All thistechnology and what do we use it for? To make fun of the visionaries ofour time. Man I love these here internets.