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Butterflies, I imagine

I presume you mean this? http://xkcd.com/378/

Do we really need every reference spelled out explicitly?

His nickname is a reference to Самиздат:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samizdat

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Самиздат

He wrote it on paper and asked a friend to post.

Though that would still count as an access to Internet of some kind, with human transport layer separating his message from the nearest Ethernet port.

Sneakernet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers

doesn't that still count as internet access? ;)

granted, it certainty doesn't qualify as broadband.. birdband maybe?

With the submit button ofcourse

He is The One.