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XKCD Deploys Command Line Interface
ipquickly was one of a large number of users to note that the best on-line comic has just got a little better with the addition of a command line interface. You can also sign the petition to make the CLI permanent.
that was funny. Learn from him.
It would feel delicious, to me, that right when the iPad comes out, designed for people to consume more ephemeral and pointless information than ever, that a site like this would make itself slightly more exclusive by moving backwards on the user interface timeline.
Bless your heart, xkcd!
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What is a shell without tab complete?!? Even Windows supports it.
XKCD's CLI a lot easier to use than the Elsewhere Public Works BBS:
http://elsewherepublicworks.com/
(Yes, it's part of an ARG. And yes, if you live anywhere near San Francisco you should be playing it already.)
There's no -1 for "I don't get it."
Slashdot has completely missed the point of April fools day. They posted a REAL story in amongst the entire useless days worth of fake ones.
This is cool as frig!
It's actually very responsive, you can use a surprising number of standard *nix commands, and, well, damn - awesome job.
Props to the XKCD guy (now why doesn't " sudo su - " work? :) )
Quo usque tandem abutere, Nimbus, patientia nostra?
guest@xkcd:/$ uname
Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator
and
guest@xkcd:/$ su ... aw, screw it, go have fun.
God mode activated. Remember, with great power comes great
I lol'ed.
sudo make me a sandwich
Okay.
http://xkcd.com/149/
guest@xkcd:/$ make me a sandwich
What? Make it yourself.
guest@xkcd:/$ sudo make me a sandwich
Okay.
guest@xkcd:/$
xkcd!?? But you just said "the best webcom-..
OH I GET IT APRIL FOOLS
DRM: Terminator crops for your mind!
Yes, sometimes I'm immature. But it's fun to find Easter eggs like this:
guest@xkcd:/$ go left
You cannot go left.
guest@xkcd:/$ go right
You cannot go right.
guest@xkcd:/$ go forward
You cannot go forward.
guest@xkcd:/$ kill
Terminator deployed to 1984
guest@xkcd:/$ fuck
I have a headache.
guest@xkcd:/$ help fuck
That would be cheating!
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
The new format is a bit more adventurous than it looks at first blush.
I assumed initially that that was the joke. I guess a blank, unreponsive screen is funnier, though (but the prompt should be a single ".").
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Started out with
sudo reboot
oops :)
make me a sandwich
sudo make me a sandwich
# wget http://www.xkcd.com/
You're going to love it.
I spent way too much time after I tried the most natural command line program `look`. Yeah, there is a tiny game in there too. Also, you still don't want to `sudo rm -rf /` cause then you'll have to restart the page.
It supports the write command. An IRC chat screen opens.
Try "sudo shutdown"
Try looking around. Then try going west, young man.
Now I see that it requires googleapis.com. ROFL.
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The source code is available if you want to spoil all the jokes. There's a link on the bottom.
$ whoami
$ wget http://www.google.com/
$ sudo rm -rf /
$ vim
$ emacs
$ nano
Now I will cheat and read the source code.
AC: Only on slashdot... could the sentence "My hovercraft is full of eels." be moderated "+4, Insightful
> But requires Javascript to run.
And googleapis.com. Pitiful, really.
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I actually saw more of their site by the command line than I normaly do. I normaly read the comics. On the command line I explored and found they are building a school in Laos. Wow, I never knew that before. It is amazing what can be found from the command line. I like it.
It was harder to read the comics from it though. I'll have to keep looking to find the archive.
The truth shall set you free!
Awesome nerdiness. PgUp and PgDn work too. Now all it needs is a searching function:
grep Megan xkcd | more
Because we all know how much of a babe she is, even if she could stand to gain a few pounds.
Bibo Ergo Sum.
Konami code FTW.
Still doesn't protect you from that grue, though.
"sudo su -" doesn't work but "sudo make me a sandwich" does.
Greylisting is to SMTP as NAT is to IPv4
guest@xkcd:/$ man last
Man, last night was AWESOME.
guest@xkcd:/$ man next
Request confirmed; you will be reincarnated as a man next.
guest@xkcd:/$ man woman
Oh, I'm sure you can figure it out.
guest@xkcd:/$ man help
Man, help me out here.
guest@xkcd:/$ date March 32nd
>>Vi >>You really should use emacs >>emacs >>You really should use vim
And by reading the source code, I found out that "I read the source code" yields a text heart.
Also, I cheated and read all the other commands you can use. (They're near the bottom of that file.)
In the ending (at least of xkcd) still is the command line.
In my day, command shells didn't require JavaScript just to work. And we had to type both sides of the exchange, uphill both ways, and in the snow.
(most taken from the xkcd forum thread)
of course, (sudo) make me a sandwich
uname
su
sudo shutdown
sudo reboot
logout
pwd
lpr
clear
rm -rf /
find kitten
buy stuff
echo
finger
goto
date
irc/wget/curl
wget/curl xkcd.com
ping
vi/vim/emacs/nano
apt-get (moo)
sudo apt-get (update/upgrade/dist-upgrade)
moo
hello (joshua)
man (help) (cat) (last) (next)
go (west) (east) (south) (north)
look
light (lamp)
xyzzy
whoami
i read the source code
asl
cheat
buy stuff
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
guest@xkcd:/$ man cat You are now riding a half-man half-cat.
Yeah, because all of this could be done with plain HTML, obviously. Of course it's scripted. What do people expect?
I support the Slashcott and will not be reading or commenting from 2/10/14 to 2/17/14. Beta is steaming pile of dog shit
guest@xkcd:/$ cheat
*** FREE SHIPPING ENABLED ***
Awesome. So fucking awesome.
guest@xkcd:/$ sudo rm -rf /
guest@xkcd:/$ ls
Unrecognized command. Type "help" for assistance.
WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?
Try entering "cheat"
One of the most elaborate ones I found is: http://www.masswerk.at/jsuix/
yeah well there is life fucking ruined for all of us.
Next thing they'll want to eat your children!
Type "next" at the first comic: Time Travel Mode Not Enabled lol
The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - HGTTG
Very funny. Does seem inspired by the get in line Game at PAX and PAX East. (He was at pax east last weekend)
While waiting in line, a host types text on a green screen type of term and asks questions to the crowd and launches interactive games, playable through txt'ing.
More info on their website.
http://getinlinegames.com/
Nouvelles de jeux et technologies en français. TC
I also like the Pet Shop Boys reference. That really was my first thought when I saw one of the exits and how to get there.
USE HOT GRITS WITH STATUE OF NATALIE PORTMAN (NAKED AND PETRIFIED)
--More--
Alt-Ctrl- SCR LOCK
unixkcd
A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
Sorry, the CLI requires JavaScript to work. Please turn on JavaScript, or try the GUI Interface.
Art by Randall Munroe. XKCD CLI by Chromakode. Original CLI2 by Rod McFarland. Source code.
Ironically, I can use the GUI interface just fine. Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
I found the interface, joke or no joke, to be exceedingly awesome from a functional standpoint.
I want MORE websites with a design like this.
XML is like violence. If it doesn't solve the problem, use more.
My only disappointment was that I didn't get a witty response when I typed "What the fuck does that mean?" in response to "PC LOAD LETTER". Oh well, 99/100 aint bad!
I've written a couple different fake shells, but usually just as a practical joke. Such as: C:\ > dir WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST! Proceed with Format? y Formatting 248.9 GB...3% I've also written a BSOD screensaver, which was really fun. I also once hacked someone's existing screensaver to throw in an occasional subliminal message like "Do it." or "Kill him." Oh, and don't forget the ol' replacing someone's desktop background with a screen-shot of their old desktop, and then deleting all the icons. That's always good for a few laughs.
rm store works even though it's a folder. Is this a bug?
guest@xkcd:/$ hint
This terminal will remain available at http://xkcd.com/unixkcd/
The petition people need to use the source, luke.
(hint is a random reply command, try it several times for that comment)
Yeah, it loads jquery from there:
http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js
So Google knows that people loaded jquery from the XKCD page. How pernicious.
Nerd rage is the funniest rage.
Now, I think this is just as cool as the next guy, but this isn't all that new. There is the Wordpress CLI, and others I'm sure.
Get me a meat pie floater!
I loved typing next once, then (up arrow) (enter) over and over.
You can fork bomb the shell as well :)
You have to do this exactly (with the proper whitespace to get it to work): :(){ :|:& };:
Well, "sudo make me a sandwich" works only in the minimal sense of replying "Okay."
I'd have been more impressed if it replied "Okay, you're a sandwich."
Those who do study history are doomed to stand helplessly by while everyone else repeats it.
So who wants to agree with me that Slashdot's April Fools was way more of an annoyance than it was anything positive. I visit news sites for news. If i wanted mock news I'd go to the Onion (which is great).
I ignore Anonymous Coward posts. If you want to discuss something, that's awesome. Log in.
I went south a few turns til I found my bed. Then command: sleep
:D
Funny
Best site of the day!
I saw it and tried random a few times and came out with the big comics but couldn't scroll up to see the beginning of the dang comic. Makes it very frustrating.
am having troubles with vi and emacs.....
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"First things first -- but not necessarily in that order"
-- The Doctor, "Doctor
http://www.xkcd.com/
For some reason I always associate April fools jokes with the word lame.
This time the exclamation mark is at the front. Slashdot editors take note!
guest@xkcd:/$ who
Doctor Who?
(on the last comic)
guest@xkcd:/$ next
Time travel mode not enabled.
guest@xkcd:/$ enable time travel
TARDIS error: Time Lord missing.
guest@xkcd:/$ cat xkcd.com
You're a kitty!
I have.. my first fake command line was in DOS, ages ago. My poor friend didn't let me touch his computer for a long time after that..
This sig left intentionally blank.
fun all done
. waterwingz
http://xkcd.com/149/
Yeah that was the first thing I tried.
I was hoping for an easter egg, I mean it's easter right?
"The Adobe Updater must update itself before it can check for updates. Would you like to update the Adobe Updater now?"
"make me a sandwich" does just that.
"The Adobe Updater must update itself before it can check for updates. Would you like to update the Adobe Updater now?"
Actually, I spent a little time going through the javascript that runs it. There's more than one game. :) I copied the whole thing down so I can play with it later. I figured sometime today he'd take it away. It's gone now.
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
oh found it.
"The Adobe Updater must update itself before it can check for updates. Would you like to update the Adobe Updater now?"
You do realize that HTML is just a Markup Language right?
"linux is just DOS with a UNIX like syntax" -- Galactic Dominator (944134)
It's gone now.
It's not completely gone - it's just been relocated here.
Just for curiosity's sake, I tried
whoami
and got
You are Richard Stallman.
And "pwd" yields
You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.
guest@xkcd:/$ man woman
Oh, I'm sure you can figure it out.
...it's still there if you use this link: http://xkcd.com/unixkcd/
CGI+refresh...?
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I think PP is referring to creating great April Fool's jokes, and nothing to do with hacking HTML.
And of course it is still on GitHub: http://github.com/chromakode/xkcdfools
Well, the first problem is that my computer reads that as (sudo)(make me)(a sandwich). And I don't want to be a sandwich.
I think that is quite possibly the worst possible way something like this could possibly have been implemented. Congrats.
"linux is just DOS with a UNIX like syntax" -- Galactic Dominator (944134)
Canonical but not much fun. This should be the behavior only if you set CANON_ME_HARDER to 1.
I want my Cowboyneal
Nope. The GPL requires you to offer source in the preferred form for development. It looks like the changes in the live version were made directly to the stripped code on the website and only backported to the proper source code later, so they're meeting the GPL requirements.
display 404 is another one I stumbled upon!
I tried "cat lolz" and it responded with "You're a kitty!"
Heh.
-dZ.
Carol vs. Ghost
What, no tab-complete?!
Beware of geeks bearing formulas.
Yeah, and I can remember thinking "How boring; I can think of several funnier replies" when I read that one.
Those who do study history are doomed to stand helplessly by while everyone else repeats it.
The petition appears to be scamming. I donated USD 10 when it said it was at 190 of 250 and then I got a mail and when I clicked it I got another request to donate and it still said 190 of 250.
ABCDEFCGHICJKHLCMNAOCDEFCHJKCHCGJDPMECQKKR
lather, rinse, repeat.
file:
You're welcome to suggest an alternative that conforms to the constraints: no JS, no flash, no extensions, browser only, any browser.
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