Hilarious Ubuntu/Linux experience parody

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Post by critic » Wed, Jan 21, 2009, 4:19 PM UTC

Hilarious Ubuntu/Linux experience parody
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Re: Hilarious Ubuntu/Linux experience parody

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Post by brl » Wed, Jan 21, 2009, 4:44 PM UTC

The concept is brilliant and filled with potential, but like every other joke on Uncyclopedia the delivery is pretty disappointing.

For example, they set up an awesome joke here:

  uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help

    --help   Displays actual help.

    --i question   Interactive version of actual help

Then totally botch it with a lame juvenile punchline:

    --omgwtfbbq   Secret Feature 

  uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help

  NO HELP FOR YOU N00B.

Re: Hilarious Ubuntu/Linux experience parody

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Post by critic » Wed, Jan 21, 2009, 4:52 PM UTC

brl wrote: post #2

The concept is brilliant and filled with potential, but like every other joke on Uncyclopedia the delivery is pretty disappointing. For example, they set up an awesome joke here: uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help Displays actual help. --i question Interactive version of actual help Then totally botch it with a lame juvenile punchline: --omgwtfbbq Secret Feature uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help NO H…

I think it's art and open to interpretation. To me, "--omgwftbbq" hints at the bazaar development, leading to inconsistency and unbridled enthusiasm about some features.

Re: Hilarious Ubuntu/Linux experience parody

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Post by rjprins » Wed, Jan 21, 2009, 5:29 PM UTC

brl wrote: post #2

The concept is brilliant and filled with potential, but like every other joke on Uncyclopedia the delivery is pretty disappointing. For example, they set up an awesome joke here: uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help Displays actual help. --i question Interactive version of actual help Then totally botch it with a lame juvenile punchline: --omgwtfbbq Secret Feature uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help NO H…

it should ideally be:

uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help

Displays help about help.

Re: Hilarious Ubuntu/Linux experience parody

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Post by justindz » Wed, Jan 21, 2009, 6:09 PM UTC

brl wrote: post #2

The concept is brilliant and filled with potential, but like every other joke on Uncyclopedia the delivery is pretty disappointing. For example, they set up an awesome joke here: uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help Displays actual help. --i question Interactive version of actual help Then totally botch it with a lame juvenile punchline: --omgwtfbbq Secret Feature uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help NO H…

It was a strange mix of humorous and clever and 4chan-ish waste. The Xorg.conf-like entry for an LCD w/ five dead pixels was a highlight for me. It sort of mocked the slightly bygone era of having to know your syncs and refresh rates and hand-enter them amidst warnings that, in theory, being very wrong could destroy your perfectly normal monitor.

Re: Hilarious Ubuntu/Linux experience parody

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Post by brl » Wed, Jan 21, 2009, 6:33 PM UTC

rjprins wrote: post #4

brl wrote: post #2

The concept is brilliant and filled with potential, but like every other joke on Uncyclopedia the delivery is pretty disappointing. For example, they set up an awesome joke here: uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help Displays actual help. --i question Interactive version of actual help Then totally botch it with a lame juvenile punchline: --omgwtfbbq Secret Feature uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help NO H…

it should ideally be: uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help Displays help about help.

Yeah, exactly. The help command should also have a dozen useless esoteric options but no obvious way to actually get any help. Here are some suggestions :)

  -B Don't not use non-buffered IO for not displaying output
  -e Pipe help output through rot13 transformation
  -G Display output in psychedelic ANSI format
  -w Produce ASCII histogram of help task heap allocations.
  -Z Format output so that the number of columns is a prime number
  -Q Run help in daemon mode
  -X1 Translate help to Klingon
  -X2 Translate help to Esperanto
  -X12 Translate help to Esperanto, then to Klingon
  -X21 Translate help to Klingon, then to Esperanto

Re: Hilarious Ubuntu/Linux experience parody

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Post by mpk » Wed, Jan 21, 2009, 6:34 PM UTC

FYI, this is how you do a user-interface rant/parody : http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed.msg.html

Re: Hilarious Ubuntu/Linux experience parody

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Post by staticshock » Wed, Jan 21, 2009, 6:34 PM UTC

brl wrote: post #6

rjprins wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it should ideally be: uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help Displays help about help.

Yeah, exactly. The help command should also have a dozen useless esoteric options but no obvious way to actually get any help. Here are some suggestions :) -B Don't not use non-buffered IO for not displaying output -e Pipe help output through rot13 transformation -G Display output in psychedelic ANSI format -w Produce ASCII histogram of help task heap allocations. -Z Format output so that the number of columns is a p…

that made me laugh more than the article itself

Re: Hilarious Ubuntu/Linux experience parody

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Post by llimllib » Wed, Jan 21, 2009, 6:52 PM UTC

is it reasonable to flag things for being unfunny?

Re: Hilarious Ubuntu/Linux experience parody

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Post by almost » Wed, Jan 21, 2009, 7:09 PM UTC

Rule 1 of the Internet: If it's described as "Hilarious", it isn't.