Macro11_1 Posted April 1, 2010 I figured it would be neat to share various April fools jokes... *shrugs* YouTube Textp Explains the joke : http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/ One of the videos it works on : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oavMtUWDBTM 0 Share this post Link to post
DuckReconMajor Posted April 1, 2010 Do it this way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oavMtUWDBTM&textp=fool Oh and http://us.blizzard.com/store/details.xml?id=1100000922 http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/info/underdev/equipmentpotency.xml 0 Share this post Link to post
neubejiita Posted April 1, 2010 aalib is cool. This is like the xine text mode display I think. 0 Share this post Link to post
DuckReconMajor Posted April 1, 2010 fraggle said:http://xkcd.com/ Heh, forgot to check there. He always has good stuff. I'm surprised how many commands it takes. Try "rm welcome.txt" 0 Share this post Link to post
exp(x) Posted April 1, 2010 DuckReconMajor said:Heh, forgot to check there. He always has good stuff. I'm surprised how many commands it takes. Try "rm welcome.txt" guest@xkcd:/$ vim You should really use emacs. guest@xkcd:/$ emacs You should really use vim. 0 Share this post Link to post
david_a Posted April 1, 2010 Ars Technica has a choose-your-own-adventure game staring Cthulhu. 0 Share this post Link to post
DuckReconMajor Posted April 1, 2010 exp(x) said:guest@xkcd:/$ vim You should really use emacs. guest@xkcd:/$ emacs You should really use vim. haha 0 Share this post Link to post
mammajamma Posted April 1, 2010 ThinkGeek has a couple of new items in its lineup including, among other things, an arcade cabinet for the iPad, programmable tattoos, and canned unicorn meat. 0 Share this post Link to post
Gez Posted April 1, 2010 DuckReconMajor said:I'm surprised how many commands it takes. Try "rm welcome.txt" Doesn't do anything funny. Whereas this is amusing:guest@xkcd:/$ fuck I have a headache.Also, cat anything gives you "You're a kitty!", except for this:guest@xkcd:/$ cat license.txt Client-side logic for Wordpress CLI theme :: R. McFarland, 2006, 2007, 2008 jQuery rewrite and overhaul :: Chromakode, 2010 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. 0 Share this post Link to post
DuckReconMajor Posted April 1, 2010 Gez said:Doesn't do anything funny.do "ls" again and/or "cat welcome.txt" 0 Share this post Link to post
phi108 Posted April 1, 2010 fraggle said:http://xkcd.com/ "Light" Light what? "Light lamp" You set your lamp ablaze. WOOOHOOO, how far might this text adventure go? Now is Hugo online somewhere? Time to boot up Dosbox again. And reading random xkcd comics, hilarious! Hope I don't waste too much time. 0 Share this post Link to post
Nomad Posted April 1, 2010 fraggle said:http://xkcd.com/ There are xkcd jokes peppered in there. Try "make me a sandwich" and then "sudo make me a sandwich" 0 Share this post Link to post
SYS Posted April 1, 2010 Well it wasn't on April fools, but Rick Astley was in the rotation of music videos playing at the bowling alley yesterday. I doubt it was the intent, but it felt like the entire bowling alley was being rickroll'd. Damn you internet. 0 Share this post Link to post
Planky Posted April 1, 2010 fraggle said:http://xkcd.com/ guest@xkcd:/$ look You are at a computer using unixkcd. Exits: west, south guest@xkcd:/$ go west Life is peaceful there. Exits: east, west guest@xkcd:/$ go west In the open air. Exits: east, west guest@xkcd:/$ go west Where the skies are blue. Exits: east, west guest@xkcd:/$ go west This is what we're gonna do. Exits: east, west guest@xkcd:/$ go west Sun in wintertime. Exits: east, west I miss text adventure games 0 Share this post Link to post
exp(x) Posted April 2, 2010 http://www.hopworksbeer.com/ I'd drink it. EDIT: actually I'm not sure if this is a joke. I'll find out tomorrow. EDIT2: not an April fools joke: http://www.kgw.com/news/Portland-brewing-for-Google-IPA-89740007.html Yay! 0 Share this post Link to post
DuckReconMajor Posted April 2, 2010 phi108 said:WOOOHOOO, how far might this text adventure go? Now is Hugo online somewhere? Time to boot up Dosbox again.Planky said:I miss text adventure games You can download Colossal Cave Adventure, the original text adventure, from its Wikipedia page. On an unrelated note, haha. 0 Share this post Link to post
phi108 Posted April 2, 2010 DuckReconMajor said:Colossal Cave Adventure, the original text adventure, from its Wikipedia page. WHOA! Mammoth Cave! It's just south of here! The original text adventure, based so close to home! 0 Share this post Link to post
DuckReconMajor Posted April 2, 2010 guest@xkcd:/$ find kitten Yeah, I read the source code. But everybody needs to find kitten. 0 Share this post Link to post