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FaviFake: Moving to unixkcd - I've never seen it styled "UniXKCD", and randall himself said he doesn't use all-uppercase XKCD. On the site it says "unixkcd"

2025-02-22T12:53:01Z

Moving to unixkcd - I've never seen it styled "UniXKCD", and randall himself said he doesn't use all-uppercase XKCD. On the site it says "unixkcd"

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FaviFake: fixed may things

2025-02-22T12:48:27Z

fixed may things

172.71.218.135 at 01:51, 22 February 2025

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172.70.91.130: Undo revision 364715 by 162.158.114.49 (talk) Nope.

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Undo revision 364715 by 162.158.114.49 (talk) Nope.

162.158.114.49 at 06:02, 6 February 2025

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CalibansCreations: /* Undocumented commands */

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‎Undocumented commands

108.162.242.54: /* Undocumented commands */ only works in lowercase

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‎Undocumented commands: only works in lowercase

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+{{comic
-{{TOC}}On April Fools' Day in 2010, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] altered [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] to mimic a {{w|Unix}} command line interface. This interface is still available on [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com] and the source code is [https://github.com/chromakode/xkcdfools available on GitHub]. The comic [[721: Flatland]], which was released on March 31, 2010, was still up on April 1st, 2010, but had in itself nothing to do with the Unix interface. This Unix interface is thus in itself not one of Randall's [[:Category: April fools' comics|April fools' comics]]. The terminal only lists a few available commands, but most commands are undocumented.
+| date      = April 1, 2010
 ==Documented commands==
-* <code>next</code> shows the next comic. It shows the error "Time travel mode not enabled" on the last comic (see <code>enable time travel</code>).
+* <code>next</code> shows the next comic. It shows the error "Time travel mode not enabled" on the last comic (see <code>[[#Undocumented commands|enable time travel]]</code> below).
 * <code>prev</code> shows the previous comic.
 * <code>first</code> shows the first comic.
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 ===Game commands===
-* There are also some other commands borrowed from a {{w|Zork}} like {{w|Text-based game|text based adventure game}}.
+[[File:Konami code.png|300px|thumb|The image used as the background after using the Konami code five times.]]
 * <code>look</code> describes your current surroundings.
 * <code>go [direction]</code> moves you in the specified direction.
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 ===Konami code===
 The terminal also responds to the {{w|Konami code}} Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A. Entering this code repeatedly will, in order:
 # Transform all characters to uppercase
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-{{TOC}}On April Fools' Day in 2010, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] altered [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] to mimic a {{w|Unicode}} character line interface. This interface is still available on [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com] and the source code is [https://github.com/chromakode/xkcdfools available on GitHub]. The comic [[721: Flatland]], which was released on March 31, 2010, was still up on April 1st, 2010, but had in itself nothing to do with the Unicode interface. This Unicode interface is thus in itself not one of Randall's [[:Category: April fools' comics|April fools' comics]]. The terminal only lists a few available characters, but most characters are undocumented.
+{{TOC}}On April Fools' Day in 2010, [[Randall Munroe|Randall]] altered [https://xkcd.com xkcd.com] to mimic a {{w|Unix}} command line interface. This interface is still available on [https://uni.xkcd.com uni.xkcd.com] and the source code is [https://github.com/chromakode/xkcdfools available on GitHub]. The comic [[721: Flatland]], which was released on March 31, 2010, was still up on April 1st, 2010, but had in itself nothing to do with the Unix interface. This Unix interface is thus in itself not one of Randall's [[:Category: April fools' comics|April fools' comics]]. The terminal only lists a few available commands, but most commands are undocumented.
-==Documented characters==
+==Documented commands==
 * <code>next</code> shows the next comic. It shows the error "Time travel mode not enabled" on the last comic (see <code>enable time travel</code>).
 * <code>prev</code> shows the previous comic.
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 * <code>cd [directory]</code> changes to the specified directory.
-==Undocumented characters==
+==Undocumented commands==
-* <code>:(){:|:&};:</code> This character, otherwise known as a [https://askubuntu.com/questions/159491/why-did-the-command-make-my-system-lag-so-badly-i-had-to-reboot shell fork bomb] will make the terminal display the <code>[. . .]</code> loading text indefinitely, as though it crashed.
+* <code>:(){:|:&};:</code> This command, otherwise known as a [https://askubuntu.com/questions/159491/why-did-the-command-make-my-system-lag-so-badly-i-had-to-reboot shell fork bomb] will make the terminal display the <code>[. . .]</code> loading text indefinitely, as though it crashed.
-* <code>a/s/l</code> [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=a%2Fs%2Fl A/S/L] is not a Unicode character, but an acronym of Age/Sex/Location. The following replies are possible:
+* <code>a/s/l</code> [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=a%2Fs%2Fl A/S/L] is not a Unix command, but an acronym of Age/Sex/Location. The following replies are possible:
 ** "2/AMD64/Server Rack", answered as if the server replied.
 ** "328/M/Transylvania", answered by {{w|Dracula}}.
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 * <code>make love</code> replies "I put on my robe and wizard hat.". A reference to this [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/text/bloodninja roleplay chat transscript] (NSFW), also mentioned in [[442: xkcd Loves the Discovery Channel]]. <code>make love</code> is a standard Unix joke, because the reply is "make: don't know how to make love.".
 * <code>make me a sandwich</code> behaves like [[149: Sandwich]].
-* <code>man [character]</code> show unhelpful information about the character (only <code>last</code>, <code>help</code>, <code>next</code>, <code>cat</code> or no character are supported).
+* <code>man [command]</code> show unhelpful information about the command (only <code>last</code>, <code>help</code>, <code>next</code>, <code>cat</code> or no command are supported).
 * <code>moo</code> replies "moo".
 * <code>more</code> replies "Oh, yes! More! More!". The {{w|More_(command)|more}} command is used to paginate output.
 * <code>nano</code> replies "Seriously? Why don't you just use Notepad.exe? Or MS Paint?". {{w|GNU_nano|Nano}} is another text editor for Unix systems (see <code>vi</code> and <code>emacs</code>).
-* <code>ping</code> replies "There is another submarine three miles ahead, bearing 225, forty fathoms down.". The {{w|Ping_(networking_utility)|ping}} characters is used to measure round trip times to a destination. The name does indeed originate from {{w|sonar}} technology.
+* <code>ping</code> replies "There is another submarine three miles ahead, bearing 225, forty fathoms down.". The {{w|Ping_(networking_utility)|ping}} command is used to measure round trip times to a destination. The name does indeed originate from {{w|sonar}} technology.
-* <code>pwd</code> replies "You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.". The {{w|pwd}} character prints the current working directory (see <code>look</code>). The output is a reference to {{w|Colossal Cave Adventure}}.
+* <code>pwd</code> replies "You are in a maze of twisty passages, all alike.". The {{w|pwd}} command prints the current working directory (see <code>look</code>). The output is a reference to {{w|Colossal Cave Adventure}}.
 * <code>poweroff</code> same as <code>shutdown</code>.
 * <code>quit</code> same as <code>exit</code>.
 * <code> reddit [number]</code> shows the [https://www.reddit.com/ Reddit] voting bar for the specified comic (or xkcd when no number is specified).
-* <code>rm [filename]</code> will "remove" a file, while <code>rm -r</code> will remove a directory. (<code>sudo rm -rf /</code> will break all characters until the page is reloaded.)
+* <code>rm [filename]</code> will "remove" a file, while <code>rm -r</code> will remove a directory. (<code>sudo rm -rf /</code> will break all commands until the page is reloaded.)
 * <code>serenity</code> replies "You can't take the sky from me.". This is a line from the Balad of Serenity from the {{w|Firefly_(TV_series)|Firefly}} TV series. Serenity is also the name of an Operating System (that Randall probably wasn't thinking of): [https://www.serenityos.org/ SerenityOS].
 * <code>shutdown</code> replies "Must be root.". See also <code>sudo poweroff</code>.
 * <code>ssh</code> replies "ssh, this is a library.". {{w|Secure_Shell|ssh}} is the command to start a secure shell, but it also resembles the "{{w|Shh}}" sound.
-* <code>su</code> replies "God mode activated. Remember, {{w|With great power comes great responsibility|with great power comes great}} ... aw, screw it, go have fun.". The {{w|Su_(Unix)|su}} character is used to log in as an upper user, which gives you full and potentially dangerous access to the system. On some systems, "with great power comes great responsibility" is also part of a message that is printed the first time <code>sudo</code> is used.
+* <code>su</code> replies "God mode activated. Remember, {{w|With great power comes great responsibility|with great power comes great}} ... aw, screw it, go have fun.". The {{w|Su_(Unix)|su}} command is used to log in as an upper user, which gives you full and potentially dangerous access to the system. On some systems, "with great power comes great responsibility" is also part of a message that is printed the first time <code>sudo</code> is used.
-* <code>sudo [character]</code> executes the character with {{w|Superuser|root}}  privileges.
+* <code>sudo [command]</code> executes the command with {{w|Superuser|root}}  privileges.
 * <code>sudo apt-get dist-upgrade</code> Returns "You are already running [OS].".
 * <code>sudo apt-get moo</code> replies "Have you mooed today?" (apt-get Easter egg).
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 * <code>sudo apt-get upgrade</code> shows a link to [http://abetterbrowser.org/ A Better Browser] on Internet Explorer and Firefox (< v3). On all other browsers, it doesn't complain.
 * <code>sudo make me a sandwich</code> behave like [[149: Sandwich]].
-* <code>sudo !!</code> will sudo the last character.
+* <code>sudo !!</code> will sudo the last command.
 * <code>sudo poweroff</code> will shutdown the system.
 * <code>sudo reboot</code> will restart the system.
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 * <code>!!</code> reruns the previous command after stating the command.
-===Game characters===
+===Game commands===
-* There are also some other characters borrowed from a {{w|Zork}} like {{w|Text-based game|text based adventure game}}.
+* There are also some other commands borrowed from a {{w|Zork}} like {{w|Text-based game|text based adventure game}}.
 * <code>look</code> describes your current surroundings.
 * <code>go [direction]</code> moves you in the specified direction.
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 [[Category:April fools' comics]]
 [[Category:Comics featuring Richard Stallman]]
-[[Category:Unicode]]
+[[Category:Computers]]