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.

Re:In this day and age...

[Drinking Bleach]

I support web sites that force both hands to be doing something. At least it makes us look more productive.

Wait...this is a real story.

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

sudo

[ZX3 Junglist]

sudo make me a sandwich
Okay.
http://xkcd.com/149/ [xkcd.com]

Oblig. Sandwich.

[Anonymous Showered]

guest@xkcd:/$ make me a sandwich
What? Make it yourself.
guest@xkcd:/$ sudo make me a sandwich
Okay.
guest@xkcd:/$

"best"

[spazdor]

xkcd!?? But you just said "the best webcom-..

OH I GET IT APRIL FOOLS

Re:Dear Slashdot,

[Anonymous Coward]

up up down down left right left right b a

do it a bunch of times

Re:Potty brain...

[ShadowRangerRIT]

You missed:

guest@xkcd:/$ go up
You cannot go up.
guest@xkcd:/$ go down
On our first date?

Re:In this day and age...

[garvon]

I work in the internet porn industry and we go for sites that can be surfed one handed.

Re:No tab completion!

[Anonymous Coward]

Try sudo rm -rf /, then try any other command.

Re:retro

[ElectricTurtle]

Yeah, because all of this could be done with plain HTML, obviously. Of course it's scripted. What do people expect?

Re:retro

[thetoadwarrior]

yeah well there is life fucking ruined for all of us.

Re:Dear Slashdot,

[Thoguth]

Shell shortcuts work, and the sandwich joke is in there, too...

guest@xkcd:/$ make me a sandwich

What? Make it yourself.

guest@xkcd:/$ sudo !!

sudo make me a sandwich

Okay.

Yes, but

[bit9]

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.

Re:Hasn't everyone written a bogus shell at some t

[jc42]

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."

Re:Dear Slashdot,

[rolfwind]

$ make love

I put on my robe and wizard hat.

Re:Potty brain...

[Broken Wind]

I went west... life was peaceful there. Then I got eaten by a grue.

Re:Yes, but

[TheThiefMaster]

I may have recreated the windows login screen once.

It didn't actually work, of course. It always error'd when they tried to login, but it caught a fair few people whose usernames and passwords were identical.