Nuclear Rooster

Top ten humorous linux tidbits

Sucker Rod

In the manual entry for syslogd, the author notes an interesting way to handle certain security threats (got this from loft ninjas).

Use step 4 and if the problem persists and is not secondary to a rogue program/daemon get a 3.5 ft (approx. 1 meter) length of sucker rod* and have a chat with the user in question

No Magic!

[nick@s27 ~]$ file one_carriage_return_file.txt
one_carriage_return_file.txt: very short file (no magic)

Sometimes you wish you could RTFM.

[nick@s27 ~]$ man love
No manual entry for love

What day is it? I found this one by mistyping 'date'. I liked it so much I put a cron tab up to write it to /etc/motd. My co-workers thought we had been pwned. Nope, I jut got bored.

[nick@s27 ~]$ ddate
Today is Boomtime, the 51st day of Confusion in the YOLD 3175

Unix

ping doesnt_exist.com
I think its dead, Jim

Apt-get

root@ubuntu:~# apt-get | grep APT
                       This APT has Super Cow Powers.
root@ubuntu:~# apt-get moo
         (__)
         (oo)
   /------\/
  / |    ||
 *  /\---/\
    ~~   ~~
...."Have you mooed today?"...

Ok well, rather than leaving this draft to linger, I realize that maybe Linux isn't that funny. And the command line interface least of all. I looked up some other linux easter eggs here. So much for exemplifying the nerdy sense of humor that I know and love.

To finish up with, here's a finalist from the Linux Foundation's video contest. It's French, it's about Linux, and it's funny.

It also doesn't seem to be loading (not very funny) (maybe the Linux foundation needs a decent video platform), so here's the link