tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055705617165411909.post6386562181807210370..comments2024-01-05T02:37:59.932-06:00Comments on XKCD-SUCKS presents: Died In A Blogging Accident: 1029: Randall sucks at drawingGamer_2k4http://www.blogger.com/profile/17079715817544544279noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055705617165411909.post-20349403900326287482013-11-13T19:09:40.862-06:002013-11-13T19:09:40.862-06:00shut up yu idiots and its a star and its just iron...shut up yu idiots and its a star and its just ironic comedy idiotAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17073428570078099245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055705617165411909.post-34637676503646995082012-03-20T18:34:30.347-05:002012-03-20T18:34:30.347-05:00Part 2. In Which Mr. Xkcd Proves He Has No Editori...Part 2. In Which Mr. Xkcd Proves He Has No Editorial Sense<br /><br />Draft 1: "The Internet got 100 times better when, thanks to an extension with a typo'd regex, my browser started replacing the word 'keyboard' with 'leopard.'"<br /><br />Draft 2: "A typo in an extension caused by browser to replace the word 'keyboard' with 'leopard.' The Internet is now 100 times better."<br /><br />Draft 3: "Here's how a little typo in a browser extension can make the Internet 100 times better."<br /><br />etc. etc. etc.<br /><br />If it were me, I'd erase the whole mess and put up this in Comic Sans:<br /><br />#!/bin/sh<br /># Out-Safari Safari<br />curl $1 | sed 's/keyboard/leopard/g' > tmp.html<br />open -a "Safari" tmp.htmlBrenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482462671043316793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055705617165411909.post-79294083480958842662012-03-20T18:22:38.059-05:002012-03-20T18:22:38.059-05:00Part 1. In Which Mr. Xkcd And His Audience Are Exp...Part 1. In Which Mr. Xkcd And His Audience Are Exposed As Frauds<br /><br />`sed s/keyboard/leopard` will replace only the first instance of the word "keyboard" with "leopard" on each line of text. `sed s/keyboard/leopard/g` will produce the results shown in this comic. sed is one of the first powerful commands a UNIX user will learn. Someone who has bragged about being good at Perl, using regular expressions, and caring about various UNIX technicalities would not make such an error in an Internet forum of avowed, proud Geeks without embarrassment.<br /><br />Moreover, a true Internet forum of avowed, proud Geeks would lose it's collective credibility if the error wasn't pointed out until 25 or so posts on the topic---and by a very new user.Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482462671043316793noreply@blogger.com