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The concept is brilliant and filled with potential, but like every other joke on Uncyclopedia the delivery is pretty disappointing. For example, they set up an

by brl 18y ago

The concept is brilliant and filled with potential, but like every other joke on Uncyclopedia the delivery is pretty disappointing. For example, they set up an awesome joke here: uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help Displays actual help. --i question Interactive version of actual help Then totally botch it with a lame juvenile punchline: --omgwtfbbq Secret Feature uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help NO HELP FOR YOU N00B.

critic 18y ago
I think it's art and open to interpretation. To me, "--omgwftbbq" hints at the bazaar development, leading to inconsistency and unbridled enthusiasm about some features.
rjprins 18y ago
it should ideally be: uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help Displays help about help.
- brl 18y ago
  Yeah, exactly. The help command should also have a dozen useless esoteric options but no obvious way to actually get any help. Here are some suggestions :) -B Don't not use non-buffered IO for not displaying output -e Pipe help output through rot13 transformation -G Display output in psychedelic ANSI format -w Produce ASCII histogram of help task heap allocations. -Z Format output so that the number of columns is a prime number -Q Run help in daemon mode -X1 Translate help to Klingon -X2 Translate help to Esperanto -X12 Translate help to Esperanto, then to Klingon -X21 Translate help to Klingon, then to Esperanto
  - staticshock 18y ago
    that made me laugh more than the article itself
justindz 18y ago
It was a strange mix of humorous and clever and 4chan-ish waste. The Xorg.conf-like entry for an LCD w/ five dead pixels was a highlight for me. It sort of mocked the slightly bygone era of having to know your syncs and refresh rates and hand-enter them amidst warnings that, in theory, being very wrong could destroy your perfectly normal monitor.

by brl 18y ago

critic 18y ago

I think it's art and open to interpretation. To me, "--omgwftbbq" hints at the bazaar development, leading to inconsistency and unbridled enthusiasm about some features.

rjprins 18y ago

it should ideally be: uncyclopedia@uncyclo-laptop:~$ help --help Displays help about help.

brl 18y ago
Yeah, exactly. The help command should also have a dozen useless esoteric options but no obvious way to actually get any help. Here are some suggestions :) -B Don't not use non-buffered IO for not displaying output -e Pipe help output through rot13 transformation -G Display output in psychedelic ANSI format -w Produce ASCII histogram of help task heap allocations. -Z Format output so that the number of columns is a prime number -Q Run help in daemon mode -X1 Translate help to Klingon -X2 Translate help to Esperanto -X12 Translate help to Esperanto, then to Klingon -X21 Translate help to Klingon, then to Esperanto
- staticshock 18y ago
  that made me laugh more than the article itself

justindz 18y ago

It was a strange mix of humorous and clever and 4chan-ish waste. The Xorg.conf-like entry for an LCD w/ five dead pixels was a highlight for me. It sort of mocked the slightly bygone era of having to know your syncs and refresh rates and hand-enter them amidst warnings that, in theory, being very wrong could destroy your perfectly normal monitor.