How to speak UNIX
May 25, 2004 8:01 AM Subscribe
>> ! * ' ' #
^ " ` $ $ -
! * = @ $ _
% * <> ~ # 4
& [ ] . . /
| { , , SYSTEM HALTED
OR:
Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH.>
posted by jazon at 9:18 AM on May 25, 2004
^ " ` $ $ -
! * = @ $ _
% * <> ~ # 4
& [ ] . . /
| { , , SYSTEM HALTED
OR:
Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH.>
posted by jazon at 9:18 AM on May 25, 2004
I can't read that without my brain supplying a hip-hop beat.
posted by kevspace at 9:22 AM on May 25, 2004
posted by kevspace at 9:22 AM on May 25, 2004
Hatless Atlas:
^< @.@* }_# | -@$&/_% !( @|=>
;`+$?^?
,#"~|)^G
hat less at less point at star
backbrace double base pound space bar
dash at cash and slash base rate
wow open tab at bar is great
semi backquote plus cash huh DEL
comma pound double tilde bar close BEL
>
posted by CrunchyFrog at 9:28 AM on May 25, 2004
^< @.@* }_# | -@$&/_% !( @|=>
;`+$?^?
,#"~|)^G
hat less at less point at star
backbrace double base pound space bar
dash at cash and slash base rate
wow open tab at bar is great
semi backquote plus cash huh DEL
comma pound double tilde bar close BEL
>
posted by CrunchyFrog at 9:28 AM on May 25, 2004
OK, I've tried getting "Hatless atlas" to look right, several times. I give up.
posted by CrunchyFrog at 9:36 AM on May 25, 2004
posted by CrunchyFrog at 9:36 AM on May 25, 2004
See here for Hatless Atlas, Waka Waka Bang Splat, and Lesser-waka Bang Splat.
posted by jazon at 9:46 AM on May 25, 2004
posted by jazon at 9:46 AM on May 25, 2004
interrobang's name has been explained several times--on this very site! It's true!
posted by The God Complex at 10:38 AM on May 25, 2004
posted by The God Complex at 10:38 AM on May 25, 2004
Mark Pilgrim has compiled an excellent history of the tilde.
posted by quasistoic at 2:36 PM on May 26, 2004
posted by quasistoic at 2:36 PM on May 26, 2004
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