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- ipodman, on 10/12/2007, -3/+65That's not an OSX easter egg, it's a BSD egg you dolt.
- Jist, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21I cant believe this made it to the front page....
- pxa270, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Parent is correct, this was imported verbatim from FreeBSD:
http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/Current/misc_cmds-17/calendar/calendars/calendar.history - CBTF, on 10/12/2007, -6/+19Wheeeee. *splat*
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14The jump?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+15An internal server error? So much for stability
- ThreeDee912, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10Not an OS X easter egg. Was from BSD.
- Tourney3p0, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8How is that even remotely considered a "similar command"? They both contain letters, but that's about where the similarities stop.
- ketsugi, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10Agreed. Buried for inaccuracy.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10now that telnet star wars thing is just so stupid I don't even feel like explaining it.
just try doing that with the ethernet cable disconnected, that should shed some light... - FunkyChicken, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9Buried simply because I am so freaking tired of reading that 'after the jump' phrase. God!! So sick of seeing that crap. Does everyone have to write that now?? Geesh!
And ohh yeah, agreed- totally inaccurate. - dgolding, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Mordor IT were early adopters of Vista. Has no one noticed that the unblinking Eye of Mordor is an Aero Glass interface icon?
- Jones105, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2You actually watched it that far?... I mean, it's great, but geeze, join netflix.
- nthitz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Err it would seem that you have to send the proper referrer to view that image. Embarrassing for myself.
- pairanoyd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2What a rip off !!!
They cut it off right when Luke and Han are in the garbage compactor!
Where's the rest??? - nofxjunkee, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3And how the hell is this a feature?
"There's a hidden Lord of the Rings feature in Mac OS X, which you can access through the Terminal. Check it out for yourself after the jump." - lgc90, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Please read comments carefully before replying to them. As I explained IN MY COMMENT, "Neither of these "easter eggs" are part of OS X." Perhaps THAT was the similarity you were looking for?
- jzp-digg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Standard BSD calendar behavior. Cluebag.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2FYI, if you havent seen it before (I hadn't):
dalexs-computer:/usr/share/calendar dalex$ cat calendar.history | grep "LOTR"
01/05 Fellowship enters Moria (LOTR)
01/09 Fellowship reaches Lorien (LOTR)
01/17 Passing of Gandalf (LOTR)
02/07 Fellowship leaves Lorien (LOTR)
02/17 Death of Boromir (LOTR)
02/20 Meriadoc & Pippin meet Treebeard (LOTR)
02/22 Passing of King Ellesar (LOTR)
02/24 Ents destroy Isengard (LOTR)
02/26 Aragorn takes the Paths of the Dead (LOTR)
03/05 Frodo & Samwise encounter Shelob (LOTR)
03/08 Deaths of Denethor & Theoden (LOTR)
03/18 Destruction of the Ring (LOTR)
03/29 Flowering of the Mallorn (LOTR)
04/04 Gandalf visits Bilbo (LOTR)
04/17 An unexpected party (LOTR)
04/23 Crowning of King Ellesar (LOTR)
05/19 Arwen leaves Lorian to wed King Ellesar (LOTR)
06/11 Sauron attacks Osgiliath (LOTR)
06/13 Bilbo returns to Bag End (LOTR)
06/23 Wedding of Ellesar & Arwen (LOTR)
07/04 Gandalf imprisoned by Saruman (LOTR)
07/24 The ring comes to Bilbo (LOTR)
07/26 Bilbo rescued from Wargs by Eagles (LOTR)
08/03 Funeral of King Theoden (LOTR)
08/29 Saruman enters the Shire (LOTR)
09/10 Gandalf escapes from Orthanc (LOTR)
09/14 Frodo & Bilbo's birthday (LOTR)
09/15 Black riders enter the Shire (LOTR)
09/18 Frodo and company rescued by Bombadil (LOTR)
09/28 Frodo wounded at Weathertop (LOTR)
10/16 Boromir reaches Rivendell (LOTR)
10/17 Council of Elrond (LOTR)
10/25 End of War of the Ring (LOTR)
11/16 Bilbo reaches the Lonely Mountain (LOTR)
12/05 Death of Smaug (LOTR)
12/16 Fellowship begins Quest (LOTR) - loriencfau, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1They spelled Lorien wrong: 05/19 Arwen leaves Lorian to wed King Ellesar (LOTR).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorien - RadiatedAnt, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Burried for the Moronic reference to "after the jump" *twitch*
- panicofficer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Wow. Now I don't have to refer to the appendix when playing LOTR Trivia games. ;)
- SpacemanSpiff01, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6This has been on here before.
- tehmoth, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1unneccessary use of cat award candidate, should be:
grep LOTR /usr/share/calendar/calendar.history - mattclare, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Like one quarter of that file is LOTR and it kinda' trivializes the rest of the events:
02/21 Malcom X shot to death in Harlem, 1965
02/22 Passing of King Ellesar (LOTR)
02/23 Lt. Calley confesses, implicates Cpt. Medina, 1971
02/24 Ents destroy Isengard (LOTR)
02/24 Impeachment proceedings against Andrew Johnson begin, 1868
02/26 Aragorn takes the Paths of the Dead (LOTR)
02/28 The "French Connection" drug bust occurs in Marseilles, 1972 - tehmoth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0openbsd has this in calendar.fictional
actually this is the wrong comment to reply to - tehmoth, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0openbsd has fictional calendar entries in calendar.fictional
- gringomasta, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1lame
- SirNoobius, on 10/12/2007, -12/+10the correct burial is actually "lame"
- tehmoth, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0they should have imported a different bsd, like one where the fictional entries are in a separate file.
- pedropinto, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1i just can't stand lotr fans ... for everyone using "gandalf" as a nickname in forums, email etc... YOU ARE NOT A WISE MAGE YOU ARE A HUGE NERD
cheers to triumph the insult comic dog - junebughunter, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Hey look at me, I'm a baby cause someone used the phrase "after the jump". Digg is 98% motivated by promoting traffic. Let's move beyond that and accept that it still brings interesting factoids and information that it wouldn't otherwise. I had never heard of this until now.
- lgc90, on 10/12/2007, -14/+8There's an ASCII version of star wars you can view in the terminal by entering a similar command. Neither of these "easter eggs" are part of OS X though.
for star wars, enter this in the terminal: "telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl" - KrazyKoala, on 10/12/2007, -12/+2My goodness, that is beyond loserness, come back to the light OSX developer!
- KragTheDigger, on 10/12/2007, -15/+2dugg, for geekiness.
~K - JC4P, on 10/12/2007, -20/+6I'm watching LoTR marathon on TNT right now.
Conincidence?...yes. - SirNoobius, on 10/12/2007, -16/+0i am watching it too
- nthitz, on 10/12/2007, -19/+3Here's what you do:
cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.history | grep "LOTR"
Here's what happens:
http://eeggs.com/cgi-bin/img.cgi?eid=851&type=full - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -37/+16This should have been categorized under Apple.. not design. I have Apple blocked from view for a reason. Buried as wrong topic.
Now I'll await the down diggs from Mac fans, even though I'm right.
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