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[challenge entry] With apologies to XKCD.


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(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:27, archived)
# arf!
that's why my admin doesn't giveme sudo powers!
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:30, archived)
# if you think make is incomprehensible
try autoconf

anyway, hurrah for geeks
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:34, archived)
# woo/yay

(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:35, archived)
# VI!

(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:37, archived)
# EMACS!

(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:37, archived)
# NOTEPAD++!

(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:37, archived)
# Kate!

(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:38, archived)
# MICROSOFT WORD!
*runs*
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:41, archived)
# that sounds like gangsta rap

(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:44, archived)
# joe!

(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 13:26, archived)
# huzzah!

(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:38, archived)
# EMACS FTW!
*smack*

also: that's just gnome-terminal w/ bash I think
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:38, archived)
# It might be
But major kudos to whoever can tell me the OS I'm ACTUALLY running.

Note: this may be a trick question.
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:39, archived)
# Mac

(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:40, archived)
# You win.
Parallels FTW.
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:41, archived)
# aahh
good?
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:42, archived)
# Very
Although I'm yet to get a DirectX Windows game to run properly, contrary to promises made by the manufacturers...
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:44, archived)
# promises, promises, promises...
:|
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:49, archived)
# Indeed
When I can be bothered, I'll try Unreal Tournament on it. If it can't take that, I'll be disappointed, big time.
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:51, archived)
# and made your pic using Adobe CS3
properties FTW.
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:42, archived)
# Yipes
What told you that?

/unleeted
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:43, archived)
# I'm in ur mac
running ur debian

and i'm off now.

gnite youall
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:45, archived)
# lawl
But seriously, I'm curious :P
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:47, archived)
# on opera you can right click images
and get all the properties, meta included.
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:48, archived)
# *starts opera*
*abandons firefox*
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:49, archived)
#
sudo apt-get install exif

$ exif XXX/screenshot.jpg
EXIF tags in 'XXXX/screenshot.jpg' ('Motorola' byte order):
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
Tag |Value
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------
Image Width |665
Image Length |459
Bits per Sample |8, 8, 8, 8
Compression |LZW compression
Photometric Interpre|RGB
Orientation |top - left
Samples per Pixel |4
x-Resolution |72.00
y-Resolution |72.00
Planar Configuration|planar format
Resolution Unit |Inch
Software |Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh
Date and Time |2007:06:21 01:26:10
Compression |JPEG compression
x-Resolution |72.00
y-Resolution |72.00
Resolution Unit |Inch
Color Space |Internal error (unknown value 65535).
PixelXDimension |400
PixelYDimension |276
--------------------+----------------------------------------------------------

(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:50, archived)
# *is generally impressed by 1337 h4x0r sk1LLz*

(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:55, archived)
# your software writes it all in xmp
Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.us
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 2:13, archived)
# WRONG
It's Windows XP.
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:45, archived)
# Windows XP

(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:40, archived)
# err..
debian gnu/linux?
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:40, archived)
# probably os-x
all the young geeks are using it

looks cool and all, but the GUI is crap
(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:41, archived)
# Looks like Gnome running on debian

(, Thu 21 Jun 2007, 1:41, archived)