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Profjim

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From: NYC

Registered: 2008-03-24

Posts: 658

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

This thread started out pretty useful, but then contributors kept adding lots of useless cruft to the original. Maybe they didn't understand that the original script was meant as a joke. It didn't even handle arguments. I propose the following, back-to-the-simplicity-of-the-original script. Except that now we can handle arguments, so it's possible to have the script say "Arch is the best" in multiple languages.

#!/bin/bash
case "$0" in
    "Arch is the best!") echo "Arch is the best!";;
    "Arch ist das Beste!") echo "Arch ist das Beste!";;
    "Arch e la Migliore!") echo "Arch e la Migliore!";;
esac

catwell

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From: Bretagne, France

Registered: 2008-02-20

Posts: 207

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Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

I have even better: it works with any language and doesn't need an extra file, just a command to set it up.

[18:48 catwell] alias archbest=echo
[18:48 catwell] archbest Arch e la Migliore!
Arch e la Migliore!

richs-lxh

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 76

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

Back to basics

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kazuo

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From: São Paulo/Brazil

Registered: 2008-03-18

Posts: 413

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Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
##################################################
#Program: "Arch is pretty much the best ever"
#Author: Cyrus Metcalf
#Date: 28 June 2008
#Version:1.0
##################################################
#Altered by Allison Leigh
#Date: 29 June 2008
#Added Chinese and Vally slang
##################################################
#Altered by Jon-Petter
#Date: 7 August 2008
#Added Norwegian and Swedish
##################################################
#Altered by Vedant Kumar
#Date: 11 August 2008
#Added Pythonicness (2.5.2)
##################################################
#Altered by Evangelos Foutras
#Date: 19 August 2008
#Replaced loop with get() and added Greek
##################################################
#Altered by Kazuo Teramoto
#Date: 30 August 2008
#Added Portuguese (BR)
##################################################

menu = """
Options:
    1) English
    2) Chinese
    3) German
    4) Greek
    5) Dutch
    6) Italian
    7) Australian
    8) Norwegian
    9) Swedish
    10) 4chan.org slang
    11) Valley slang
    12) Portuguese

    0) Quit
"""

axn = {
   0 : "May the Arch be with you.",
   1 : "Arch is the Best!",
   2 : "Write it in Chinese!",
   3 : "Arch ist das Beste!",
   4 : "Το Arch είναι το καλύτερο!",
   5 : "Arch is de Beste!",
   6 : "Arch e la Migliore!",
   7 : "Arch you little ripper! Mate, that's fully sick, tops!",
   8 : "Arch er best!",
   9 : "Arch är Bäst!",
   10 : "I like arch, eh is a preetty cool guy! eh Has Kiss method\n and doesn't afraid of Anything!",
   11 : "Arch's not the Best!?, As if, I'm so sure!"
   12: "Arch Linux é o melhor!"
}

def main():
   language = int(raw_input(menu))
   print axn.get(language, "You fail at picking a number .-.")
   if language == 0:
      exit(0)

#####################################################################
#here is a recipe for cream wafers, my favorite cookie.  yum.
# 2 cups all-purpose flour
# 1 cup butter
# 1/3 cup heavy cream
# sugar
# Mix ingredients, chill for an hour, roll to 1/8" thick (2mm) 
# Cut out 1 1/2"(3cm) circles. fork 4 times and bake for 7-9 mins at 375F(190C)
# Creamy Filling!
# 3/4 cups powdered sugar
# 1 tsp. vanilla
# 1/4 cup butter.
# mix and slather on wafers
#####################################################################

if __name__ == '__main__':
   main()

Blµb

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Registered: 2008-02-10

Posts: 224

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

Isn't it time to add gettext support?

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peets

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From: Montreal

Registered: 2007-01-11

Posts: 936

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Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

Isn't it time to add gettext support?

patches welcome ;-)

eldalion

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From: Chapel Hill, NC

Registered: 2008-03-11

Posts: 35

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

Where's the facebook app?

dav7

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-02-08

Posts: 674

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4922/leetpostin8.png (just a screenshot, SFW - safe for work)

"Today ..."

I had to point that out.

-dav7

Last edited by dav7 (2008-09-23 03:48:39)

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clinx

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From: Muenster, Germany

Registered: 2008-04-13

Posts: 11

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

# WTFPL
kdialog --msgbox "Arch is the best"
wget ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/iso/2008.06/archlinux-2008.06-core-i686.iso
kdialog --msg "Burn the ISO and rock on"

Wintervenom

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Registered: 2008-08-20

Posts: 1,011

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

.nolist
#include "ti83plus.inc"
.list

.org userMem - 2
  .db t2ByteTok, tAsmCmp

  b_call(_ClrLCDFull)
  b_call(_HomeUp)
  ld hl, $0003
  ld (curRow), hl
  ld hl, archMsg
  b_call(_PutS)
  b_call(_NewLine)
  ret

archMsg:
    .db "Arch is the best", 0
.end
end

Last edited by Wintervenom (2008-09-28 20:35:03)

Blµb

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Registered: 2008-02-10

Posts: 224

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

haskell

-- WTFPL
module Main where
main = putStrLn "Arch is the best!"

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crouse

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From: Iowa - USA

Registered: 2006-08-19

Posts: 907

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Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

Even the Gpg app thinks so.....

----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)

jA0EAwMCoH7WqrSuRchFgyVKiSKnGFaoMPQnk7AewtHVKeXQm7Ly6580Gju3f0nj6OXUD
BnV2m1Kjom19w0KoqTv1esth5Ca+bzCOvvxpjHXHWughYHybZBQxblJSlg7RHsL71p
dvU0
=dm1F
-----END PGP MESSAGE-----

oseb

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From: Busan, Korea

Registered: 2005-05-26

Posts: 31

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

Japanese translation:

アーチが最高！

Chinese and/or Korean translation coming soon! (hopefully)

아치가 최고여!

korean translation now

SkonesMickLoud

Arch Linux f@h Team Member

From: The D of C

Registered: 2008-09-20

Posts: 178

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

I took the liberty of porting this to 1890's technology:

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kakTuZ

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From: Hannover, Germany

Registered: 2007-10-20

Posts: 86

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

I took the liberty of porting this to 1890's technology:

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Thank you for this very important contribution. This grants Arch to be the first choise for early adaptors of emerging communication technology. Good to know, arch is still bleeding edge.

Blµb

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Registered: 2008-02-10

Posts: 224

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

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You know you're paranoid when you start thinking random letters while typing a password.
A good post about vim
Python has no multithreading.

sqrg

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Registered: 2008-09-30

Posts: 2

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

Pseudo-binary!

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001100111000111010010
010010100101000010010
011110111001000011110
010010101001000010010
010010100100111010010
000000000000000000000
000000111101001001110
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000000011001111011110
011110011001001010000
000000011001001011110
000000000000000000000
011100011100111011110
010010100001000001100
011100111100110001100
010010100000001001100
011100111101110001100

Can you spot it?

SkonesMickLoud

Arch Linux f@h Team Member

From: The D of C

Registered: 2008-09-20

Posts: 178

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

I took the liberty of porting this to 1890's technology:

.- .-. -.-. .... / .. ... / - .... . / -... . ... - -.-.-- -.-.-- -.-.--

Thank you for this very important contribution. This grants Arch to be the first choise for early adaptors of emerging communication technology. Good to know, arch is still bleeding edge.

Legacy, FTW!

Diaz

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 366

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

shouldn't we digg this or something like that?

i freaking love this thread. It could be a starting tutorial to introduce programing and its differences in various languages

thoughtcrime

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Registered: 2008-09-27

Posts: 156

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Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

Here's my AutoIt3 port for windows:

ConsoleWrite("Arch is the best!");

GUI Version:
Oh shit - I can't get the AutoIt Help working under wine. Hopefully someone else makes one, because GUIs are important to windows users.

Last edited by thoughtcrime (2008-10-03 17:38:07)

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moljac024

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-01-29

Posts: 2,676

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

Here's my AutoIt3 port for windows:

ConsoleWrite("Arch is the best!");

GUI Version:
Oh shit - I can't get the AutoIt Help working under wine. Hopefully someone else makes one, because GUIs are important to windows users.

You dare insult windows users with a console application ?

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yama

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From: Norway

Registered: 2008-04-03

Posts: 71

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

Here's my AutoIt3 port for windows:

ConsoleWrite("Arch is the best!");

GUI Version:
Oh shit - I can't get the AutoIt Help working under wine. Hopefully someone else makes one, because GUIs are important to windows users.

You dare insult windows users with a console application ?

haha. thats exactly my thought. Give that to widows users and they wont know what to do with it anyway

Last edited by yama (2008-10-03 17:44:50)

thoughtcrime

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Registered: 2008-09-27

Posts: 156

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Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

Here's my AutoIt3 port for windows:

ConsoleWrite("Arch is the best!");

GUI Version:
Oh shit - I can't get the AutoIt Help working under wine. Hopefully someone else makes one, because GUIs are important to windows users.

You dare insult windows users with a console application ?

haha. thats exactly my thought. Give that to widows users and they wont know what to do with it anyway

Okay, you guys are right. Here's something every windows-user can use

$version = "0.1 Alpha";
while 1
TraySetToolTip("Arch is best! Reminder " & $version);
Msgbox(0,"Yo listen up!","Arch is best!");
sleep(3600*1000);
wend

Last edited by thoughtcrime (2008-10-03 17:49:45)

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lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

You need to provide the executable, not some silly code ;-)

thoughtcrime

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Registered: 2008-09-27

Posts: 156

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Re: A script proclaiming Arch's superiority

You need to provide the executable, not some silly code ;-)

Oh I kinda forgot that we were really talking about windows users. Anyone knows a good host where I can put it?

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