Comments on: Pirates and Ninjas: Emacs or Vi?

By: James Tiet

James Tiet — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:14:57 +0000

so which one do you use?

By: Obaid

Obaid — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 10:20:13 +0000

vikings and gladiators missed out ! lol

By: Booum

Booum — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:13:28 +0000

Ninjas use vi, Pirates use emacs, Samurai use eclipse, Crusaders use netbeans, Peasant use notepad, Slave use visual studio, but the Emperor & Queen use WORD! (come from his/her mouth and/or from his/her fingers )

By: homer^im^bett

homer^im^bett — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:18:01 +0000

i think zombies are using visual studio

By: xxx

xxx — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:38:28 +0000

today,vim can compare with ecmacs , but not vi

By: Digit

Digit — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:13:50 +0000

i currently use leafpad, what does that make me?
some higher class of peasant?

( I am an ???? (artist), and wonder where that fits in in a world of ninjas (sys admin), pirates (programmers), robots, space aliens, etc )

By: The REAL Ninja Pig

The REAL Ninja Pig — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:59:03 +0000

The REAL Ninja Pig can be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2zpr8FNfUw

…Fear the Pig…

By: Czarek

Czarek — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:55:23 +0000

Also in the news: peasants use Notepad, slaves use M$ Visual Studio, commoners use M$ Word…

By: Krylen

Krylen — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:36:36 +0000

This is brilliant. Now I finally know why I’ve always sided with Ninjas all these years.. I’m a Vi user, a natural Ninja.

By: Ben Linux

Ben Linux — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:58:25 +0000

John,

Did you really think you could fool me John? Mermaids don’t exist… I haven’t seen any at the looking glass anyways.

By: MythMonk

MythMonk — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:31:46 +0000

Robots use sed.

Pirates use Eclipse.

By: John Locke

John Locke — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:07:06 +0000

Ninjas and Pirates both use Emacs,
Mermaids use Vi,
Sorry guys, but yes: Vi is for girls.

By: John Waters

John Waters — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:58:20 +0000

Given the relative abundance of Pirates and Ninjas, I suppose that would make us Acme users Delta Force Operators and Rob Pike… Larry Vickers.

By: Evan

Evan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:23:05 +0000

“VI actually has 3 modes (the third being “VISUAL”). I am sure Ninjas have another mode as well…”

@ Devin:

Right — ninjas often take on the guise of a commoner in order to walk unnoticed through marketplaces and villages. They can use this technique to sneak and steal — much like Vi’s Visual Mode.

By: Adam Keck

Adam Keck — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:04:07 +0000

Wow. That post made my night. Funny as hell, yet so true.

-Adam

By: sine

sine — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:42:07 +0000

@the one who blogs: try M-x doctor when drunk. Hillarious, but like most drunken enternainments, not so great sober.

Also try M-x yow when drunk or stoned (emulates Zippy the Pinhead).

For realy weird entertainment: M-x psychoanalize-pinhead will turn the doctor loose on Zippy…

Yes, this pirate spends a lot of tube time with emacs and a glass of scotch. Probably not stealthy, but much more fun!

By: Devin

Devin — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:09:13 +0000

VI actually has 3 modes (the third being “VISUAL”). I am sure Ninjas have another mode as well…

By: zapp_the_killer

zapp_the_killer — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:14:36 +0000

Vi is not stealthy.
It beeps all the time…

By: Marshall Finkman

Marshall Finkman — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:11:40 +0000

Emacs users watch them self from the outside. If they detect pattern that they need. They will implement it.

Vi users learn there environment and adapts. The strongest tool is to combine commands.

vi users = sysadms.
emacs users = programmers.

emacs has no limits.

By: ondra[sej]

ondra[sej] — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:06:05 +0000

Well, I think I’ve got a strong argument against pirates using emacs – how would a pirate execute any emacs command having a hook instead of one of his hands