Comments on: Pirates and Ninjas: Emacs or Vi?

By: David

David — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:39:20 +0000

Escape-Meta-Alt-Control-Shift? I’ll stick to HJKL, thanks.

By: steve

steve — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:00:48 +0000

I refute this so – http://xkcd.com/225/

By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:51:31 +0000

Commoners use word, hobos use openoffice

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…