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sudo-what?

Here’s a funny comic:

sandwich, from xkcd.com

At least I thought it was funny, but something in the back of my head was nagging at me like I wasn’t really in on the joke, and I thought,
“Wait, maybe I don’t get it. I think I do, but I could be wrong. (pause) No…. I definitely get it. (pause) But what if I try and tell it at a party, and I’m wrong???”

So I asked JR.

Here’s why it’s actually funny, and why I would never get it in a million years:

JR (via IM):
its about administration
on linux
Many Unixes, and Linux, use “sudo”.
allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser.

Ahhh… I see. Huh.

Here’s my reasoning as to why I thought it was funny:

Me (via IM):
due to the insane popularity/obsession with Sudoku, all you have to do is preface something with Sudo- and people will like or do whatever you say.

Now let’s all have a hearty laugh at my mild computer-admin-related retardation. ha ha ha.

I still think my reasoning makes it funnier.

3 comments

1 particleman { 12.07.06 at 4:59 pm }

HAH. i went through the same process, but i actually got the linux reference somewhere in the back of my head.

2 Lee { 12.08.06 at 7:47 pm }

I had to sudo some shit on my work Mac. It was freakin’ awesome.

I’ve no idea where that came from.

3 karolyn of (enter something great here) { 10.07.08 at 8:49 am }

I thought it was:
“make me a sammie”.
“Uhhh, f*you.”
“Okay, pretend to make me a sammie, but don’t really.”
“Okay. I can totally not really make you a sammie.”

…which I thought was laughable.

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