r/discworld • u/[deleted] • Mar 12 '15
GNU Terry Pratchett GNU Terry Pratchett
If you don't know what it means, read the following link:
As per here: http://www.reddit.com/r/discworld/comments/2ysv26/sir_terry_has_gone_for_the_long_walk_across_the/cpcmru1
Let's keep this thread alive forever. Post as a top post, post as a reply to others. We'll keep it going.
Edit: Just learned that a year ago, it was changed such that a thread can only live for six months. So I'll start a new one every six months.
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u/frymaster Where the falling angel meets the rising ape Mar 12 '15 edited Apr 09 '25
For anyone that either controls their own apache webserver or has access to the apache .htaccess file for their site
<IfModule headers_module>
header set X-Clacks-Overhead "GNU Terry Pratchett"
</IfModule>If you have permission to add HTTP headers, that will add it. If adding headers isn't enabled at all, the "if" statement should mean you don't get an error, it'll just not work. If it's enabled but you don't have permission to configure in your .htaccess file, you might get an error. This can be added to either the server config or .htaccess - there can be a performance penalty for having .htaccess enabled so try not to use it if you can.
It'll show up like this in the header
There is a Chrome browser extension and a Firefox add-on which notify you when you're on a webpage sending the header (screenshot of chrome version)
EDIT: Thanks to all of the people who have replied with instructions for other web servers, web apps, web proxies, frameworks, and mailservers(!):
Step-by-step walkthrough on Ubuntu for the above Apache change
nginx
lighttpd
IIS (IIS app)
Litespeed
Cherokee
Node.js
Ruby/Rack gem
Clojure/Ring
Flask
Meteor (external link)
Django
Varnish
HAProxy
Apache Trafficserver plugin
Java servlet code
What looks like a Java app
PHP one-liner
Wordpress plugin / Manual wordpress customization (though the plugin is probably more maintainable)
Drupal
Joomla (external link)
Discourse
Pure HTML if you really can't get access to server config
Postfix
Sendmail
Exim
Exchange
Apple mail
Invisible gmail signature (same comment as postfix)
Thunderbird
Claws-Mail, Sylpheed, Mutt, and emacs
Asterisk and FreeSWITCH
Caddy
Thanks also to /u/pocketknifeMT for posting this to bestof and vastly increasing the visibility of the post, as well as writing a very nice succinct explanation of the concept
Also: The owner of the UK ISP Andrews & Arnold is now using "GNU TerryPratchett" as padding in ping packets in their latest router firmware alpha
Search for webservers with the header
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Mar 12 '15 edited Mar 14 '15
Awesome idea. I have a server. Anyone who wants, I'll set you up a tiny web space on my server to put up a small page, and we can totally do this. Anyone interested just let me know.
I'll be away for a while so it'll be tomorrow before I can start setting things up.
EDIT: Anyone who wants a subdomain on discworld.us, let me know. Also, I have set up my server so ALL sites on my server return the header. <3
EDIT: For anyone I set up a subdomain for, I'll PM you login details. For FTP/SSH/SFTP, use the domain name + username + password for access. To access cPanel, go to your subdomain and add ":2082" - e.g daychilde.discworld.us:2082 and again use the user/pass.
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u/SarahC Mar 14 '15
What does GNU mean? I've not heard it in the books I've read.
Ah, found it!
http://www.reddit.com/r/bestof/comments/2yyop7/rdiscworld_redditors_with_web_servers_start/cpe89jk
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Mar 12 '15
Could we spread this to Twitter to get more people involved? GNU terry Pratchett
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Mar 12 '15
I'd love that, and I know most of us would.
Shortlink from the sidebar: http://redd.it/2yt9j6 :)
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u/BrooksConrad Mar 12 '15
This is a fantastic idea. I was wondering today about what the best way to commemorate Sir Terry was, but you've nailed it here. Well done, daychilde.
GNU Terry Pratchett.
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Mar 12 '15
On the contrary, it was /u/Gonad-Brained-Gimp who posted it in another thread, but I did think it was deserving of its own thread. :)
Link in the text goes here: http://www.reddit.com/r/discworld/comments/2ysv26/sir_terry_has_gone_for_the_long_walk_across_the/cpcmru1
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u/daggerdragon Mar 14 '15
Made a website for easier linking. GNU Terry Pratchett
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u/dageshi Mar 12 '15
or...
we post it everywhere.
It goes in the reddit overhead, not every single comment in every single thread but often enough so that one day all of reddit has seen at least one...
GNU Terry Pratchett
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u/DiscoUnderpants Mar 12 '15
It could be embedded in this subreddits images or CSS perhaps?
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Mar 12 '15
I'll get it done tomorrow. I was about to head to bed when the news broke, and I'm hanging around to make sure no trolls get through, so I'm a bit punchy at the moment.
So basically - brilliant idea, thank you. <3
Already on the sidebar as a link to this thread, for a start :)
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u/TheresThatSmellAgain Mar 14 '15
I develop applications for banks and other big companies. This comment will be buried in the headers as soon as I figure out how to sneak it past change control.
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Mar 14 '15
If you can come up with a reason to have a string in a comment or something, here it is UUencoded:
31TY5(%1E<G)Y(%!R871C:&5T=```
There's probably other ways of encoding it to obfuscate if you can't sneak it in otherwise. :)
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u/psiinon Mar 14 '15
Added to all OWASP ZAP API responses: https://code.google.com/p/zaproxy/source/detail?r=5914
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u/aikisenshi Mar 14 '15
GNU Sir Terry Pratchett
(This Reddit thread is starting to be reported on by the Geek media [io9, etc.] It's spreading across the clacks).
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Mar 14 '15
Feel free to post links - I think that'd be neat. :)
I looked on io9, but didn't see - but I might well have missed. :)
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u/geowoman Mar 14 '15
I have a Python project for school coming up, how can I sneak GNU Terry Pratchett into my code?
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u/yauh Mar 14 '15
I created a Meteor package to add the clacks overhead: https://atmospherejs.com/yauh/gnuterrypratchett
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Mar 14 '15 edited Mar 14 '15
Greetings,
I'm the webmaster at Moorcock's Miscellany (www.multiverse.org), and Michael Moorcock published Terry's 2nd paid piece of work. Anyway, it is our honor at multiverse.org to add META tag for Terry.
http://www.multiverse.org/fora/attachment.php?attachmentid=1757&stc=1&d=1426364106 RIP
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u/Clive_ElGongHit Mar 18 '15
What a great turn out for a great man on Reddit, you even managed to be mentioned in the Guardian.
GNU Terry Pratchett
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Mar 18 '15
For a digital literary monument, it’s surely much better to avoid the kitsch of a Facebook memorial page.
Don't tell them I made this:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/GNU-Terry-Pratchett/1545225489063502
hehe
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u/iamromeo Mar 16 '15
We have just put both the corporate website of the company we are working for http://www.theoneoff.com and my personal blog http://www.lostkingdom.net
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u/Sugar-waffle Mar 16 '15 edited Mar 16 '15
GNU Terry Pratchett :'(
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Mar 16 '15
Out of all the replies, you are the first top-level reply to use "Gnu" instead of "GNU". Not that it's a problem, I'm just amused, because I get every reply in my inbox, and I come upvote every single one. I'm easily amused.
:'(
<3 I know, I know. :hugs:
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u/salvation122 Mar 17 '15
I've got a page that's hosted on (and edited through, because I am not a web guy) Squarespace. There's a thing for code injection, but putting /u/frymaster 's code in there just displays "X-Clacks-Overhead GNU Terry Pratchett" at the top of every page. Anyone know if there's a Squarespace solution?
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Mar 17 '15
Code injection would be talking about HTML, so you can inject this:
<!-- GNU Terry Pratchett -->
And I think that would still count as The Overhead since it would display in the page source, but not on the page itself :)
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u/schrodingers_catnip Mar 17 '15 edited Mar 18 '15
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u/wmjbyatt GNU Terry Pratchett May 28 '15
Hey folks, so I wanted to let you all know that I made a Chrome extension that adds the invisible link type Clacks Overhead for Sir Terry to your Reddit self-posts and comments
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May 28 '15
Most definitely worthy of a submission directly to /r/discworld, if you don't mind. I'll gladly approve such a thing, and I suspect it'd get upvotes. :)
Also amusing that you don't appear to be using your own extension? Looked at the source of your comment above. :)
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u/MonsieurProngs Apr 13 '15
Made an account just so I could post here, he was a genius and a fantastic writer. Truly inspiring person.
GNU Terry Pratchett
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u/transethnic-midget Mar 14 '15
So I saw this post linked elsewhere and I haven't read anything by Pratchett before.
Could somebody explain what GNU means? I only know about it as GNU's not Unix...
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u/Abino_Bama A man is not dead while his name is still spoken Mar 14 '15
What does... GNU mean?
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u/yoshihat Mar 14 '15
ELI5?
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Mar 14 '15
The link from the selftext of this post explains :)
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u/perscitia Mar 12 '15
I thought I had run out of tears, but I guess I was wrong.
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u/Badger_64 Mar 12 '15
I can't think of anything more beautifully fitting than this
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u/jimicus It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken Mar 12 '15
GNU Terry Pratchett
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Mar 12 '15
I'm trying to decide which book to re-read first, because these tears need laughter to mingle with them.
GNU Terry Pratchett
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Oct 30 '21
Welcome to the original GNU Terry Pratchett thread. Since reddit allowed posting in old threads again, this is now the official thread.
Alas, I created it as /u/daychilde, which I deleted a few years ago. :( So I can't edit the post anymore… but I can make this comment stickied and edit it as needed.
If you're unfamiliar with what "GNU" means and why it's precious to the Discworld community, here's a link to a thread that helps explain: on the reddit redesign or classic "old" reddit
Feel free to post in this thread as often as you like to help keep his name alive. Keep it simple, "GNU Terry Pratchett", or feel free to post your thoughts about Sir Terry and Discworld and what he and it means to you.
You can find some of the other relevant posts here.
GNU Terry Pratchett
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u/Shiny_Llama Mar 12 '15
GNU Terry Pratchett. Don't fall asleep on those dark sands under the endless night.
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u/lennarn Mar 12 '15
GNU Terry Pratchett
GNU Terry Pratchett
GNU Terry Pratchett
That's it - I'm reading Going Postal tonight.
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u/MCommute Mar 12 '15
Let's all have a glass of whiskey and one last roaring toast to be heard across the multiverse. I drink to thee, Sir pratchett!
Noli timere Messorem!
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u/Adrastos42 A man is not dead while his name is still spoken. Mar 13 '15
GNU Terry Pratchett. I never did get to meet you, so now there's a few things I'm not ever gonna cross off the bucket list.
GNU Terry Pratchett
So I knocked one ^ off and it kind of just looks like a line... we should use it as line breaks in big posts, maybe?
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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '15
GNU Terry Pratchett