Windows XP Easter Egg!

[N3crosis]

First, click start, then run, then type

telnet

then type

o (lower case o, not these brackets just the o) (and hit enter)

then type

towel.blinkenlights.nl (and hit enter)

And there you go... a real time eater. I'm too lazy to sit through the whole thing XD

 

[Bodaggit23]

Rofl omg. The time that must have taken!

 

[diduknowthat]

You sure it's an easteregg? It's getting all that stuff through the internet, so it's not really built into xp.

 

[Mez]

omg thats awesome...!

 

[Mez]

programers these days!

 

[MitchellLutzke]

It's not an easter egg... That series of commands makes windows open up a telnet connection to towel.blinkenlights.nl. The website then sends back the ascii art to make a "movie."

Still pretty cool though, seen it a few times now.

 

[Mez]

oh and, it also works with vista

 

[gamerman4]

oh and, it also works with vista

I imagine it would work with any OS that has a telnet function.

 

[/\E]

oh and, it also works with vista

No telnet in Vista...

 

[Ramodkk]

Awesome, is it the full thing?

 

[gamerman4]

No telnet in Vista...

actually it just isn't installed by default:

 

[mac550]

lol, no easter egg, your just connecting to a server using telnet, works on any OS that supports telnet, eg. windows, linux/unix and prob OS X.

 

[Bodaggit23]

Still very cool.

The uber nerdness overwhelms me.

 

[gamblingman]

tried it

HA HA HA I can hear the real actors in my head as it plays. God how funny is that.

 

[bm23]

that's so awesome. it would be much cooler if i had watch star wars.

 

[tlarkin]

This is not an easter egg for XP, you can run telnet on any OS and get the same results.