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okay-zz / Rials

Rials

Remember when Rails was fresh and exciting? So do we.

2Distinct people
2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
13GitHub stars
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Remember when Rails was fresh and exciting? So do we.

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Observed mentions: 2010-08-31 00:37:50 UTC to 2010-08-31 00:41:30 UTC.

0122010-08-31 00:00:00 UTC to 2010-08-31 01:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsAug 31, 00:00

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Typically when you install rails for the first time, you'll install it via the gem package manager. To do this, you'll type: gem install rails Which creates a binary file "rails" that does all the railsey magic. This assumes that a certain percentage of those will accidentally type: gem install rials Which also creates a binary file, which is also called "rails". The difference after browsing the github repo (http://github.com/okay/Rials/blob/master/lib/rials.rb), is that this version of "rails" runs a lovely program which rickrolls the user. Edit: Got it running on my linux box after cloning the repo. Here's a screenshot if it in it's full glory: http://jjcm.org:8081/rials.png Yes, it does actually play the video in ascii goodness from within your terminal.
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