Category: The Nerdy Sixty
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The Nerdy Sixty | (35/60) Google’s Killer-Robots.txt | Challenge
Learn about Google’s 2014 Easter egg file “killer-robots.txt” that told the T-800 and T-1000 not to terminate Google’s founders.
The Nerdy Sixty | (34/60) Space Jam Forever | Solution
Solution: Discover the Space Jam (1996) movie website, which remains online in its original mid-90s form.
The Nerdy Sixty | (34/60) Space Jam Forever | Challenge
Discover the Space Jam (1996) movie website, which remains online in its original mid-90s form.
The Nerdy Sixty | (33/60) Telnet Nyan Cat | Solution
Solution: Use telnet to connect to a server that streams the Nyan Cat animation as ASCII art.
The Nerdy Sixty | (33/60) Telnet Nyan Cat | Challenge
Use telnet to connect to a server that streams the Nyan Cat animation as ASCII art.
The Nerdy Sixty | (32/60) The First Webpage | Solution
Solution: Explore the very first webpage Tim Berners-Lee created at CERN, describing the World Wide Web project.
The Nerdy Sixty | (32/60) The First Webpage | Challenge
Explore the very first webpage Tim Berners-Lee created at CERN, describing the World Wide Web project.
Internet Age Quests – From ASCII Star Wars to Killer Robots.txt
Arc 4 of The Nerdy Sixty is a love letter to internet lore. From telnet Easter eggs to long-forgotten memes and legendary web relics — it’s time to surf the weird wide web.
The Nerdy Sixty | (31/60) YouTube’s Robot Uprising | Challenge
Find the Easter egg comments in YouTube’s robots.txt referencing the year 2000 and a robot uprising.
The Nerdy Sixty | (30/60) Obfuscated C Contest | Solution
Solution: Learn about the IOCCC (International Obfuscated C Code Contest), which invites developers to submit intentionally obscured yet ingenious C programs.