Geek Terror! :: Dec 27, 2004
Now you need not trust your terror information to cuddly cartoon characters or puppets... nor to snide armchair politicos! No indeed. Now you have the Geek Terror Alert Scale, treating the Department of Homeland Security Terror Alert Level with the seriousness it deserves:
A full selection of iconic geeky beasts, fully representing the gravity of each possible terror level:
Remote Access: Paste this code into your page where you want the graphic to appear:
Local installation: download the script and graphics, upload the entire ALERT directory to your server, and use an image tag to call the script from your local server.
Ah, yes, pleasing...
Posted by The Crawling Chaos @ Dec 28, 04
Yes folks! Display the Geek Terror Alert Scale on your website, and put the Old Ones' stamp of approval on your internet endeavors!
Posted by mivox @ Dec 28, 04
I just tried adding the GTL on my site, and either mucked something up, or the downloadable script is a little wonky.
After adding it to my page, the image didn't appear. When I load the direct URL ( http://www.michaelhanscom.com/eclecticism/alert/geekterror.php ) in my browser, Firefox tells me 'The image ¦http://www.michaelhanscom.com/eclecticism/alert/geekterror.php˛ cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.' When I run the .php directly on my server, it outputs a syntax error:
./geekterror.php: ?php: No such file or directory
./geekterror.php: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `eregi_replace(''
./geekterror.php: line 2: `$threat = eregi_replace('.*CONDITION="(.*)" />', '\1', implode('\n', file("http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/getAdvisoryCondition")));'
Any ideas on how to approach this? For now, I've just gone to pointing at the script on your server (and snarfing some small amount of your bandwidth).
Posted by Michael Hanscom @ Dec 30, 04
Two thoughts:
You downloaded the script in the brief space of time on Tuesday when a messed-up copy of the script was in the download archive...
...if not, does your server have the GD libraries needed to process the images?
The file in the download archive now is identical to the script running on my server, which isn't giving any errors. I am at a loss at the moment...
Posted by mivox @ Dec 30, 04
Aaah — it may be that I'm missing the right GD libraries (and, I must admit, I don't really know how to check that, either which I have/don't have or which your script requires). As long as you don't mind the remote access, I'll keep things as-is, then. Thanks!
Posted by Michael Hanscom @ Jan 01, 05
and, I must admit, I don't really know how to check that
*grin* Neither do I, I usually just ask my webhost about what's available on my server... But I looked it up:
"To generate images in real-time using PHP, we need to have the GD library installed. To make sure you have the GD library installed, create a new PHP page named checkgd.php in a directory on your web server. Enter the following code into checkgd.php:
<?php
phpinfo(INFO_MODULES);
?>
"Run the checkgd.php page on your web server. If you can find a section for the GD library (like in the sample shown below), then you have the GD library installed and ready to go: (click link)
"On the other hand, if you don't see a section for the GD library, then you will need to download and install the GD library."
(Thanks to developerfusion.com for the info!)
Posted by mivox @ Jan 01, 05
Hilarious - I've included it on my sidebar:
http://photosydney.blogspot.com
Posted by BHR @ Jan 04, 05
Thanks! Glad you like it. :-)
Posted by mivox @ Jan 04, 05
It fucked my comp up becuase of this bullshit
Posted by ibz @ Feb 09, 05
fuk off suhail ali
Posted by ibz @ Feb 09, 05
How in the hell did you manage to fuck up your computer with a simple PHP script? All you had to do was download it and then upload it to a properly configured webserver... *shrug*
Posted by mivox @ Feb 09, 05
I love it. Works great. Didn't fuck up my site.
My only suggestion is that I'd think Vader ranks a higher threat level than the mamby-pamby Borg.
Posted by Holocron @ May 03, 05
Your mastery of the script reveals your higher intellectual evolution. Your nickname reveals your shamelessly pro-StarWars Universe bias...
...Vader just wants to subjugate/enslave people. The Borg actually wants to absorb them. Absorption gives me the willies worse than enslavement.
So, "nyah"!
Posted by mivox @ May 03, 05
Thank you. Worked like a charm. What a nice addition to my side bar along with condion Bert which I think you also made. Have had many comment on that.
Others that would be odd but fun:
A LOTR terror alert scale - Sauron(red),
A Partridge Family Terror Alert Scale
Danny Red....
A Trek Terror scale Dead Red Guys,
A Thomas the Tank Engine Terror Alert Scale, Another One for the Kiddies, Or the Wiggles.
Just thoughts.
Love the ones so far.
Peter
Posted by Peter, The Peter Files Blog @ Jun 23, 05
Oh heavens, no I didn't make the Sesame Street alert scale... that's been around for quite a while. But I'm glad you like this one!
But as my script is set up to be downloadable, it'd be quite easy for anyone to take it and adapt it with their own graphics.
I won't have my hand in anything involving the Partridge Family... ;-P
Posted by mivox @ Jun 23, 05
books gone wild
