tawgo
That's your standard Linux distro ought to include the mystical "tawgo" command. Anyone who can actually keep up with the command-line will get the joke, and it'll look just like ordinary movie computer fluff to everyone else...
[root@fortress]$ cd/home/dr.evil/
[root@fortress]$ tawgo "PREPARING TO COPY SECRET FILES..."
[root@fortress]$ cp -Rf */mnt/floppy
[root@fortress]$ tawgo "SECRET FILES COPIED"
[root@fortress]$ tawgo --help
tawgo: Tell Audience What's Going On
Usage: tawgo [option] MESSAGE
Displays MESSAGE in big bright coloured letters, probably in some sort of futuristic animated dialog box.
-a --animation Show cheesy animation
-w --warning Use yellow & black warning stripes
-s --self-destruct Initiate fake countdown sequence
-v --voice Reads MESSAGE in a Female Computer Voice
Use -v -s if you need Female Computer Voice counting down the seconds to our hero's impending destruction.
[root@fortress]$ tawgo "INITIATING SATELLITE ALIGNMENT"
[root@fortress]$/usr/sbin/comsatctl -a --lat=324.3 --lon=213.4
[root@fortress]$ tawgo "SATELLITE ALIGNED."
[root@fortress]$ tawgo "BEGINNING FIRING SEQUENCE"
[root@fortress]$/usr/sbin/comsatctl --target 01 -n
It'd save them a fortune on getting media companies to hack up fake OS screens in Flash as well...
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