Funny Linux Beep Prank
April 1st, 2008
Here’s one for Aprils Fools. install the “beep” program on your Linux box and then run this while you are out to lunch. It will play a series of random beeps over random intervals and will drive your co-workers mad!
while true; do sleep $(($RANDOM/1000)) && beep -f 2000 -l $(($RANDOM/100)) ; done
2 Comments Add your own
1. brimur | April 7th, 2008 at 12:23
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 on 
Ubuntu Linux
Tried it but no one smashed my laptop :( Guess I have to get one the old fashioned way and ask!
2. Blagovest Petrov | April 21st, 2008 at 17:31
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 on 
Ubuntu Linux
Maybe you don’t have the “beep” program installed or you don’t have speaker. That’s my variant:P :
while true; do sleep $(($RANDOM/1000)) && beep -f $(($RANDOM/10)) -l $(($RANDOM/100)) ; done
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