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Re: [OT] How to add fortune output to terminal



Owen Townend <owen.townend@gmail.com>:
> 
>    An extract from my .bashrc
> 
>  if [ -x /usr/games/fortune ]; then
>    echo; /usr/games/fortune -a; echo
>  fi
> 
>    Also, IIRC, the default 'fortunes-mod' package includes only a single data
>  file which has no 'offensive' fortunes, so unless you add more (e.g.
>  fortunes-off) the '-a' is unnecessary.

And for real technicolor stuff, hunt for the kernelnewbies fortunes
file; selected quotes from lkml:

      -----------------------------
"I want you guys to look at your computer screen, imagining the worst
 monster you can (the cacodeamon from Quake will do, just make him hairier
 and bigger and more MEAN), and think of me. Think of me like I am when I
 see a patch which isn't a pure bug-fix.

 If you're whimpering just _thinking_ about sending me a new feature,
 you're in the right mindframe. Keep that mindframe."

        - Linus Torvalds
      -----------------------------

What a freaking tyrant!  :-O  How the heck did
$any_feature_you_care_to_name survive development?!?  This from the
guy who was once wondering why his newborn might need a tcp/ip stack?


[just kidding, L.]
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