cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes

Coleman Kane zombyfork at gmail.com
Fri Apr 21 04:08:51 UTC 2006


On 4/19/06, Wilko Bulte <wb at freebie.xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 03:36:17PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote..
> > Mark Linimon wrote:
> > >On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 10:48:30PM -0700, Nate Lawson wrote:
> > >>>Are you absolutely sure that the corruption isn't intentional?  Note
> > >>>that the only non-printable characters are \a; it seems to me that
> the
> > >>>point of this truncated entry is precisely to leave the reader
> > >>>wondering what the punchline is and cursing the "line noise".
> > >>I think the line noise should be replaced with something about Hitler.
> > >
> > >Godwin's Law invoked.  Film at 11.
> >
> > Can I claim to have invented a law also?
>
> Sure you can.  And maybe you should commit it to the fortune/datfiles to
> preserve it for historical purposes?  :-P
>
> > Nate's law:
> > 1. Each commit to fortune/datfiles generates at least 20 comments
> > 2. People only commit to fortune/datfiles to keep their commit bit from
> > expiring
> > Conclusion: expiring commit bits cause the most discussion
> >
> > --
> > Nate
> --- end of quoted text ---
>
> --
> Wilko Bulte                             wilko at FreeBSD.org


I think this entire exchange belongs in fortune/datfiles


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