The best thing about ascii joke lists? The humor is easy to parse.
One of my favourite fortune databases.
What’s the deal with fortune? I know a great fortune bot, but don’t know where this stuff comes from. Is there a heritage?
Yes. It was an old Unix program, distributed alongside what at the time must have seemed like an amusing set of quotes and one-liners. I shouldn’t have been surprised that Wikipedia has more details.
The best thing about ascii joke lists? The humor is easy to parse.
One of my favourite fortune databases.
What’s the deal with fortune? I know a great fortune bot, but don’t know where this stuff comes from. Is there a heritage?
Yes. It was an old Unix program, distributed alongside what at the time must have seemed like an amusing set of quotes and one-liners. I shouldn’t have been surprised that Wikipedia has more details.