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Hi all,
I'm using FC what's use of appln. wanda fish
it says
Today is Setting Orange, the 39th day of Confusion in the YOLD 3173
what's this mean?...
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[SOLVED] Wanda Fish
Hi all,
I'm using FC what's use of appln. wanda fish
it says
Today is Setting Orange, the 39th day of Confusion in the YOLD 3173
what's this mean?- Lakshmipathi.G
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It's meant to be entertaining ... In short, it's just rubbish.
Originally Posted by Lakshmipathi 
Hi all,
I'm using FC what's use of appln. wanda fish
it says
Today is Setting Orange, the 39th day of Confusion in the YOLD 3173
what's this mean?
I wonder if some of the inspiration comes from people playing too many versions of Nethack. In that game (which is more than just a game) you can pick up 'fortune cookies' which offer you words of wisdom. It's geek humour.I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso
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fortune is pre-install in most of distros. just execute fortune command and have a words of wisdom !
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what my pc said
I thought it was funny~ $ fortune
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Hmmm, mine said:
Q: What's tiny and yellow and very, very, dangerous?
A: A canary with the super-user password.I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso
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Not really, it's some special type of calendar, don't remember exactly but I read it somewhere on a man pageIt's meant to be entertaining ... In short, it's just rubbish.Put your hand in an oven for a minute and it will be like an hour, sit beside a beautiful woman for an hour and it will be like a minute, that is relativity. --Albert Einstein
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hmm..fortune is not in my favour...i don't have that command....
but the wanda fish says ,
Today is Sweetmorn, the 40th day of Confusion in the YOLD 3173
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I think fortune in the bsd-games package
Put your hand in an oven for a minute and it will be like an hour, sit beside a beautiful woman for an hour and it will be like a minute, that is relativity. --Albert Einstein
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