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Date:      Thu, 20 Apr 2006 21:37:39 -0400
From:      "Coleman Kane" <zombyfork@gmail.com>
To:        "Wilko Bulte" <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
Cc:        Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-src@freebsd.org, Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@freebsd.org>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes
Message-ID:  <346a80220604201837u264e0f4el30ffb8b97b640ed7@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20060419193714.GA39763@freebie.xs4all.nl>
References:  <200604171214.k3HCEmhi046619@repoman.freebsd.org> <868xq4yxme.fsf@xps.des.no> <44447DAE.6070009@root.org> <20060418065031.GB9933@soaustin.net> <444569E1.90609@root.org> <20060419193714.GA39763@freebie.xs4all.nl>

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On 4/19/06, Wilko Bulte <wb@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@FreeBSD.org


I think this entire exchange belongs in fortune/datfiles



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