Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 13:21:37 -0600 (CST) From: "Sean C. Farley" <sean-freebsd@farley.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/49967: Minor fixes to fortunes data Message-ID: <200303121921.h2CJLbYH000664@thor.farley.org>
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>Number: 49967 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Minor fixes to fortunes data >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Mar 12 11:30:05 PST 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Sean C. Farley >Release: FreeBSD 4.8-RC i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD thor.farley.org 4.8-RC FreeBSD 4.8-RC #1: Mon Mar 10 20:14:00 CST 2003 root@thor.farley.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/THOR i386 >Description: I corrected what I believe to be small mistakes in spacing and punctuation in one (the default) of the fortune data files. Reason: someone had to do it. :) >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Here is a patch: --- fortunes Wed Feb 12 14:45:55 2003 +++ fortunes.patched Wed Feb 12 14:46:19 2003 @@ -735,8 +735,8 @@ these sometime around the middle of next week". -- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the Screw" % - How many seconds are there in a year? If I tell you there are -3.155 x 10^7, you won't even try to remember it. On the other hand, + How many seconds are there in a year? If I tell you there are +3.155 x 10^7, you won't even try to remember it. On the other hand, who could forget that, to within half a percent, pi seconds is a nanocentury. -- Tom Duff, Bell Labs @@ -1879,7 +1879,7 @@ facts of life in bandages of self-illusion. -- H. L. Mencken % -A general leading the State Department resembles a dragon commanding +A general leading the State Department resembles a dragon commanding ducks. -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981 % @@ -1940,7 +1940,7 @@ O is for Olive, run through with an awl, P is for Prue, trampled flat in a brawl Q is for Quinton who sank in a mire, R is for Rhoda, consumed by a fire. S is for Susan who parished of fits, T is for Titas who flew into bits. -U is for Una who slipped down a drain, V is for Victor, squashed under a train. +U is for Una who slipped down a drain, V is for Victor, squashed under a train. W is for Winie, embedded in ice, X is for Xercies, devoured by mice. Y is for Yoric whose head was bashed in, Z is for Zilla who drank too much gin. -- Edward Gorey "The Gastly Crumb Tines" @@ -2433,8 +2433,7 @@ After a few boring years, socially meaningful rock 'n' roll died out. It was replaced by disco, which offers no guidance to any form of life more advanced than the lichen family. - -- Dave Barry, "Kids Today: They Don't Know Dum Diddly - Do" + -- Dave Barry, "Kids Today: They Don't Know Dum Diddly Do" % After a number of decimal places, nobody gives a damn. % @@ -2869,8 +2868,7 @@ television's message has always been that the need for truth, wisdom and world peace pales by comparison with the need for a toothpaste that offers whiter teeth *___and* fresher breath. - -- Dave Barry, "Kids Today: They Don't Know Dum Diddly - Do" + -- Dave Barry, "Kids Today: They Don't Know Dum Diddly Do" % Anthony's Law of Force: Don't force it; get a larger hammer. @@ -4427,7 +4425,7 @@ -- Stan Kelly-Bootle, "The Devil's DP Dictionary" % #define BITCOUNT(x) (((BX_(x)+(BX_(x)>>4)) & 0x0F0F0F0F) % 255) -#define BX_(x) ((x) - (((x)>>1)&0x77777777) \ +#define BX_(x) ((x) - (((x)>>1)&0x77777777) \ - (((x)>>2)&0x33333333) \ - (((x)>>3)&0x11111111)) @@ -4486,7 +4484,7 @@ since withdrawn. % Demographic polls show that you have lost credibility across the -board. Especially with those 14 year-old Valley girls. +board. Especially with those 14 year-old Valley girls. % Dentist, n.: A Prestidigitator who, putting metal in one's mouth, pulls @@ -4935,7 +4933,7 @@ All the other prehistoric people were out puncturing each other with spears, and the wise men were back in the cave saying: "How about: Would you please take my wife? No. How about: Here is my wife, please -take her right now. No How about: Would you like to take something? +take her right now. No. How about: Would you like to take something? My wife is available. No. How about ..." -- Dave Barry, "Why Humor is Funny" % @@ -8454,8 +8452,7 @@ destruction of the of the planet Earth and had made many attempts to alert mankind to the danger; but most of their communications were misinterpreted ... - -- Douglas Admas "The Hitch-Hikers' Guide To The - Galaxy" + -- Douglas Admas "The Hitch-Hikers' Guide To The Galaxy" % It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. @@ -8974,8 +8971,7 @@ teenager for sitting around and sulking all day instead of hunting for grubs and berries like dad primate. Then you'd see the primate teenager stomp up to his branch and slam the leaves. - -- Dave Barry, "Kids Today: They Don't Know Dum Diddly - Do" + -- Dave Barry, "Kids Today: They Don't Know Dum Diddly Do" % Kin, n.: An affliction of the blood @@ -9567,7 +9563,7 @@ -- Albert Einstein % Mandrell: "You know what I think?" -Doctor: "Ah, ah that's a catch question. With a brain your size you +Doctor: "Ah, ah that's a catch question. With a brain your size you don't think, right?" -- Dr. Who % @@ -12783,7 +12779,7 @@ The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman. % -The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep. +The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep. -- W. C. Fields % The best defense against logic is ignorance. @@ -13736,7 +13732,7 @@ % The Sixth Commandment of Frisbee: The greatest single aid to distance is for the disc to be going -in a direction you did not want. (Goes the wrong way = Goes a long +in a direction you did not want. (Goes the wrong way = Goes a long way.) -- Dan Roddick % @@ -14153,7 +14149,7 @@ doing. % There is no TRUTH. There is no REALITY. There is no CONSISTENCY. -There are no ABSOLUTE STATEMENTS I'm very probably wrong. +There are no ABSOLUTE STATEMENTS. I'm very probably wrong. % "There is nothing which cannot be answered by means of my doctrine," said a monk, coming into a teahouse where Nasrudin sat. "And yet just @@ -16341,7 +16337,7 @@ another $2 for each "special" he describes involving confusing terms such as "shallots," and $4 if the menu contains the word "fixin's." In many restaurants, this means the waiter will actually owe you money. -If you are traveling with a child aged six months to three years, you +If you are traveling with a child aged six months to three years, you should leave an additional amount equal to twice the bill to compensate for the fact that they will have to take the banquette out and burn it because the cracks are wedged solid with gobbets made of partially >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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