/prog/ - The truth behind #fortune

Name: Anonymous 2007-09-21 12:35 ID:Hk24i13h

I'm sick and tired of this age-old "omg i wanna do fortune how do i got fortunes????" faggotry that's rampant in /b/. To end it, here's the story behind the whole unfortunate #fortune thing.

In mid-2007 it was decided that anonymity would no longer be enforced in /b/ and so the name field that had been gone for so long was brought back. A new feature was also introduced, called "fortune," which worked with the #fortune command. To make it work, you had to put #fortune in the now non-existent name field. Fortune only worked (and still works) in /b/, nowhere else.

But then, after a while, things got a little out of hand and suddenly there were namefags galore. Due to the abso-fucking-brick-shitting-enormous name faggotry, the name field was quickly taken down. The guys who have fortune now had it when the name field was taken down, and now they're permanently stuck with it.

So no, you can't do fortune. It's simply impossible. The fortune fags are just pulling your fucking gullible newbie leg, so stop asking how to do it.

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-15 5:09

>>27
Why is fortune under [m]/usr/games[/b]? THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN! Move it to /usr/bin right now.

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-15 12:22

Just for you >>31-kun, I shall symlink it to /usr/local/bin, but no more due to your being so demanding.

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-15 14:11

anonymous@4chan:~$ fortune | cowsay ________________________________________ / BOFH excuse #397: \ | | | T-1's congested due to porn traffic to | \ the news server. / ---------------------------------------- \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || ||

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-15 14:15

>>33
This is not ubuntu, faggot.

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-15 15:12

>>34
Your clairvoyance is truly amazing anon-kun! To be able to divine just what distro and o/s >>33-kun is running merely from seeing his command prompt. Simply amazing and awe inspiring.

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-15 15:17

>>35
Actually, I saw an invisible post, and decided to say the first thing that came to my mind to see Void's reaction. I do that.

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-15 16:49

>>36
well carry on then, lads

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-15 16:51

>>1
implying someone with a clue still gives a fuck about /b/

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-15 17:34

>>38
replying to a post from 2007 (even though the reply would also have been relevant in 2007).

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-15 17:55

I miss fortunes.
______
If you believe in Jesus Christ and are 100% proud of it put this as your signature.

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-15 17:57

>>40
Then you're the only one

______
If you believe in fictional moon men and are 100% proud of it put this as your signature

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-15 18:01

I miss gay sex

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If you still have imaginery friends and are 100% proud of it put this as your signature

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-15 18:29

I cannot miss fortunes because I stopped browsing /b/ almost 3 years ago.

Name: fasf !.CzKQna1OU 2009-09-15 19:29

porst

Name: !4X8vLLNDE2 2009-09-15 19:30

post2

Name: Anonymous 2009-09-16 13:49

#fortune goes on all fields

Name: Anonymous 2010-11-27 21:37

Name: 2011-10-18 18:17

Name: sage 2011-10-18 20:13

Smells like 2007 in here.

Name: Anonymous 2011-10-18 20:30

[17:28][0.35][mryback@delld620:~][^100%][0]
$ /usr/games/fortune
Q: How many Perl monks does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: None. The Universe spins the bulb, and the Perl monk stays out of the way.

Name: not gay 2012-07-10 10:26

Your all gay

Name: Anonymous 2012-07-10 10:43

Wheel of #fortune

Name: !4X8vLLNDE2 2012-07-10 10:54

am i doin it rite???????
XD

Name: Anonymous 2012-07-10 12:48

>>54
/polecat kebabs/

Name: Gay 2012-07-22 16:39

How'd you know I was gay

Name: not gay 2012-08-24 23:59

niggers

Name: Anonymous 2012-08-25 2:55

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Name: !4X8vLLNDE2 2012-11-05 18:28

Lol madbro

Name: Heaven 2012-11-05 20:06

Your fortune: Godly luck

rolling for godly

Name: Anonymous 2012-11-05 22:45

$ fortune
A famous Lisp Hacker noticed an Undergraduate sitting in front of a Xerox
1108, trying to edit a complex Klone network via a browser. Wanting to help,
the Hacker clicked one of the nodes in the network with the mouse, and asked
"what do you see?" Very earnestly, the Undergraduate replied, "I see a
cursor." The Hacker then quickly pressed the boot toggle at the back of
the keyboard, while simultaneously hitting the Undergraduate over the head
with a thick Interlisp Manual. The Undergraduate was then Enlightened.

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51 Name: Anonymous 2011-10-18 20:30

52 Name: not gay 2012-07-10 10:26

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56 Name: Gay 2012-07-22 16:39

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60 Name: Heaven 2012-11-05 20:06

61 Name: Anonymous 2012-11-05 22:45