Enjoy a randomly generated fortune:
$ fortune | cowsay _________________________________________ / I made it a rule to forbear all direct \ | contradictions to the sentiments of | | others, and all positive assertion of | | my own. I even forbade myself the use | | of every word or expression in the | | language that imported a fixed opinion, | | such as "certainly", "undoubtedly", | | etc. I adopted instead of them "I | | conceive", "I apprehend", or "I | | imagine" a thing to be so or so; or "so | | it appears to me at present". | | | | When another asserted something that I | | thought an error, I denied myself the | | pleasure of contradicting him abruptly, | | and of showing him immediately some | | absurdity in his proposition. In | | answering I began by observing that in | | certain cases or circumstances his | | opinion would be right, but in the | | present case there appeared or seemed | | to me some difference, etc. | | | | I soon found the advantage of this | | change in my manner; the conversations | | I engaged in went on more pleasantly. | | The modest way in which I proposed my | | opinions procured them a readier | | reception and less contradiction. I had | | less mortification when I was found to | | be in the wrong, and I more easily | | prevailed with others to give up their | | mistakes and join with me when I | | happened to be in the right. | | | \ -- Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin / ----------------------------------------- \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || ||
$output = shell_exec("/usr/games/fortune | /usr/games/cowsay"); echo $output;