Enjoy a randomly generated fortune:
$ fortune | cowsay _________________________________________ / Now she speaks rapidly. "Do you know \ | *why* you want to program?" | | | | He shakes his head. He hasn't the | | faintest idea. | | | | "For the sheer *joy* of programming!" | | she cries triumphantly. "The joy of the | | parent, the artist, the craftsman. "You | | take a program, born weak and impotent | | as a dimly-realized solution. You | | nurture the program and guide it down | | the right path, building, watching it | | grow ever stronger. Sometimes you paint | | with tiny strokes, a keystroke added | | here, a keystroke changed there." She | | sweeps her arm in a wide arc. "And | | other times you savage whole *blocks* | | of code, ripping out the program's very | | *essence*, then beginning anew. But | | always building, creating, filling the | | program with your own personal stamp, | | your own quirks and nuances. Watching | | the program grow stronger, patching it | | when it crashes, until finally it can | | stand alone -- proud, powerful, and | | perfect. This is the programmer's | | finest hour!" Softly at first, then | | louder, he hears the strains of a Sousa | | march. "This ... this is your canvas! | | your clay! Go forth and create a | \ masterwork!" / ----------------------------------------- \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || ||
$output = shell_exec("/usr/games/fortune | /usr/games/cowsay"); echo $output;