Enjoy a randomly generated fortune:
$ fortune | cowsay _________________________________________ / "We invented a new protocol and called \ | it Kermit, after Kermit the Frog, star | | of "The Muppet Show." [3] | | | | [3] Why? Mostly because there was a | | Muppets calendar on the wall when we | | were trying to think of a name, and | | Kermit is a pleasant, unassuming sort | | of character. But since we weren't sure | | whether it was OK to name our protocol | | after this popular television and movie | | star, we pretended that KERMIT was an | | acronym; unfortunately, we could never | | find a good set of words to go with the | | letters, as readers of some of our | | early source code can attest. Later, | | while looking through a name book for | | his forthcoming baby, Bill Catchings | | noticed that "Kermit" was a Celtic word | | for "free", which is what all Kermit | | programs should be, and words to this | | effect replaced the strained acronyms | | in our source code (Bill's baby turned | | out to be a girl, so he had to name her | | Becky instead). When BYTE Magazine was | | preparing our 1984 Kermit article for | | publication, they suggested we contact | | Henson Associates Inc. for permission | | to say that we did indeed name the | | protocol after Kermit the Frog. | | Permission was kindly granted, and now | | the real story can be told. I resisted | | the temptation, however, to call the | | present work "Kermit the Book." | | | | -- Frank da Cruz, "Kermit - A File | \ Transfer Protocol" / ----------------------------------------- \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || ||
$output = shell_exec("/usr/games/fortune | /usr/games/cowsay"); echo $output;