Enjoy a randomly generated fortune:
$ fortune | cowsay _________________________________________ / Hack placidly amidst the noisy \ | printers and remember what prizes there | | may be in Science. As fast as possible | | get a good terminal on a good system. | | Enter your data clearly but always | | encrypt your results. And listen to | | others, even the dull and ignorant, for | | they may be your customers. Avoid loud | | and aggressive persons, for they are | | sales reps. | | | | If you compare your outputs with those | | of others, you may be surprised, for | | always there will be greater and lesser | | numbers than you have crunched. Keep | | others interested in your career, and | | try not to fumble; it can be a real | | hassle and could change your fortunes | | in time. | | | | Exercise system control in your | | experiments, for the world is full of | | bugs. But let this not blind you to | | what virtue there is; many persons | | strive for linearity and everywhere | | papers are full of approximations. | | Strive for proportionality. Especially, | | do not faint when it occurs. Neither be | | cyclical about results; for in the face | | of all data analysis it is sure to be | | noticed. | | | | Take with a grain of salt the anomalous | | data points. Gracefully pass them on to | | the youth at the next desk. Nurture | | some mutual funds to shield you in | | times of sudden layoffs. But do not | | distress yourself with imaginings -- | | the real bugs are enough to screw you | | badly. Murphy's Law runs the Universe | | -- and whether or not it is clear to | | you, no doubtB*n dS = 0. | | | | Therefore, grab for a piece of the pie, | | with whatever proposals you can | | conceive of to try. With all the | | crashed disks, skewed data, and broken | | line printers, you can still have a | | beautiful secretary. Be linear. Strive | | to stay employed. | | | \ -- Technolorata, "Analog" / ----------------------------------------- \ ^__^ \ (oo)\_______ (__)\ )\/\ ||----w | || ||
$output = shell_exec("/usr/games/fortune | /usr/games/cowsay");
echo $output;