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turncoat by Cthulhu Kitty
January 18th, 2007 10:40 AM
The task I chose is Humanitarian Crisis' Fortune not Cookie.
My idea for fortune (cookie) distribution was to create (or steal) a random fortune generator program and somehow distribute this program to all users on my workplace network. The first half of this idea was extremely easy - I found a lovely little shareware program (catfood) and downloaded it. Next came the hard part - How to distribute it? I thought of several ways, but eventually decided upon creating a simple batch file to be run in the startup script. At the end of the script, a little pop up window would appear with the following text: "Good day [user name]. Please enjoy your tasty Fortune (not) Cookie." Upon exiting this window, the batch file would then launch the shareware program, thus giving each user a different, entirely random, fortune.
I wonder how long I will be able to keep this running...
My idea for fortune (cookie) distribution was to create (or steal) a random fortune generator program and somehow distribute this program to all users on my workplace network. The first half of this idea was extremely easy - I found a lovely little shareware program (catfood) and downloaded it. Next came the hard part - How to distribute it? I thought of several ways, but eventually decided upon creating a simple batch file to be run in the startup script. At the end of the script, a little pop up window would appear with the following text: "Good day [user name]. Please enjoy your tasty Fortune (not) Cookie." Upon exiting this window, the batch file would then launch the shareware program, thus giving each user a different, entirely random, fortune.
I wonder how long I will be able to keep this running...
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posted by Cthulhu Kitty on January 19th, 2007 9:30 AM
-- Dr. Joy
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OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything.
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Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man.
-- Trotsky
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Old programmers never die. They just branch to a new address.
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Old soldiers never die. Young ones do.
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Oliver's Law:
Experience is something you don't get until just after you need
it.
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Omnibiblious, adj.:
Indifferent to type of drink. "Oh, you can get me anything.
I'm omnibiblious."
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On a paper submitted by a physicist colleague:
-- "This isn't right. This isn't even wrong."
-- Wolfgang Pauli
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On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only
nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter
what it does.
-- Will Rogers
can we have some examples of fortunes? that's my favorite part!