[7773] in SIPB bug reports
fortune bug
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jed Goldstone)
Tue Jun 5 13:20:55 2001
Message-Id: <200106051720.NAA20578@eigg.mit.edu>
To: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 13:20:22 -0400
From: Jed Goldstone <jedgold@MIT.EDU>
Just a quick note: every so often (well, actually, I have no idea how often) the
following message pops up from fortune:
THIS IS PLEDGE WEEK FOR THE FORTUNE PROGRAM
If you like the fortune program, why not support it now with your
contribution of a pithy fortune, clean or obscene? We cannot continue
without your support. Less than 14% of all fortune users are
contributors. That means that 86% of you are getting a free ride. We
can't go on like this much longer. Federal cutbacks mean less money
for fortunes, and unless user contributions increase to make up the
difference, the fortune program will have to shut down between midnight
and 8 a.m. Don't let this happen. Mail your fortunes right now to
`fortune'. Just type in your favorite pithy saying. Do it now before
you forget. Our target is 300 new fortunes by the end of the week.
Don't miss out. All fortunes will be acknowledged. If you contribute
30 fortunes or more, you will receive a free subscription to "The
Fortune Hunter", our monthly program guide. If you contribute 50 or
more, you will receive a free "Fortune Hunter" coffee mug ....
Unfortunately, the list fortune@mit.edu points to bloom-beacon.mit.edu, which
gives a bounce message. I have no idea whether or not you want more fortunes
(I've got 61k worth from college) but if so, you might want to fix the
address....
Jed
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