Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:13:53 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes Message-ID: <XFMail.011127141353.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20011127130158.A36971@citusc17.usc.edu>
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On 27-Nov-01 Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 08:53:43AM -0800, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> phk 2001/11/27 08:53:43 PST >> >> Modified files: >> games/fortune/datfiles fortunes >> Log: >> This string of coincidences was too good to let pass. >> >> Obtained from: BBC World Service on 9410kHz >> >> Revision Changes Path >> 1.63 +22 -0 src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes > > But wait, there are more cosmical coincidences at work here! A quick > search of the web reveals the following claims (some are no doubt > apocryphal) You have way, way too much free time on your hands. Aren't there some advisories you could be putting out? :-P > This guy thinks that all these "concidences" are nothing really that > special at all: http://www.kilty.com/l_and_k.htm This was quite entertaining. > This guy thinks it's proof that Kennedy was the reincarnation of > Lincoln: http://www.near-death.com/experiences/origen9.html This one makes a bunch of statements many of which are not coincidental at all (both sucessors were Vice-Presidents, gee, you think?) and others were debunked by the first one. The statements have no supporting material used to actually draw the conclusion at the end. > Kris -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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