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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

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