Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:13:42 +0200 From: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes Message-ID: <20060417181342.GA844@schweikhardt.net> In-Reply-To: <868xq4yxme.fsf@xps.des.no> References: <200604171214.k3HCEmhi046619@repoman.freebsd.org> <868xq4yxme.fsf@xps.des.no>
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On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 06:28:57PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote: # Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@FreeBSD.org> writes: # > Log: # > Remove a corrupted fortune ending in line noise. Even googling did not # > turn up a non-corrupted version, else I would have restored it. # > (No, it's not the one that uses line noise intentionally.) # # Are you absolutely sure that the corruption isn't intentional? Not absolutely, but sufficiently sure that the whole Limerick doesn't make sense. YMMV :-) # Note # that the only non-printable characters are \a; it seems to me that the # point of this truncated entry is precisely to leave the reader # wondering what the punchline is and cursing the "line noise". While I think this is far-fetched, I can see your point. All the "modem" jokes of this type I know are a little harder to misinterpret as corrupted because they end with line noise plus "NO CARRIER" or variations thereof. Do you think this entry is worth putting back with NO CARRIER appended? This would also avoid some future committer thinking s/he found a truly corrupt entry and removing it again. Regards, Jens -- Jens Schweikhardt http://www.schweikhardt.net/ SIGSIG -- signature too long (core dumped)
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