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Heh, I just remove fortune | cowsay from my login script a few weeks ago. Now I want to add it back.
Solid meme with great provenance.
Worth a $20 Circuit City E-Machines rebate card at auction.
fortune | cowsay -f bong is my preferred style
I made some .cow files anyone may like.
gaucho_hacker.cow:
$the_cow = <<"EOC";
$thoughts
$thoughts _________
| | ________
____|________|____ ~ | \\
//// _____) ~ || \\_____
_| (o)(o) ~ ~ || \\
(o \\| ~ || \\
| (..) ~ ~ || \\
| /||||\\ ~ || |
| \\ \\\\ ~ ~ | |
/| -----_\\\\__ ~ |___________----|--+
/ \\__/_ ) ( ______ ~____ ====== wwwww8
/ +___ (/| )______||_--\\\\--+ - 8
/ +--- +- \\/ /________|wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww8
|________---____/
EOC
peron.cow
$the_cow = <<"EOC";
$thoughts
$thoughts ,_____._____
,_. /-_---------_\\
/ | || || /\\
/ < \\|.__. .__.|/ | l
| / |E==< E==<| n J |
| / G| | | |D \\ |
| | \\| , q_p , |J _|__/_
==== | /._____.\\ | |\\__/|
| | ( \\___J ) | |
| | ( =.___- = ) / /
| | (.__-___,) / /
\\ |____----+ |________/ /
\\ \\ \\/ _/ /
\\_____ \\ / / ______/
EOC
17oct.cow
$the_cow = <<"EOC";
$thoughts
$thoughts _______
\\o/ \\ peron \\ ---------
------+ \\------- | C G T |
:::::::::::::::\\::::::::::|---------|:::::::::::
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%\\%%%%%%%%%|%%%%%%%%%|%%%%%%%%%%%
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
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