FAQ Mod Quotes -- (updated: Sweetmorn, the 67th day of Bureaucracy in
the YOLD 3171)

Sample Mod Quote:
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| It hasn't occured to you yet that changing hardware won't |
| make whatever you are doing wrong into the right thing? |
| From: Floyd L. Davidson |
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Every so often you will see a post letting people know that an
updated Best of alt.os.linux.slackware Fortune Mod is available
for download. The url is:
<URL:http://fauxascii.com/linux/mod_quotes.html>

This fortune mod is a collection of quotes either seen on AOLS
or by AOLS regulars that were deemed so wise, funny, inflammatory
or any combination of those that they were submitted for inclusion.

Please take the time to follow the guidelines at the URL above
and see to it that there will be a next release, as others have
done to make the past releases possible.

On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:40:04 +0000, ModQuote_FAQ wrote:

> Sample Mod Quote:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> | It hasn't occured to you yet that changing hardware won't |
> | make whatever you are doing wrong into the right thing? |

Suggestion:
Make this Sample Mod Quote a "rotating" (random?) one, pulled from the
collection. Would that be possible, or perhaps not worth the effort?

--
If you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
Linux Registered User #327951

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_.-In alt.os.linux.slackware, Dan C wrote the following -._
> On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:40:04 +0000, ModQuote_FAQ wrote:
>
>> Sample Mod Quote:
>> | It hasn't occured to you yet that changing hardware won't |
>> | make whatever you are doing wrong into the right thing? |
>
> Suggestion:
> Make this Sample Mod Quote a "rotating" (random?) one, pulled from the
> collection. Would that be possible, or perhaps not worth the effort?

Done. Sample posted.

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.-')) fauxascii.com ('-. | It's a damn poor mind that
' ..- .:" ) ( ":. -.. ' | can only think of one way to
((,,_;'.;' UIN=66618055 ';. ';_,,)) | spell a word.
((_.YIM=Faux_Pseudo :._)) | - Andrew Jackson
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On Wed, 04 Jan 2006 02:33:01 +0000, Faux_Pseudo wrote:

>> Suggestion:
>> Make this Sample Mod Quote a "rotating" (random?) one, pulled from the
>> collection. Would that be possible, or perhaps not worth the effort?

> Done. Sample posted.

Excellent!

--
If you're not on the edge, you're taking up too much space.
Linux Registered User #327951

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Volume 11 marks three years of the AOLS modquotes.
Statistics:
Volume: 12
Release Date: Prickle-Prickle, the 4th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3172
Entries: 57
People: 26
Most Quoted: No_One = 15; notbob = 6; Melissa Danforth = 4; Franklin,
Old Man, richard = 3
URLs: http://fauxascii.com/linux/mod_quotes.html
http://fauxascii.com/linux/data/slack-fortunes-vol-12
http://fauxascii.com/linux/data/slac...nes-vol-12.dat
http://fauxascii.com/linux/data/slac...s-all-1.12.tgz
Samples:
It's been my observation that a person's brains get evenly divided up
among their sockpuppets.
From: Alan Connor
%
blackbox is dead the same way GP and ABC declare Slackware is dead.
From: Keith Keller
%
No, he's right. You're a cunt.
From: Chu Mai Fat
%

Also included is joint entery for all the slogans:

%
Slackware: works better than a Cuban cigar.
Slackware: four out of five dentists recommend slackware
Slackware: because Slack don't need no damn slogan
Slackware: because Al can't use it
Slackware: The One
Slackware: Profiable since 1993.
Slackware: Because Linus didn't make a distrobution.
Slackware: Because SLS sucked.
Slackware: Who needs gnome anyway?
Slackware: rm -fr $competition
Slackware: Every job has its tool.
Slackware: Better than rolling your own.
Slackware: Put a pipe in your penguin.
Slackware: Still better than Yggdrasil
Slackware: All I ask is for a .rc and an editor to steer her by.
Slackware: Why rpm or apt when you can make something?
Slackware: The One True Operating System
Slackware: cordially, as always
Slackware: pgp trash troll delete
Slackware: sneering at others, always
Slackware: so good, even the RM troll can't drive people away from it.
Slackware: Mostly Harmless
Slackware: you get the slack, we take care of the ware.
Slackware: Mu
Slackware: It's not about market share
Slackware: Sucks Less
Slackware: because we know what we are doing
Slackware: Linux because: Barf Barf! Woooo Growl! Chew Chew!
Slackware: we don't need a slogan to login.
Slackware: not a fluffy chew toy
Slackware: we ARE the Joneses. Can you keep up?
Slackware: Because it /fits/
Slackware: BECAUSE IT WALKS!
Slackware: Keep it simple, stupid!
Slackware: We will not release till it's time.
Slackware: If I want shit from you I'll give your head a squeeze.
Slackware: If I want some lip from you, I'll scrape it off my zipper.
Slackware: If you know how to do it in Slackware, you know how to do it in Linux.
Slackware: It does exactly what it should.
Slackware: It keeps the original sources as much as possible.
Slackware: It works :-)
Slackware: It just works
Slackware: Because SuSE is for pussies, Gentoo is for nerds and Debian is for posers!
Slackware: When you get serious
Slackware: Simplicity is divine
Slackware: It works; Elegant and Simple
Slackware: Linux From Scratch, just not from scratch.
Slackware: What the BOZOs use.
Slackware: Have you ever actually needed PAM for anything?
Slackware: Sucks Less.
Slackware: There really are real nerds left using Linux.
Slackware: Elitists, and damn proud of it!
Slackware: Sucks less - but our users makes up for it.
Slackware: linux for those who dare.
Slackware or vaporware - a simple choise
Slackware: Anything but loose
Slackware: because rebooting is for adding new hardware
Slackware: because I like to edit text files.
Slackware: because it works.
Slackware: because Bob recommends it.
Slackware: because I am in charge of my computer.
From: AOLS
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' ..- .:" ) ( ":. -.. ' | can only think of one way to
((,,_;'.;' UIN=66618055 ';. ';_,,)) | spell a word.
((_.YIM=Faux_Pseudo :._)) | - Andrew Jackson
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Faux_Pseudo wrote:

> Slackware or vaporware - a simple choise

That should be "choice" unless it was intended as a spelling mistake.

On 2006-01-04, Faux_Pseudo <Faux.Pseudo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Volume 11 marks three years of the AOLS modquotes.
> Statistics:
> Volume: 12
> Release Date: Prickle-Prickle, the 4th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3172
> Entries: 57
> People: 26
> Most Quoted: No_One = 15; notbob = 6; Melissa Danforth = 4; Franklin,
^^^^^^^^^^^

And ANC (Adams-Blake) says I ain't no damn published righter...

ken

Faux_Pseudo <Faux.Pseudo@gmail.com> trolled:
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> ' ..- .:" ) ( ":. -.. ' | can only think of one way to
> ((,,_;'.;' UIN=66618055 ';. ';_,,)) | spell a word.
> ((_.YIM=Faux_Pseudo :._)) | - Andrew Jackson
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Hilarious!

cordially, as always,

rm