This is a list of the data files included with this distribution, and
what they contain.
-In an ideal world, someone would maintain the fortune databases, having
-an email address and a web page where new fortunes could be submitted.
-I'd do it myself, except that I'm going to lose this account, and the
-account doesn't permit CGI scripts. If you want to set up such a
-service, have CGI access, but don't have the skills to set up an HTML
-form for submissions, drop me a line and maybe I can work something up
-for you.
+To contribute, see:
-Offensive fortunes are installed by default. To *not* install them,
-change the "OFFENSIVE" variable in the makefile from 1 to 0 (or delete
-the directory of offensive fortunes, if you wish.
+https://github.com/shlomif/fortune-mod
+
+One can also send me patches by E-mail / etc.:
-At the end of this file is another listing of the filenames, without
-descriptions, in order of size as size is understood by the fortune
-program--that is, number of text strings (as reported by strfile on
-October 19, 1995, just before tarring this mess for upload--sizes may be
-slightly off, since I'll try to check for duplicates at least once more).
+https://www.shlomifish.org/me/contact-me/
+
+Offensive fortunes are installed by default. To *not* install them,
+use the "-D NO_OFFENSIVE=TRUE" option to cmake.
./datfiles/ : the directory for inoffensive fortunes
definitions : It ought to be all the 'definitions,' but what it really
is, is all the definitions that have a first line ending
with a colon.
+disclaimer : Disclaimer texts found on products and advertisements.
+ Work well after corporate mandated login banners.
drugs : Alcohol and cigarettes, mostly. Legal chemicals.
education : Schools, teachers, and scholarship, mostly not complimentary.
ethnic : Jokes that are about groups of people, but aren't making
vulgarity : Jokes in which the 'humor' is bad language, plus some
genuinely funny things that happen to contain bad language.
-./datfiles/html/ : the directory for fortune files with HTML tags.
- Currently empty, but I'll get a round tuit.
-
The intention throughout has been to create something a bit more
manageable and maintainable, without notable success in most cases. A
more rational division of the fortunes would be preferred, but you do
*If any of these files are not to your taste, do the easy thing: rm
filename.dat. That leaves the fortunes there, but without the pointer
file, inaccessible. Or rm filename, which gets rid of the text strings.
-
-There are over 15,000 'fortunes' here, in the various files. Here's the
-breakdown, by file and directory.
-
-Total 16422
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-
-Inoffensive 12209
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-people 1231
-definitions 1105
-computers 1021
-songs-poems 719
-politics 692
-miscellaneous 643
-work 630
-science 622
-men-women 582
-zippy 548
-platitudes 497
-art 460
-fortunes 433
-wisdom 402
-literature 256
-startrek 225
-drugs 208
-education 203
-law 202
-food 198
-humorists 196
-ethnic 163
-love 151
-kids 150
-sports 147
-riddles 135
-linuxcookie 102
-medicine 72
-goedel 54
-news 53
-pets 51
-magic 29
-translate-me 19
-ascii-art 10
-
-Offensive 4213
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-limerick 1001
-sex 805
-politics 349
-definitions 332
-black-humor 270
-riddles 267
-religion 226
-songs-poems 206
-vulgarity 194
-privates 132
-ethnic 126
-drugs 73
-miscellaneous 64
-misogyny 60
-astrology 42
-hphobia 40
-misandry 23
-racism 3
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