I wish I could take credit for it but I can't. It's from a collection of
fortunes starting with the Unix fortune cookie program that I've slowly
added to over the years. I used the fortunes in my first "C" program at
Datasoft while working on the Dungeon. We never knew when we were getting
paid because of all the rules involved, "if the date falls on a weekend
then if there was a state or national holiday in the previous week and the
Pope crosses the International Dateline then..." So I wrote a program for
Ken and I called payday that told us the next payday and spit out a
fortune. Whether the quote is from the original list or not I couldn't
say. I've been meaning to update it to Windows and write a plugin that
randomly adds one to my email sigs -- when I have the time (hah!).

Never played Dune II but I've heard only good things about it.

Dan
No wait. My first C program was the one the de-ROT13'd the fortunes.

At 04:25 PM 9/17/2003 -0700, Darryl Giors wrote:



>OMG! That signature should be my anthem :)
>
>Did you just make that up on the spot Dan? VERY funny for anybody who
>loves Mentats!
>
>Suppose I ought to tie this into the thread somehow... Since Dune is
>brought up I think a serious and deep Dune RPG would be astounding but so
>far we have seen only weak attempts at using the license. In some ways
>the old Dune game from the early 90's was pretty good for blurring the
>adventure and strategy genres. DuneII also was the first RTS (real time
>strategy) game I can think of and was created by Westwood Studios which
>later released Command & Conquer. Never liked the RTS games much but it's
>nifty to know that a Dune game was at the start of it all.
>
>Oh well, didn't tie this one to AR very well... Cheers!
>
>Darryl
>LOL a whole lot and made people look.
>
>
>>Dan
>>It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion
>>It is by the beans of Java
>>the thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains
>>The stains become a warning
>>It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion