2/17    So what is the point of this?
        -rwxr-xr-x  1 tom  contrib  36 Dec  4  1997 /csua/bin/fortune
        echo "Go stick your head in a pig."
                \_ the better question is, what is the point of the
                   traditional "fortune" program.  -tom
                   \_ Mild amusement until the quotes start repeating?  Not
                      everything must have purely functional value.
                      \_ Gawd.  It's a good joke.  Don't MOTD this topic
                         also. -not tom
        \_ It's a nod to Hitchhikers.  Check out the CSUA encyclopedia for
           details.
                \_ Kurt Vonnegut wrote this right?  What's he up to these days?
                   \_ yes.  he also wrote the text to that "sunscreen
                      song" from last year. -geordan
                 \_ Bad troll, no donut.
                     \_ sorry, but am truly clueless.
                        \_ No, KV did not write this.  Douglas Adams.
                 \_ KV is recovering from the fire in his apartment last month.
                    \_ Was he freebasing?
                        \_ No.
        \_  GO STICK YOUR HEAD IN A PIG!!!