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  • (novaBBS) Fortunes -- As far as we know, our computer has never had an

    From HenHanna@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jun 21 00:54:53 2024
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    (novaBBS) Fortunes -- Where are they from?

    (i only noticed them a few days ago.)


    "Help save the world!" -- Larry Wall in README

    To kick or not to kick... -- Somewhere on IRC, inspired by Shakespeare

    As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error. --
    Weisert

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  • From Retro Guy@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Fri Jun 21 02:49:42 2024
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    On Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:54:53 -0700, HenHanna wrote:

    (novaBBS) Fortunes -- Where are they from?

    (i only noticed them a few days ago.)


    "Help save the world!" -- Larry Wall in README

    To kick or not to kick... -- Somewhere on IRC, inspired by Shakespeare

    As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error. --
    Weisert

    They are Unix fortunes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_(Unix)

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  • From Retro Guy@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Thu Dec 5 10:19:32 2024
    On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 22:32:15 +0000, HenHanna wrote:

    i noticed that...
    Usually i don't see the Fortunes....

    The only time i see them is when
    i open a page as [InPrivate Window] (a feature of MS Edge browser)
    so i'm logged on to the NovaBBS
    page anonymously -- Not as HenHanna

    Must be some weird Edge bug :)

    The fortunes are just text in a <div> on the page, they should appear.
    If you scroll down, they scroll up and away. Not sure whey else they
    would not appear. Scroll up and see if they are there. Not that this is
    a critical thing.

    --
    Retro Guy

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