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From: Retro Guy <retroguy@novabbs.com>
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Subject: Re: (novaBBS) Fortunes -- As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error. -- Weisert
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 02:49:42 -0700
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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)