Freebsd Fortunes

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 | | | |   _                    o    o                 o       o
 | _| |  /                  o                     o    o
  __  |  | |             o                           o
     | |  | |            ______   ~~~~              _____
     | |__/ |          / ___--\ ~~~             __/_______
     |  ___/          / --\  \    ___       <__  x x  __
     | |             / /\  \       ))           (  "  )
     | |     -------(---->>(@)--(@)-----------------< >-----------
     | |   //       | | //__________  /        ____)   (___      \
     | |  //      __|_|  ( --------- )      //// ______ /////     \
         //       |    (   ______  /      <<<< <>-----<<<<< /      \
        //       (     )                      / /         ` __     \
       //-------------------------------------------------------------\

Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels
start closing in, the only cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and
then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas ... with the
music at top volume and at least a pint of ether.
                -- Hunter S. Thompson, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"

   n = ((n >>  1) & 0x55555555) | ((n <<  1) & 0xaaaaaaaa);
   n = ((n >>  2) & 0x33333333) | ((n <<  2) & 0xcccccccc);
   n = ((n >>  4) & 0x0f0f0f0f) | ((n <<  4) & 0xf0f0f0f0);
   n = ((n >>  8) & 0x00ff00ff) | ((n <<  8) & 0xff00ff00);
   n = ((n >> 16) & 0x0000ffff) | ((n << 16) & 0xffff0000);

                -- C code which reverses the bits in a word.

   n = (n & 0x55555555) + ((n & 0xaaaaaaaa) >> 1);
   n = (n & 0x33333333) + ((n & 0xcccccccc) >> 2);
   n = (n & 0x0f0f0f0f) + ((n & 0xf0f0f0f0) >> 4);
   n = (n & 0x00ff00ff) + ((n & 0xff00ff00) >> 8);
   n = (n & 0x0000ffff) + ((n & 0xffff0000) >> 16);

                -- C code which counts the bits in a word.

" ... I told my doctor I got all the exercise I needed being a
pallbearer for all my friends who run and do exercises!"
                -- Winston Churchill

... A booming voice says, "Wrong, cretin!", and you notice that you
have turned into a pile of dust.

... A solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he
was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity.
                -- Mark Twain

"... After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known
quotations."
                -- H. L. Mencken, on Shakespeare

"... all the modern inconveniences ..."
                -- Mark Twain

"... an experienced, industrious, ambitious, and often quite often
picturesque liar."
                -- Mark Twain

... and furthermore ... I don't like your trousers.