From 7954042f274ccbad1daf8710ff370eed45ff3964 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Poul-Henning Kamp Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 08:29:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a delightful typographic gem I discovered on page 143 in Edward Tuftes book "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" The constant width font does not quite do the typeset original justice, but it is is good enough for a fortune. --- games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes index fdee8a099698..fb1744d451e6 100644 --- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes +++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes @@ -5191,6 +5191,22 @@ music at top volume and at least a pint of ether. /____/ \ \ / \ \ \ \ \ /___\/ \ \ \ \____\/ \__\/ +% + THE + NORMAL + LAW OF ERROR + STANDS OUT IN THE + EXPERIENCE OF MANKIND + AS ONE OF THE BROADEST + GENERALIZATIONS OF NATURAL + PHILOSOPHY * IT SERVES AS THE + GUIDING INSTRUMENT IN RESEARCHES + IN THE PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AND + IN MEDICINE, AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING * + IT IS AN INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR THE ANALYSIS AND THE +INTERPRETATION OF THE BASIC DATA OBTAINED BY OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENT + + -- W. J. Youden % *** *******