https://github.com/gromnitsky/msbob
Cookie files from Microsoft Bob in fortune(6) format
https://github.com/gromnitsky/msbob
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Cookie files from Microsoft Bob in fortune(6) format
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/gromnitsky/msbob
- Owner: gromnitsky
- Created: 2020-06-24T20:49:15.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2020-06-27T14:35:57.000Z (over 5 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-01-20T06:42:14.158Z (9 months ago)
- Topics: fortune, fortune-cookies
- Language: Makefile
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- Size: 127 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# Cookie files from Microsoft Bob in fortune(6) format
Fortune cookies that came with the ill-famed MS Bob are
adorable. Judging from the corresponding Access db files, they were
written during 1994. This repo contains scripts for converting them
into the bsd fortune format.
## Reqs
* `UTOPIA.MDB` file (Oct 6 1995, sha1
b933f29f4698a429053d5a6c5bd09260b9727e8b) from [archive.org][].
* Cygwin. Why? `UTOPIA.MDB` is in ancient Jet 1.1 format (~1993). I
failed to find a way to open such a file under Linux that doesn't
require external cloud services. (mdbtools & Jackcess have support
for versions 3+.)
Cygwin packages: make, sqlite3, mdbtools, fortune-mod
* Libraries fro JRO.JetEngine v4. Installing [Microsoft Access
Database Engine 2010 Redistributable][] may help. We use it to
'upgrade' the .mdb file from 1.1 to 4.0.
[archive.org]: https://archive.org/details/microsoft-bob-v1_00a
[Microsoft Access Database Engine 2010 Redistributable]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13255
## Build
1. Clone the repo.
2. Create a dir (say, `_out` inside the cloned repo), copy `UTOPIA.MDB` to it.
3. Type
$ make -f ../main.mk i=UTOPIA.MDB
If everything was successful, the dir `cookies` w/ 2 files in it
(`msbob` & `msbob.dat`) will appear.
Test:
~~~
$ fortune -m solution cookies
(msbob)
%
A tablespoon of garlic juice combined with a 10% solution of detergent
in water is a nontoxic, effective way to keep aphids off of roses.
-- Microsoft Bob
%
You can make your own insecticide by adding two tablespoons of ordinary
soap flakes to 1/4 gallon of water. Douse the infested leaves with
this solution.
-- Microsoft Bob
%
You don't have to use commercial-brand window cleaning solutions. Make
your own by mixing a 50-50 solution of vinegar and water
-- Microsoft Bob
%
~~~
## Installation
Transfer the contents of `cookies` dir to `/usr/share/games/fortune/`
on your linux machine.
## Oddities
~~~
$ echo 'select Date,topText from FOTDHOLIDAY1' | mdb-sql -p jet4.mdb | grep general,
01/19/94 00:00:00 Birthday of Robert E. Lee, American Confederate general, b. 1807. (Observed in several states in the South.)
01/21/94 00:00:00 Birthday of Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, American Confederate general, b. 1824.
~~~
Can't tell if it were just innocent times or someone in Redmond was
trolling.
## See also
fortune(6), [paulgraham_fav](https://github.com/gromnitsky/paulgraham_fav)
## License
MIT.