bring back the fortune popups?

hhh · 2017-05-09 03:40:33

Maybe Disney has gotten hip enough that they won't mind their character quoting awebb.

/humour

We could GIMP Beaker's image up a bit and claim artistic license. Make his hair the BL flame or something.

hhh · 2017-05-09 03:43:48

^ That's a brilliant idea, hhh.

brontosaurusrex · 2017-05-09 05:29:37

@johnraff, see the demo script, just taking "3 words per second + sometime' seems close enough. 'Sometime' is probably a second or two (I have it at zero in the script).

johnraff · 2017-05-09 06:19:19

^Yes, the initial delay for users to spot that the popup has arrived seems to be necessary. The main point is that it's open long enough I guess. A couple of seconds extra will do no harm, especially since we're on a desktop here, not a smartphone where the message might block the whole screen.

Head_on_a_Stick · 2017-05-09 06:42:53

johnraff wrote:

Will we be OK with copyright though, putting such an icon in the package?

Disney wrote:

Can I use a film clip and/or still on my website?
We will consider requests for website use on a case-by-case basis, depending on the context in which the content will be used and other factors.

http://www.disneystudiolicensing.com/ca … y-website/

Shall I ask them?

8o

damo · 2017-05-09 08:06:20

Head_on_a_Stick wrote:

...
Shall I ask them?
8o

What if they say no?

They didn't seem bothered by Statler and Waldorf images as used by @corenominal.

brontosaurusrex · 2017-05-09 08:17:58

^Right, just do it.

nore · 2017-05-09 12:03:30

hhh wrote:

Make his hair the BL flame or something.

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hhh · 2017-05-09 13:18:53

nore wrote:

hhh wrote:
Make his hair the BL flame or something.
https://cdn.scrot.moe/images/2017/05/09 … beaker.png

omg omg omg omg omg

Sector11 · 2017-05-09 13:22:16

Well since copyright might be an issue I give you:
The Mad Scientist
https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?qu … english_uk

EDIT: Deleted double post {sigh}

I retract this proposal for the flaming hair!!!! That's soo cool!

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hhh · 2017-05-09 16:19:13

Brilliant, even. You said Minky.

What a shame, that cuts off where he explains the procedures required for an idiot to become an officer of the leu.

Sector11 · 2017-05-09 16:32:15

Who me? Nevaaa!

ohnonot · 2017-05-09 17:38:46

of course i'm all for it!

about notify-send: do you really need a timer for that? isn't it enough to trust in existing notification daemon configuration (and the user's customization thereof)?

Horizon_Brave · 2017-05-09 18:42:50

lowrider wrote:

I still prefer Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
But yes, a .deb in the BL repo would be nice.

An image of both of them next to each other would be great! I mean they *are* indeed a team!

I'm definitely for this obviously... And I don't think licensing would be an issue, we don't sell or attempt to make money off of the distribution of Bunsenlabs.

Now not to add burdens... but having an ASCII image of Beeker and or Bunsen with the quotes that comes up as a Welcome banner, for people who use non-gui sessions would be appreciated!

hehe, I'm only half joking..

Sector11 · 2017-05-09 19:09:23

Yea, but the half that isn't is a damn good idea!

johnraff · 2017-05-10 02:48:42

ohnonot wrote:

of course i'm all for it!

about notify-send: do you really need a timer for that? isn't it enough to trust in existing notification daemon configuration (and the user's customization thereof)?

Probably, in fact. Most of these quotes are pretty short, right?

I'm still using a customized fortune with quotes from the Tao Te Ching that Rhowaldt made back in #!, and some of those are a bit long, so they do indeed fade away before I've finished reading. I could just extend the time setting...

KrunchTime · 2017-05-21 03:30:46

As long as the feature only runs when referenced under ~/.config/openbox/autostart, I really don't care one way or the other. I don't use the feature personally, so I'll just remove it.

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johnraff · 2017-05-22 02:49:59

^Yes, even now there's a commented-out call to bl-fortune in autostart.
bl-fortune doesn't yet exist, but when it does, if we enabled that line it would only apply to new installs, and of course users would be free to remove it.

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