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fortune is a program that displays a pseudorandom message from a database of quotations. Early versions of the program appeared in Version 7 Unix in 1979. [1] The most common version on modern systems is the BSD fortune, originally written by Ken Arnold. [2]
Fortune's algorithm is a sweep line algorithm for generating a Voronoi diagram from a set of points in a plane using O(n log n) time and O(n) space. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was originally published by Steven Fortune in 1986 in his paper "A sweepline algorithm for Voronoi diagrams."
A normal pickaxe handle is made of ash or hickory wood and is about 3 ft (91 cm) and weighs about 2.5 lb (1.1 kg). British Army pickaxe handles must, by regulation, be exactly 3 ft (91 cm) long, for use in measuring in the field. [citation needed] New variant designs are: With a plastic casing on the thick end. Made of carbon fibre [citation ...