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==List of Fortune Quotes in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''== | ==List of Fortune Quotes in ''Halo: Combat Evolved''== | ||
*All your hard work will eventually pay off<ref name="HBO eggs">[http://halo.bungie.org/tipsntricks/eggs.html '''halo.bungie.org:''' ''Halo Easter Eggs'']</ref> | *All your hard work will eventually pay off<ref name="HBO eggs">[http://halo.bungie.org/tipsntricks/eggs.html '''halo.bungie.org:''' ''Halo Easter Eggs'']</ref> | ||
*Everything lies in silence | *Everything lies in silence{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} | ||
*If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway | *If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} ''(The first of Murphy's Laws)'' | ||
*Nature always sides with the hidden flaw. | *Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} ''(A subdivision of Murphy's Law)'' | ||
*Never wear your best pants when fighting for freedom. | *Never wear your best pants when fighting for freedom.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} | ||
*Rest is good, but idleness is its brother. | *Rest is good, but idleness is its brother.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} | ||
*Smile when you're ready. | *Smile when you're ready.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} | ||
*You cannot fall off the floor. | *You cannot fall off the floor.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} ''(Another Murphy's Law)'' | ||
*Your luck is about to change. | *Your luck is about to change.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} | ||
*I like beans. | *I like beans.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} ''(Rare)'' | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*This joke was also present on Bungie.net's ''[[Myth]]'' metaserver. | *This joke was also present on Bungie.net's ''[[Myth]]'' metaserver.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} | ||
*The Easter egg is similar to the [[Wikipedia:fortune (Unix)|fortune]] command found on most [[Wikipedia:Unix|Unix]]-compatible operating systems. Like the fortune command in Unix, the ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' egg draws a random quote from a database, albeit much smaller in size than the lists accompanying most fortune implementations. | *The Easter egg is similar to the [[Wikipedia:fortune (Unix)|fortune]] command found on most [[Wikipedia:Unix|Unix]]-compatible operating systems. Like the fortune command in Unix, the ''Halo: Combat Evolved'' egg draws a random quote from a database, albeit much smaller in size than the lists accompanying most fortune implementations.{{Ref/Reuse|HBO eggs}} | ||
*"My modem is on fire" is the Myth / Myth2 username of the developer who inserted the .fortune easter egg into the Myth game servers, and subsequently Halo. [https://www.macobserver.com/mwc99/dynamic/teams/bmf/modem.html MWC '99] | *"My modem is on fire" is the Myth / Myth2 username of the developer who inserted the .fortune easter egg into the Myth game servers, and subsequently Halo. [https://www.macobserver.com/mwc99/dynamic/teams/bmf/modem.html MWC '99] | ||