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I once developed a hierarchical Markov chain, and I decided to use it to generate fortune cookie wisdom because I thought people would be more willing to overlook grammatical mistakes or be willing to interpret it as an expression of deep truth. http://www.kylem.net/stuff/fortunes.html (You might need to increase the "sense" parameter.)



"The supreme happiness in life is simply to serve as a warning to others."

Oh my god, I'm in stitches. What a fun project, thanks for sharing!


"If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you cannot change, and you will feel better."




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