"fortune" is a Unix/BSD/Linux command that prints a random quote to your screen (as in "fortune cookie"). Some Unix-like operating systems have fortune set up t

"fortune" is a Unix/BSD/Linux command that prints a random quote to your screen (as in "fortune cookie"). Some Unix-like operating systems have fortune set up to run once automatically every time you log in to your account. Someone with a great sense of humor set one of the random quotes to mimic a very serious operating system error message. This poor guy finished upgrading his operating system, logged in, and got that error message as his fortune.