Message of the day

MessageOfTheDay.ps1

function Get-MessageOfTheDay {
  <#
  .SYNOPSIS
  Displays a message of the dag.
  #>

  $msg = 
  'Knowledge is power  -- Sir Francis Bacon',
  'Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac  -- Henry Alfred Kissinger',
  'With great power comes great responsibility  -- Uncle Ben',
  'If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee. That will do them in.',
  "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.  -- Abraham Lincoln",
  'Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.  -- Charles Simmons ',
  "Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.  -- Margaret Thatcher",
  'Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.  -- Ragnar Lodbrok',
  "There are 10 types of people who understand binary: those who do and those who don't.",
  "I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.  -- Arthur C. Clarke",
  "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur",
  'Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?  -- Clifford Stoll',
  "Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.  -- Robert Heinlein",
  "That's the thing about people who think they hate computers... What they really hate are lousy programmers.  -- Larry Niven", 
  'Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor. -- Wernher von Braun',
  'Man is a slow, sloppy and brilliant thinker; the machine is fast, accurate and stupid. -- William M. Kelly',
  'Old programmers never die... They just decompile. -- Peter Dick',
  'Walking on water and developing software from a specification are easy if both are frozen. -- Edward V. Berard', 
  'Any smoothly functioning technology will have the appearance of magic. -- Arthur C. Clarke',
  'Do. Or do not. There is no try. -- Yoda',
  "I'm sorry Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that  -- HAL 9000",
  "Besides black art, there is only automation and mechanization  -- Federico García Lorca"

  # select a random message
  $msg[(Get-Random($msg.length))]
}