#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# Acronym generator.

# Public Domain -- Christian Neukirchen 2001

# Based on this fortune output:
#
#  Column 1                Column 2                Column 3
#
#  0. integrated           0. management           0. options
#  1. total                1. organizational       1. flexibility
#  2. systematized         2. monitored            2. capability
#  3. parallel             3. reciprocal           3. mobility
#  4. functional           4. digital              4. programming
#  5. responsive           5. logistical           5. concept
#  6. optional             6. transitional         6. time-phase
#  7. synchronized         7. incremental          7. projection
#  8. compatible           8. third-generation     8. hardware
#  9. balanced             9. policy               9. contingency
#
#        The procedure is simple.  Think of any three-digit number,
#  then select the corresponding buzzword from each column.  For
#  instance, number 257 produces "systematized logistical projection,"
#  a phrase that can be dropped into virtually any report with that
#  ring of decisive, knowledgeable authority. "No one will have the
#  remotest idea of what you're talking about," says Broughton, "but
#  the important thing is that they're not about to admit it."
#                -- Philip Broughton, "How to Win at Wordsmanship"


col1 = [
  "integrated ",
  "total ",
  "systemized ",
  "parallel ",
  "functional ",
  "responsive ",
  "optional ",
  "syncronized ",
  "compatible ",
  "balanced ",
  #--------------
  "advanced ",
  "thinking ",
  "intelligent ",
  "open ",
  "free "
]

col2 = [
  "management ",
  "organizational ",
  "monitored ",
  "reciprocal ",
  "digital ",
  "logistical ",
  "transitional ",
  "incremental ",
  "third-generation ",
  "policy ",
  #--------------
  "fourth-generation ",
  "three-dimensional ",
  "securing ",
  "knowledge ",
  "basic "
]

col3 = [
  "options",
  "flexibility",
  "capability",
  "mobility",
  "programming",
  "concept",
  "time-phase",
  "projection",
  "hardware",
  "contingency",
  #--------------
  "interface",
  "system",
  "software",
  "e-books",
  "office"
]

#srand()

s1 = col1[rand(col1.length)]
s2 = col2[rand(col2.length)]
s3 = col3[rand(col3.length)]

acronym = (s1[0].chr + s2[0].chr + s3[0].chr).upcase
acronym.gsub!(/(.)\1\1/, '\13')                 # TTT -> T3
acronym.gsub!(/(.)\1/, '\12')                   # RRT -> R2T
acronym.gsub!(/\B(\D)/, '.\1') if rand(2) == 1  # IDF -> I.D.F

puts 'New acronym: ' + s1 + s2 + s3 +
     ' (also called ' + acronym + ')'