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- From: masdough@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Dough the Demented)
- Newsgroups: alt.irc
- Subject: Re: Useless Bots
- Message-ID: <Bs0HoA.27y@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 20:48:00 GMT
- References: <BrnJE2.I9x@cs.dal.ca> <1992Jul20.145258.26554@aston.ac.uk> <1992Jul25.121950.4815@ms.uky.edu> <avalon.712175185@coombs>
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- In article <avalon.712175185@coombs>, avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed) writes...
- >oren@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Oren Kastner) writes:
- >
- >> Lesse, here... Whenever I've been on IRC and did a `/whois avalon' it
- >> seems that he is always around -- but most of the time `/away.' Thus,
- >> it seems that avalon is on IRC *AS MUCH* as any other Bot, if not
- >
- >If you can accurately tell when I am there and arent there, you're
- >doing better than most of the IRC populous >:-).
- >
- >And, yes, most bots are a waste because they server little or no purpose
- >towards the general populous on IRC (as a whole). If you want something
- >to sit in a channel all day, everyday, do it yourself like a true
- >irc.addict and stop pretending you're not.
-
- I don't see you serving a general purpose to the IRC community :) And, if you
- are going to sit on a channel all day and do nothing.. Why bother taking up an
- interactive process when you can just use a bot :)
-
- /whois addicted
-
- For those who give a damn.. I've "started" a bot and it isn't in IRCII.
-
- Relatively "Confused".
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-
- P.S. Insert ":)" wherever you feel like it.
-