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- From: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au (Darren Reed)
- Subject: Re: Useless Bots
- Message-ID: <avalon.712175185@coombs>
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- Sender: news@newshost.anu.edu.au
- Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
- References: <BrnJE2.I9x@cs.dal.ca> <1992Jul20.145258.26554@aston.ac.uk> <1992Jul25.121950.4815@ms.uky.edu> <1992Jul25.195155.5861@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 18:26:25 GMT
-
- oren@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Oren Kastner) writes:
-
- [...]
- >Avalon: said that bots are a waste and should be killed on sight, as far as it
- > was his concern.
-
- > 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
- > more. And usually, the bots serve more purpose -- more than likely.
- > In this case, should avalon be killed on sight, too? He's as much of
- > a waste of bandwidth as any bot that's out there. Heck, he probably
- > generates more traffic on an over all basis figuring that when he *IS*
- > actually there he /msg's and /traces all over the place, etc...
-
- 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.
-
- avalon
-