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- From: titus@coombs.anu.edu.au (titus chiu)
- Newsgroups: alt.irc
- Subject: Re: Bots, Newsgroups, Protocols, Whatever
- Date: 16 Dec 1992 03:18:07 GMT
- Organization: Coombs Computing Unit, Australian National University, Canberra.
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- Dweiss@chiba.hughes.american.edu (Dan Weiss ) writes:
- >We still have the basic problem of defining what exactly constitutes a bot.
-
- probably defined as an automation of some sort ..
-
- >These are not bots, technically speaking. But, all the interuptions and
- >wastes of net resources we are blaming on bots apply to these lusers as
- >well.
-
- why don't we just shoot these lusers?
-
- >Personally, I think the only way to end it would to authorize (I dunno who
- >would do the "authorization") all ircops to /kill any bot/luser obviously
- >overburdening the net and disrupting communication. There might be a lot
- >of /kills for a while, but people would eventually get the picture.
-
- killing lusers/luser-bots is not a new thing, has been there since the
- dawn of time.. err dawn of irc? ;) .. Needless to say.. they won't get
- the picture, all they will do is start complaining about this oper and
- that oper on operlist.
-
- >Dan Weiss
-
- .:. titus
- (Say NO to unattended bots)
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