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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 03:23:52 GMT
- Organization: Coombs Computing Unit, Australian National University, Canberra.
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- Message-ID: <1gm7g8INN2u3@manuel.anu.edu.au>
- References: <1992Dec7.212059.3723@bernina.ethz.ch> <Dweiss-071292185149@chiba.hughes.american.edu> <Byx0Bz.1or@news.iastate.edu>
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- jnelson@iastate.edu (Jeremy F Nelson) writes:
- >BUT.... /killing has already been established as worthless in its intent
- >of removing people from irc.... For one millisecond, you arent connected
- >to the server, and the next, your client already has you hooked back up.
-
- the wonders of auto-reconnecting clients..
-
- > To those people who gripe about bots who waste bandwidth by sitting
- >idle: Why are so many of you /away for extended periods of time?
- >Arent you just as much strain on the net as an idle bot? I have heard
-
- yes that is correct, an idle user does use just as much bandwidth as an
- idle bot, which is closed to zilch (since it is idling) .. but of course
- we are not talking about idle bots as much as we are about noisey bots.
-
- >The problem is not bots. The problem is humans.
-
- hasn't it always been that way..
-
- >Jeremy Nelson
-
- .:. titus
- (Say NO to unattended bots)
-
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