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- From: thecure@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (matthew aardvarkious)
- Subject: Re: Bots - how to get rid of them
- Message-ID: <9231219.13418@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
- Sender: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU
- Organization: Da troy loony bin.
- References: <1992Nov7.003329.6162@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 08:00:36 GMT
- Lines: 77
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- troy@cbme.unsw.EDU.AU (Troy Rollo) writes:
-
- >The first thing you should do if you want to get rid of bots on IRC,
- >is send a flame to the champion of bots a year ago, danielce@ee.mu.oz.au
- >with contents something like the following:
-
- WHY !?#!@ Cripes man, get a grip on this side of the planet and
- come back down to earth. That attitude deserves not only to be tied
- up with stout pieces of razor wire, but stuck in a cage with a rubber
- band for conversation.
-
- > I would like to thank you for the great contribution
- > you have made to IRC. Your defence of channel bots has
- > resulted in a much improved chat environment and a better
- > IRC for all. I would also like to thank you for destroying
- > the spirit of others who have so clearly never done
- > anything for IRC. Your actions are clearly selfless and
- > admirable.
-
- Ooooh, sooo good!. You almost cleverly disguised a repressed err
- inner hatred towards dan as gratuitiously nice action. Clever.
-
- Woah, can you loan me that book "101 ways to lose friends
- and gain enemies by F. Uqof" ?
-
- >Then, when you have done that, find the mailing address of every single
- >bot that you can, and mail a message to the owner of that bot with the
- >subject "Please remove your robot from IRC", and the content:
-
- Then do the hokey pokey and shake about, that's what irc's all about!
-
- > "In the interests of a better IRC environment, please remove
- > your IRC robot from IRC. Thank you for your cooperation."
-
- Duh, and I spose your letter box ain't cluttered with letters from
- yourself asking you to do the same !?
-
- >Keep a list of the bot owners you have sent this to, then, a week later,
- >send a flame to each person on that list with a robot still on IRC.
-
- If that doesn't work, try tying a hairy dog on the end of a wet blue
- scarf during 2.00am to 2.17am on the north side of a windy city, with orange
- bells in your nose.
-
- >Send the list around to your friends, family, dog, cat and canary, and
- >get them to send flames too. For each message you send out, send another
- >congratulatory message to danielce@ee.mu.oz.au for good measure.
-
- Oh - how sensible. Next time you pick your nose, send danielce one for
- good measure as well. And the next time you buy a doughnut from Seven 11,
- etc. etc. How lame.
-
- >After a few weeks of this treatment, the bot owners will probably have
- >had enough and give up. BTW, if danielce doesn't like the idea of having
- >this inflicted on him, he should have thought of that before inflicting
-
- Duuuuh. You think anyone will seriously listen? And dragging in dan
- from aages ago (after still providing a decent service) about
- something he never knew would happen. Gosh, I'm going to press the
- U key now, will that have a catastrophic effect in 8 months? Gosh
- better think, duh. Get a life/clue/hope/idea/plot/grip/mirror !
-
- >hundreds of bots on the net. Ditto for the bot owners. My answer to
- >any of their complaints is "You made your bed, lie in it."
-
- Ah yes... Err, What was the question again?
-
- --
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- Please direct any/all complaints/enquiries to thecure@ee.mu.oz.au
-
- These are my personal views and do not reflect those of Melbourne University.
- Anything I may say that may be deemed offensive and/or damaging should NOT
- be redirected to administration, as they have had nothing to do with it.
- Please direct any/all complaints/enquiries to thecure@ee.mu.oz.au
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