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- From: gardabr@unix1 (Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen)
- Newsgroups: alt.irc
- Subject: Re: Supidity of the Lambs !
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.131651.29221@ugle.unit.no>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 13:16:51 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.214704.25878@ra.oc.com>
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- Herman H. Fredriksson (herm@merlin.etsu.edu) wrote:
- : gardabr@unix1 (Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen) writes:
- : >: How much have YOU been on IRC vs your BOT been on IRC to keep YOUR channel ?
- : >: This is a essential question every channel keeping bot writer should
- : >: considder. Said in another word: DO you NEED it ?
- :
- : >Yes, I know Glurg is on 24 hours a day. This is because some of the people I
- : >know do not have email capabilities, and Glurg works as a communication channel
- : >between me and them, as we usually are not there at the same time. Yes, I need
- : >it.
- :
- : You mentioned something earlier about agreeing on certain
- : bots having certain functions. NOTESERV has had this function
- : for a very long time. Perhaps its your ego which NEEDS this bot.
-
- I have tried noteserv... just that I have never actually managed to make him
- work. And if he won't work for me, well, then I guess I can't use him.
- :
- : >Also, due to Glurg's sometimes nice comments, he gives some atmosphere to
- : >my channel. The people using the channel likes him, and so, people not using
- : >the channel really shouldn't care.
- :
- : Once again, see the previous posting regarding the cutesy comments. If
- : your bot adds atmosphere to your channel by mumbling impersonal repeated
- : and sometimes very much out of context crap onto the channel. Then I
- : pity that channel.
-
- The comments have been very carefully been thought out, and can sometimes
- surprise the users of the channel, since the comment usually fits so
- perfectly.
-
- :
- : >: Afraid that someone may "steal" you precious channel ? get real :-)
- : >See above.
- :
- : >: Neither channels nor nicknames are owned. This is IRC, not your home :-)
- : >Ehum.... IRC is my home... 8)=
- :
- : >: [..stuff about the growing number of vanitybots..]
- :
- : >Well... the /on join <nick> op bots could all be put in one megabot. But to
- : >do this, bot programmers would need to cooperate - which they would do with
- : >alt.irc.bots. Also, as mentioned above, if the users of a channel don't mind
- : >the bot, why should the non-users of the channel bother? Everybody on #hotsex
- : >agree that the bots there are very annoying, and so, THOSE bots should be
- : >dealt with.
- :
- : State information about channels are sent to all servers. If a bot sends
- : repeated mode commands, or kick, or topic, or other flood commands
- : (ones which are probagated to all servers), it affects everyone.
- :
- Glurg does not flood unless you make him flood.
-
- : >: \Ruben.
- : >: (Say NO to unatended bots)
- : >But my dear Ruben! The whole point is that the bot is supposed to make it on
- : >their own. Otherwise, there would be no point in having them. Say NO to
- : >attended bots!
- :
- : but the point is, that lots of bots can't make it on their own. Yours
- : is a classic example (see previous post).
-
- My bot works fine, as long as you don't abuse him intentionally.
- :
- : herm
- : (say NO to unattended bots)
- : --
- : -- Herman Fredriksson -------- <herm@merlin.etsu.edu> ------ _ ---------
- : -- IRC Politician ----------- <herm@coombs.anu.edu.au> --- _| ~-, ------
- : -- East Texas State University --------------------------- \ _) ------
- : -- Commerce, Texas, USA -- "Everthing's Bigger'n'Better" -- \( -------
-
- Gard (still without any disclaimer)
-