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- From: titus@coombs.anu.edu.au (titus chiu)
- Newsgroups: alt.irc
- Subject: Re: Calling upon the creators.
- Date: 14 Nov 1992 03:02:05 GMT
- Organization: Coombs Computing Unit, Australian National University, Canberra.
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- Message-ID: <1e1q7dINNg4d@manuel.anu.edu.au>
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- those of the Australian National University.
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- gardabr@unix1 (Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen) writes:
-
- >It surely is an irritating debate, and it seems we will never agree upon the
- >subject of bots this way. May I suggest the ones who started IRC say something
- >clever about the matter, and then, perhaps, everybody eventually will be happy.
-
- the creators of irc intended it as a chatting medium, not as a toy for people
- so they can have automated scripts to (quote) 'give an atmosphere to the
- channel'
-
- titus
- (say NO to unattended bots)
-
- ps: i havent said this before, i have nothing against ircII, in fact i think
- it is a great client, its a pity weenies have learnt to abuse it.
-
-
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