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- From: mkwg9074@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (M. K. Weaver)
- Subject: Re: Bots, WarBots, Fun?
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 03:52:04 GMT
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- titus@coombs.anu.edu.au (titus chiu) writes:
-
- >didn't you say irc was your home earlier? and when you are not home, you aint
- >there to talk to anyone. This is a perfect example of an absolutely useless
- >bot that the 'programmer' claims to have use for.
-
- I am so glad that titus didn't censore science fiction
- novels or even television shows. The bot taking care
- of the home and messages...and The Jetson's would not
- even exhist. And The Moon is a Harsh Mistress well
- parts of it would surely be delted too.
-
-
- YEAH YEAH far fetched...but what are you wanting to
- do stifle everyone's imagination?
-
-
- Oh on a practical note...Is this bot then Gard's
- personal <as opposed to impersonal> answering machine/
- representative on the channel. When/If view phones
- become wide spread...wouldn't you want a representative
- of you to answer your phone?
-
-
- bfn <bots for now>
- Monica
- --
- "When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, you think it is only a minute.
- But when you sit on a hot stove for a minute, you think it's two hours.
- THAT'S RELATIVITY." (Albert Einstein)
- "My name is Monica. Got a minute?"
-