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From: wlieftin@cs.vu.nl (Liefting W)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: Brilliant use of Bots <insert sarcasm here>
Date: 5 Nov 92 10:27:16 GMT
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam

asamonte@hertz.elee.calpoly.edu (Just some loser...) writes:

>Channel         Nickname  S   User@Host (Name)
>#satantime      NateBot17 H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot16 H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot15 H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot14 H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot13 H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot12 H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot11 H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot10 H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot9  H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot8  H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot7  H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot6  H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot4  H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot5  H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot1  H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot3  H   ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)
>#satantime      NateBot2  H@  ngmitche@cael3.me.mtu.edu (Bot)

>Need I say more?

>-Alex

One thing is clear about this bots: They don't op each other...

Wouter
(IRC: BackPackr)
wlieftin@cs.vu.nl

(Yeah, I need to make a sig)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: mkwg9074@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (M. K. Weaver)
Subject: Re: Bots - how to get rid of them
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 11:34:44 GMT

	Troy...why don't you just collect a list for
	all of us and post the bot owners list here.

	We are all overworked...even if it is just
	with playing on irc.

	Monica

	Yes, world...it is MONIE...


-- 
"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?"
From: asamonte@hertz.elee.calpoly.edu (Just some loser...)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: Telnet sites for irc
Date: 7 Nov 92 01:27:11 GMT
Organization: Nothing worth mentioning...

dgong@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Daniel Gong) was telling me...
>Does anyone know of any telnet sites which would allow me
>to login and use irc? Help would be appreciated.

There is already an irc client at cal poly.  Use it, not a telnet
site.  The system admins won't take kindly to you doing that
(since the irc client is adminsitered by a load sensitive play client)

-Alex
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: gardabr@unix1 (Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen)
Subject: Re: Supidity of the Lambs !
Organization: University of Trondheim, Norway
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 12:22:43 GMT

Ove Ruben R Olsen (buboo@alf.uib.no) wrote:
: Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen writes:
: 
: >                        All the time, I get MSGs from people wondering,
: >how do you make a bot? Can I have the source of your BOT (Glurg, btw).
: >Really irritating when you go to IRC to communicate rather than go'n
: >teach others to write bots.
: 
: Well.... if you are "nisse" (pardon foreigners) to write a bot that is
: lame enuff to keep a lame channel you should prepare yourself to get
: such questions. That is called USERSUPPORT.

See my other article about sharing programming techiques

: If you go to IRC to communicate, why do you have a bot then ? I can't
: really se the logic here.

The logic is, for instance, that only certain people are supposed to have
op on that channel, some people might ruin it and make a hell of a noise
this has happend once, and I do not wish a repitition of that. 

: But then again, I'm just stupid when it comes
: to such things.
:
That's right!   B^)=
 
: 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.

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.
: 
: 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)=
: 
: There is something wrong when 200 out of 700 users are Bots... I did not
: make this estimate, someone on #T_Z did it last sunday (or was it saturday,
: when don't matter).
: So when we reach 1300 users (march next year if this growth continues),
: there will be 300 bots. Out of those 300 280 will be /on join <nick> 
: <channel> /op
:
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. 
: 
: \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!

: 
: PS: It's soon time for the Norwegian lamb slaugthering. (Hei Jello :-), 
:     we had a premeal the other day... it tasted wonderfull...
:   :DS
:
Then make sure to make justice, and not kill the innocent.

/Gard
From: gl8f@fermi.clas.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: Bots, WarBots, Fun?
Date: 13 Nov 92 16:03:50 GMT
Organization: Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia

In article <Bxnt2L.1xK@news.cso.uiuc.edu> mkwg9074@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (M. K. Weaver) writes:

>Darren,
>      You could have added a bit more value to
>your information by telling not only that this
>is not the place, but exactly where the place
>is to vote.

There is no place to vote. This is the alt hierarchy. If you want to
create a new alt group, go ask on alt.config. For example, to create
alt.irc.recovery, I announced it on alt.config, and then issued the
newgroup myself. Admins honored it, and the rest is history.
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: mkwg9074@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (M. K. Weaver)
Subject: Re: Bots, WarBots, Fun?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 03:52:04 GMT

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?"
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: vegard@bih.no
 (Vegard Engen)
Subject: Re: well done #hack
Organization: Bergen College of Engineering, Bergen, Norway
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 18:44:46 GMT

matthew aardvarkious (thecure@ee.mu.OZ.AU) wrote:
> *phew*
> 
> Busy night.. #hack finally out did the kiddies in #hotsex..
> 
> *** #St_Paul's      31     $C Talking to be done in #pews please
> *** #hotsex         48     Regent wears fish-net stockings. /msg him for gifs
> *** #hottub         34     JOIN #ST_PAUL'S FOR THE WEDDING OF ONBRIEN AND SCO
> *** #hack           51     a record on irc 1273 users!
> 
> Congratulations to all those involved.
> 
Hmmpf - why is it so important to be as many as possible on a channel...?
No, I like a channel with a few good friends, private if necessary... :))
And yes, they DO exist, they're just usually private... :)
--
Vegard Engen, Bergen Ingeniorhogskole, Bergen, Norway
Internet mail vegard@bih.no
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: a_murphy@Turing.ORG (Andrew A. Murphy)
Subject: Re: Supidity of the Lambs !
Keywords: bots, are, lame.
Organization: The Turing Project, Charlottesville Virginia.
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:28:08 GMT


one question: why argue about bots?   you can do anything with your .ircrc file
that you can do in a bot...  i originally made dragonbot because i was on vms 
which doesn't have .ircrc files or the alias's that the great unix clients have
i admin bots that cause floods by talking on channels by on public commands
(unless it's only on public by userhost of the master so people don't abuse bot)
auses a lot of trouble.. but sides that bots can be of good use.. i personally hate noteserv because it takes soo much time to get that msg.. when your own 
Andrew A. Murphy               |   Rdragon on IRC
bot can just log people's msgs it's easier for people.
Andrew A. Murphy               |   Rdragon on IRC
A_MURPHY@acad.lvc.edu          |   IRC OP 
a_murphy@turing.org            |   DragonBot self running IRC bot

__________________________________________________________________________
Dragons exist only in the minds of lovers...

			Love a dragon today!
__________________________________________________________________________
-- 
Andrew A. Murphy               |   Rdragon on IRC
A_MURPHY@acad.lvc.edu          |   IRC OP 
a_murphy@turing.org            |   DragonBot self running IRC bot

__________________________________________________________________________
Dragons exist only in the minds of lovers...

			Love a dragon today!
__________________________________________________________________________
From: jmolinari@hamp.hampshire.edu
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: .ircrc files with vax client
Date: 13 Nov 92 17:19:49 GMT
Organization: Hampshire College


	In context of a VAX/VMS client V2.7, is there any way to implement
an .ircrc file?


				jmolinari@hamp.hampshire.edu
Xref: sparky alt.irc:4081 alt.irc.ircii:170
From: yaz@phoenix.oulu.fi
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Remote WHOONIRC
Date: 5 Nov 92 23:09:40 GMT
Organization: University of Oulu, Finland

I have made a small utility to check who are on IRC from your csh-shell.
Packet consists of one C-program, and three csh-scripts.
One of the csh-scripts simpy searches friends from the whoonirc list
(friends are listed in a file in format username@host).

You can now get it by  ftp phoenix.oulu.fi  /pub/include/friends.tar.Z
uncompress, tar xf and compile the tel2.c and read the friends-script
for advice.

--
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Newsgroups: alt.irc,alt.irc.ircii
From: dms50304@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Darkman)
Subject: Re: Keep the flood.
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:59:07 GMT

gardabr@unix1 (Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen) writes:
>Try this, mr Herman
>/on -msg * msg nickserv@service.de help
>and then
>/msg nickserv@service.de help
>Now watch the flood. Does this mean that nickserv should be removed?
>Now try this:
>/on -list * list
>and then
>/list
>Now have some fun for yourself, trying to figure out why the hell IRC has
>been so badly programmed.

Your first example is wrong, Nickserv isn't up, but I'm sure it responds with
notices.  Secondly, what idiot is going to do your 2nd example?  There's
nothing wrong with ircII, it's the bozos that use it that program poorly...
-- 
--- Daryn Sharp   Darkman@uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: dms50304@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Darkman)
Subject: Re: How does one create a bot?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 20:25:57 GMT
Keywords: bot

yshah@lucpul.it.luc.edu (Guessing) writes:

>Howdy,
>     I've seen some of the bots running aroung irc and was wondering how 
>you create one? Thanks.

Doesn't it seem wierd that posts like these show up at regular intervals?
Somone posts a question like this and a giant flame-war results.  Once the
ashes cool off someone asks again to refuel the fire.  Kinda like someone
is getting their kicks out there watching the battle.
-- 
--- Daryn Sharp   Darkman@uiuc.edu
From: titus@coombs.anu.edu.au (titus chiu)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: Bots, WarBots, Fun?
Date: 14 Nov 1992 01:49:38 GMT
Organization: Coombs Computing Unit, Australian National University, Canberra.
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.76.2
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by a user on Coombs at ANU. The
              opinions expressed are those of the user and not necessarily
              those of the Australian National University.

gardabr@unix1 (Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen) writes:
>Herman H. Fredriksson (herm@merlin.etsu.edu) wrote:
>: gardabr@unix1 (Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen) writes:

>: > [..people message this dude becos they want to have a whizbang bot too..]
>
>Do you know how annoying that is?

ever heard of /ignore? or u can even use your 'programming technique' to
do a /on -msg "* *how*make*bot*" /comment eh?

[..whole heap of crap about how great his bot is deleted..]

>Also, earlier on, Glurg walked freely around on different channels commenting
>things, responding to whatever the people said, and in most cases, it would
>take quite a while or a /whois Glurg to discover that he was a bot. Now, that
>need a little more programming technique than a /on join Gard mode $C +o $0

oh w0w, he discovered /on public, good on ya.

>Surprised by that? Optimizing could be like... having an assigned variable
>containing all the channels the bot is supposed to visit. and than just move
>a pointer every time he's supposed to visit a new channel, rather than having
>24892 on timer statements.

optimized should mean using much less CPU than an average ircII script bot
(using less memory would be good too)

>: >could agree to have only ONE bot with that and that function, and so on,
>: 
>: There is no agreement. That is why we have bot wars. 
>
>Of course there is no agreement - now. That is because the bot programmers
>don't have a forum in which they can get the agreement. Whilst on IRC, they
>are more interrested in debugging their bot or talking social stuff with
>others. A newsgroup like alt.irc.bots would work fine for that.

maybe you weenies can join #makebots?

>: herm
>: (say NO to unattended bots)
>
>say YES for better and more intelligent bots.

titus
(say NO to unattended bots)

--
titus chiu                                   -- email: ---------------------
                                             ---- titus@coombs.anu.edu.au --
  dont drink and drive home                  ---- titus@turing.ORG ---------
  get stoned and fly home.                   -------------------------------
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: herm@acme.etsu.edu (Herman H. Fredriksson)
Subject: Re: help: how does channels got named?
Organization: East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas, USA
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 08:20:05 GMT

thecure@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (matthew aardvarkious) writes:
>ecn644e@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:

>>Dear netters,

>>I am relatively new to irc, but interested in knowing whether those channels
>>on irc is somehow standard (eg. hottub, sherwood etc) because I saw them in 
>>most servers. Or channels names are arbitrarily given. 

Channel names are totally arbitary. Although they are prefixed
with a '#' char. Certain other nasty characters are not permitted
and are stripped out.. these include BEEP's (^G), and ',' and perhaps
some others which I cant remember at the moment. RTFS :)
hope this helps you out.

herm.

>I suggest asking around. mail troy@cbme.unsw.edu.au for more details
>(he appears to be happy to splurdge other peoples email address around.)
lame.
-- 
+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  Herman H. Fredriksson                     Email: herm@nitha.etsu.edu  |
|  Things that make you go herm.....             herm@coombs.anu.edu.au  |
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Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: buboo@alf.uib.no (Ove Ruben R Olsen)
Subject: Starting a lame tread...
Followup-To: poster
Reply-To: "Smile and Be happy" irc@soon.going.down
Organization: The Peace of IRC, INC
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 10:19:16 GMT

Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen writes:

>Also, programming techniques could be shared, so that all bots would be
>optimized accordingly, and we could have fewer bots because bot programmers
>could agree to have only ONE bot with that and that function, and so on,
>if you get my drift...

Sorry, I don't get it... I doubt that "bot programmers could agree" at all.
Just take a look at #B^HHottub... a lot of bots deoping eachother and
their users... 
Problem is: WHO is going to OWN this bot ? 
The userbase of IRC is too diverse to agree on anything... people will
agree on something when they get tierd of "The Bad Stuff".

Why did you write your own bot then if you could just have "borrowed" 
CPU from another one ? 

But I wish you luck in your crusade to get people to agree... 

\Ruben.

-- 
        Ove Ruben R Olsen a Gnarfer and VI user. EMAIL: ruben@uib.no. 
     Maintaining the EX/VI-archive and a couple of the Comp.Editors FAQs.
    People that are ignorant tend to live a frustrated life, at least when 
     it comes to editing - But I do belive this is a general rule in life
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: thecure@ee.mu.OZ.AU (matthew aardvarkious)
Subject: [*] NEW GAME ANNOUNCED
Organization: Come back grok, all is forgiven!
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 15:13:19 GMT

** PRESS RELEASE (IMMEDIATE)

Demtel International are pleased to announce the release of a new exciting
addition to their already famous range of simulation games available
around the world at the moment. Current titles include

				o SimCity
				o SimEarth
				o SimAnt
				o SimTrain

Coming to a store near you for a special Christmas order..

				o SimSocialLife (!)

(please note, due to legal advice, we are packing this product as an electronic)
(device called IRCII) 

Features include..

				o Ability to talk to people easily on the other side of the 
				  world, even if you feel hassled ordering fries at 
				  MacDonalds.

				o New "ACTION" commands allowing prepubecent boys the ability
				  to fulfill every latent sexual desire on innocent people.

				o Channel #hotsex, #hottub, #gblf AT NO EXTRA COST!

				o Able to remove you from your family, work, and university!

				o Detaches you from all sense of social value, as the real
				  world slips into "something you do when you're not ircing"

				o Unique built in "psycho" mode, where you can change your
				  name as many times as you want.

				o Built in stress-reliever (/msg mussolini for more details)

Caters for all ages, from 2->99 and then some. (note requires approximately
300 people at minimum (this can be composed of 80% bots) for decent usage,
and anything up to 6000 is expected..)

PLACE YOUR ORDER TODAY! - How much you ask? Tis not much at all.. All we
ask from you is your soul. (initial estimates only placed it at a heart,
but it was found too many people were lacking even a heart...)

(void where prohibited by Daemon^H^H^H^H^H^Hlaw)

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
Newsgroups: alt.irc
From: mkwg9074@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (M. K. Weaver)
Subject: Re: Amazing Stories
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 00:30:43 GMT

ckp2n@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Christina Powell) writes:
>> 
>That's not really fair.  The couple of times I've gone into the
>#Twilight_Zone to ask a question, I've gotten a fairly prompt and
>helpful answer.  Maybe it just depends on what you're asking
>(i.e., not about bots) and how you ask (i.e., straight to the
>point but not rudely).

	Actually it also depends on many other variables.
	The statement was probablly meant to be "Funny"
	not necessarily fair. I don't know about #T_Z
	but there are certainly other channels in which
	the /sig set_mode blah blah  would more than
	acurately describe that average answer a new
	person would receive.

	bfn,
	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?"
Newsgroups: alt.irc