From: gardabr@unix1 (Gard Eggesbo Abrahamsen)
Newsgroups: alt.irc
Subject: Re: Supidity of the Lambs !
Date: 10 Nov 92 13:16:51 GMT
Organization: University of Trondheim, Norway
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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)
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Gard  (still without any disclaimer)
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