From: thecure@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (matthew aardvarkious)
Subject: Re: Bots - how to get rid of them
Organization: Da troy loony bin.
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 08:00:36 GMT

troy@cbme.unsw.EDU.AU (Troy Rollo) writes:

>The first thing you should do if you want to get rid of bots on IRC,
>is send a flame to the champion of bots a year ago, danielce@ee.mu.oz.au
>with contents something like the following:

WHY !?#!@ Cripes man, get a grip on this side of the planet and 
come back down to earth. That attitude deserves not only to be tied
up with stout pieces of razor wire, but stuck in a cage with a rubber
band for conversation. 

>	I would like to thank you for the great contribution
>	you have made to IRC. Your defence of channel bots has
>	resulted in a much improved chat environment and a better
>	IRC for all. I would also like to thank you for destroying
>	the spirit of others who have so clearly never done
>	anything for IRC. Your actions are clearly selfless and
>	admirable.

Ooooh, sooo good!. You almost cleverly disguised a repressed err
inner hatred towards dan as gratuitiously nice action. Clever.

Woah, can you loan me that book "101 ways to lose friends
and gain enemies by F. Uqof" ?

>Then, when you have done that, find the mailing address of every single
>bot that you can, and mail a message to the owner of that bot with the
>subject "Please remove your robot from IRC", and the content:

Then do the hokey pokey and shake about, that's what irc's all about!

>	"In the interests of a better IRC environment, please remove
>	 your IRC robot from IRC. Thank you for your cooperation."

Duh, and I spose your letter box ain't cluttered with letters from
yourself asking you to do the same !?

>Keep a list of the bot owners you have sent this to, then, a week later,
>send a flame to each person on that list with a robot still on IRC.

If that doesn't work, try tying a hairy dog on the end of a wet blue
scarf during 2.00am to 2.17am on the north side of a windy city, with orange
bells in your nose.

>Send the list around to your friends, family, dog, cat and canary, and
>get them to send flames too. For each message you send out, send another
>congratulatory message to danielce@ee.mu.oz.au for good measure.

Oh - how sensible. Next time you pick your nose, send danielce one for
good measure as well. And the next time you buy a doughnut from Seven 11,
etc. etc. How lame.

>After a few weeks of this treatment, the bot owners will probably have
>had enough and give up. BTW, if danielce doesn't like the idea of having
>this inflicted on him, he should have thought of that before inflicting

Duuuuh. You think anyone will seriously listen? And dragging in dan
from aages ago (after still providing a decent service) about
something he never knew would happen. Gosh, I'm going to press the
U key now, will that have a catastrophic effect in 8 months? Gosh
better think, duh. Get a life/clue/hope/idea/plot/grip/mirror !

>hundreds of bots on the net. Ditto for the bot owners. My answer to
>any of their complaints is "You made your bed, lie in it."

Ah yes... Err, What was the question again?

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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