Python IRC dictatorship

Cliff Wells LogiplexSoftware at earthlink.net
Tue Nov 26 13:23:08 EST 2002


On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 16:54, John Hunter wrote:
> >>>>> "Cliff" == Cliff Wells <LogiplexSoftware at earthlink.net> writes:
> 
>     Cliff> Perhaps the Ruebot should be considered for honorary
>     Cliff> "Village Idiot" status on c.l.py.  The subject line on all
>     Cliff> of his posts could be prefixed with "[Comedy Relief]" to
>     Cliff> help avoid misunderstandings.
> 
> At least he's in good company.  I only knew of 3:
> 
>   bots = ['effbot', 'martellibot', 'timbot']
>   bots.append('ruebot')
> 
> I hope he feels honored.

Well, to me, "bot" is simply an indication of relentlessness.  The other
known 'bots tend to apply it in a positive manner (except perhaps when
the effbot gets caught in its GIYF loop) while the Ruebot is merely
relentless.

-- 
Cliff Wells, Software Engineer
Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net)
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