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- From: mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin)
- Subject: Re: Idjit alert (was Re: Fund raising at the FSF)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.213544@IASTATE.EDU>
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- Reply-To: mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin)
- Organization: Iowa State University
- References: <9212300217.AA07925@raisin-scone> <9212300616.AA25845@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1993Jan2.043903.18936@husc3.harvard.edu> <C083y9.M91@demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 03:35:44 GMT
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- In article <C083y9.M91@demon.co.uk>, gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal)
- writes:
- > In article <1993Jan2.043903.18936@husc3.harvard.edu> zeleny@husc9.harvard.edu
- (Michael Zeleny) writes:
- > :
- > :Flame me as only you can, rms. After all our past arguments, I am
- >
- > A gentle warning to all our readers. This Zeleny character is one of these
- > people who stir up flame wars in groups that they're not really interested
- > in just for personal amusement. Zelany in particular has ruined a couple
- > of good groups for *months*. I strongly urge everyone not to rise to any
- > bait he posts here.
- >
- > G
-
- Indeed, yes. Careful statistical analysis has revealed that Zeleny is
- not the ignorant undergraduate toady he pretends to be, but is in fact
- a piece of software trying to emulate a human being on the net. He was
- created by Harvard pranksters who wanted something like Eliza. But don't
- expect anything nearly as good from Zeleny. As AI programs go, he's
- definitely second-rate. Don't expect him to make sense, and don't bother
- to reply to him.
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- Marie Coffin
-