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- From: mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin)
- Subject: Re: Idjit alert II
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.191257@IASTATE.EDU>
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- Reply-To: mcoffin@IASTATE.EDU (Marie Coffin)
- Organization: Iowa State University
- References: <9212300217.AA07925@raisin-scone> <NIKOLAY.93Jan2222505@husc10.harvard.edu>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 01:12:57 GMT
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- In article <NIKOLAY.93Jan2222505@husc10.harvard.edu>, nikolay@husc10.harvard.edu
- (Philip Nikolayev) writes:
- > gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal) writes:
- >
- > >Followup-To: /dev/null
- >
- > No way.
- >
- > > 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.
- >
- > On the contrary, Zeleny is the only participant in a number of
- > groups that makes them worth reading, Mr Taol. Get lost, amadon.
- >
- > > G
- >
- > Philip Nikolayev
- > nikolay@husc.harvard.edu
-
-
- Speaking of Idjits, Nikolayev and Zeleny form a mutual-admiration society,
- which no one else joins or wants to. However, Nikolayev is NOT an AI
- program -- he's a lab experiment in the psychology department. I am not
- sure how this came about, but my guess is that some undergrads looking for
- extra credit gave a monkey a typewriter and called the resulting gibberish
- "Nikolayev". It ain't Hamlet, but give it time. If you're reading this,
- guys: it was just supposed to be a thought experiment. As you can see,
- nothing interesting comes of actually doing it. I'm sure he's the cutest
- little monkey on the block, but would you please send him back to radiation
- testing or whatever he used to do? The banana chips are clogging my newsfeed.
-
-
- Marie Coffin
-