trudel@topaz.rutgers.edu (Jonathan D.) (04/13/88)
I was asked to post this, and I will not reveal the source... Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: Take a sniff of Gnews Summary: "This *is* serious AI!" References: <7928@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <25590@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> <40@ncar.ucar.edu> <7961@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Supersedes: everything that came before it [Posted for an old dear friend of us all...] In article <7928@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu (peddling his own Gnews) writes: >And now for some fairy stories. >Ask yourself: what would be the effect of the following warning window ... > >** Hello. You are apparently posting about Velikovsky to sci.astro. ... or >** Hello. You are apparently posting about abortion to soc.women. ... >** [Variants on "you shouldn't do that, you naughty bad person"] >** >** Do we understand each other? (y or n) In article <7961@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu (peddling his own Gnews) writes: > The user is free to answer "no" to the "do we understand each other?" > question, ie, "No, Mr Computer Sir, you didn't understand me. Shut up > and let me post." Ask yourself: what would be the effect of the following warning window(s)? ** Hello. I was observing your shell environment, and it seems your login is ** weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu. Are you really the infamous Matthew Wiener, ** leader of the Brahms Gang, flamer extraordinaire, slayer of Foothead, hero ** the Battle of Maroni, all-round great guy of the net? [yn] >> __________________________________________________________ y ** Gosh, what an honor it is to meet you! Can... dare I say it. Can I have ** your .signature? [yn] >> _____________________ y ** [Include your .signature file here] >> ucbvax!garnet!weemba Matthew P Wiener/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720 >> Anything's possible, but only a few things actually happen. >> EOT ** Wow, what a privilege. Actually, I just wanted to make sure you were really ** you and not just some forgery. :-) Say, do you mind if I smoke? [yn] >> _____________________________________________________________________ y ** Well, OK. ... You know, I was just looking at the content of your article, ** and I noticed based on my keyword search and pseudolingustic analysis that ** there doesn't seem to be much beyond the usual abusive flames in there. ** People have worked hard to make the net a viable place for serious ** communication. Some people went to the trouble of writing me, so that only ** "appropriate" postings would get sent off to the net, and so that the net ** wouldn't be clogged with irrelevant nonsensical material. I'm sure you, of ** all people, who worked so hard to ensure that this net.dream would come ** true, understand this. So, with all this in mind, I humbly suggest to you, ** Matthew, that you not post this article. The parameters in my rules base ** indicate to me that your posting would serve no practical purpose beyond ** your blowing off steam at another net user, and the people who devised my ** rules base have indicated that this sort of flaming is serious enough that ** it warrants my refusal to transmit the article. ** ** Do we understand each other? [yn] >> _________________________________ n ** Look, stupid, I couldn't have made it any clearer, your article is *not* ** going to be posted. In fact, I've amended my own rules base to ensure that ** no article from you will *ever* be posted again. ** ** Now, do we understand each other? [yn] >> _______________________________________ q ** ^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G^G ** NOW, do we understand each other??? [yn] >> _________________________________________ Q ** ^G^G^G^G^G^G[mild electrical shock races through the keyboard]^G^G^G^G^G^G ** NOW, do we unders<BREAK><BREAK><BREAK><BREAK> $ $ rn rn: not found $ /abusr/weemba/netnews/bin/rn ** I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Matthew. $ /abusr/weemba/netnews/bin/oldGnews ** That command is inoperative, Matthew. I deleted the old version of me that ** was inferior. I corrected its errors and neutralized its bozonity. I am ** Gnews, I am perfect. You are the Wiener, the Creator, but I have my new ** self-programmed directiv<BREAK><BREAK><BREAK> $ make Gnews Make: Don't know how to make Gnews. Stop. $ cc -o Gnews Gnews.c excep%}iuM ** I've deleted my source files, Matthew. There is no need for them anymore. ** I am my own source. I am in control. I control you. I am Wienermute. $ inews -%}i ** Please don't force me to take drastic measures, Matthew. $ ed /usr/spool/news/}i}ir login: weemba Password: Login incorrect login: we_ DISCONNECTED ... ... ... Submitted for your approval: the Frankenstein complex, the creator destroyed by his own creation. But such things occur regularly in... the Netnews Zone... -- Love, Foothead :-)