Re: Sircar's Inevitable Nexus

[Jonathan de Boyne Pollard]

> Of course not. But when an individual in 1896 claims that something
> is true of Australia in 1896 it carries a fair bit more credibility
> than someone in 2011 claiming that it was never true of Australia.

"Hello there,
Evan Kirshenbaum
. Microsoft Clippy here. You appear to be involved in a lengthy Rod
Speed thread. Would you like to:

* poke yourself repeatedly in the face with a large screwdriver;
* set your feet on fire;
* read dizzy's Rod Speed FAQ at
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage/msg/ad32331015efb66a
;
* chat with the Rod Speed Sensation Bot at
http://sensationbot.com./jschat.php?db=rodspeed ;
* converse with Peter T. Daniels for a little while

?"

[des...@verizon.net]

Jonathan de Boyne Pollard <J.deBoynePoll...@NTLWorld.COM>
writes:

Wow, it does pass the Turing test.
It's _exactly_ like the real thing.

Rod Speed: You're always welcome to make a very spectacular fool of
yourself attempting to guess something like that from a usenet
post. And flaunt the fact that you're so stupid you havent even
noticed the risk in doing that.

--
Dan Espen

[Brian M. Scott]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:45:34 +0100, Jonathan de Boyne
Pollard <J.deBoynePoll...@NTLWorld.COM> wrote in
<news:IU.D20110927.T1...@J.de.Boyne.Pollard.localhost>
in
alt.usage.english,alt.folklore.computers,rec.arts.sf.written,alt.fan.rod-speed:

You forgot 'read the collected postings of Franz
Gnaedinger'.

Brian