LMAO David,
If I hadn't met the Cap'n in his person, I would tend to believe you!!!
;^)
Brian S.
Bugeye under resto
>
>I understand your dilema. The artificial intelligence module that Mark
>developed works a little too well.
>
>You see, there is a need in the mailing list protocol for a periodic system
>check. Mark thought that it would be less offensive to develop a specialty
>module than to have a message go out every hour that said something like
>"All systems are go" or "Nine o'clock and all is well".
>
>So he named the module "Cap'n Bob" and randomized the delay. The module
>automatically gleans words from preceeding posts and attempts to form
>rational-looking sentences. If he had only told us that there really wasn't
>any such person as Cap'n Bob, we probably would have laughed and
>appreciated
>the way it appears almost human.
>
>Unfortunately, none of are immune to hubris and Mark is no exception. He
>was
>so proud of the algorithms that he had developed to synthesize messages
>that
>he has perpetuated the myth of Cap'n Bob; going so far as to put up
>pictures
>purporting to be Cap'n Bob and his Bugeye. I think he is tampering with the
>results, too. Some of the messages are just too slick for the algorithm.
>Perhaps Mark is assuming the persona?
>
>I AM KIDDING FOLKS!!!
>David Lieb
>1972 RWA Midget
>1973 RWA Project
>1974 RWA Warrior
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