Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 21:10:37 +0200 (CEST) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: Marius Bendiksen <mbendiks@eunet.no>, Marius Bendiksen <mbendiks@eunet.no>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, illiad@userfriendly.org Subject: Re: Cross Posting... Message-ID: <XFMail.990421211037.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <371E17D4.E31D0DE7@softweyr.com>
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On 21-Apr-99 Wes Peters wrote:
> Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote:
>> On 21-Apr-99 Wes Peters wrote:
>> > Marius Bendiksen wrote:
>> >> This must be one of the best plot lines of all time. CC:'ing it to
>> >> Illiad.
>> >> > > >> Right, that's why we've caught you at it, too :-)
>> >> > > > You bet, I'm only human*! :-)
>> >> > > > - Jordan
>> >> > > > * Or a PERL script, depending on whom you believe.
>> >> > > Well, we cannot trust a PERL script to make us belief that Jordan
>> >> > > is human now can you?
>> >> > > I mean:
>> >> > > freefall$ ll
>> >> > > 24 -rwxr-xr-x 1 jordan jordan - 24195 Feb 16 1992 jordan.pl
>> >> > > Can't we market this as the ultimate AI? =)
>> >> > > Given, occasionally it's not being very co-operative *grin*
>> >> > Maybe we can get Illiad to incorporate Jordan into one of the AI
>> >> > story lines. Jordan vs. the Sith Lord? ;^)
>> >
>> > I just got back from "The Matrix." Jordan is THE ONE!
>>
>> I sure hope he's smarter than Ahnold though ;)
>
> It wasn't Ahnold, it was Keanu Reeves, who bears only a superficial
> resemblance to Jordan. Trinity was certainly attractive in her
> latex dress, though. Do you think we can get Jordan a date with
> her if we point out he is THE ONE? ;^)
Yeah, but I thought that the Jordan Perl script was fond of sheep instead
of women?
But to be frank, AFAIK the Matrix isn't out here yet... So I have no
opinion on Trinity yet...
>> Btw, speaking of trademarks, can't we market it like this:
>> JordanBSD(r): The One!(tm/sm)
>>
>> Would be fun... A fully interactive AI and such...
>
> Imagine that -- immersive reality written in Perl. ;^)
Nah, doesn't compute eh? ;)
Mayhaps if we rewrote him in, ehm, lessee, Python? Nah...
Expect! That's it... Jordan must have been written in Expect, how else can
he answer so often that it doesn't see the patches attached... Yeah that's
it... He's an Expect script...
>> Then again, the other AI known as TerryBSD might complain ;)
>
> No, but I understand TerryBSD has a "required" daemon that is hard-
> coded into init. It will search for any JordanBSD systems on the
> net and attack them by streaming physics texts into every available
> TCP port. ;^)
Does that include the various snippets of book excerpts? =)
Wonder what TerryBSD is written in... Must be pure C I reckon?
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