View Single Post
  #23  
Old March 16th, 2006, 08:44 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default Not THE Joe Smith

Jeff Taylor wrote:
"Wolfgang" wrote in message
...


Abviously.



Knee slapper! Woo hoo!


O.k. I QUIT.


OK. Somebody tag Jeff and get into the ring with Wolfgang. I don't have
the energy for it.

I do, however, have a great idea for a 'bot. I'd call it the Wolfgang
Analog Nifty Neutralizing Bellyache Engine, or WANNABE. The programming
problem is pretty straightforward. You'd need a module to model
Wolfgang's syntax and style -- an off-the-shelf context-free-syntax
parser/generator would be adequate. You'd need a lexicon module --
basically a database of Wolfgangisms. There is an IMMENSE text of these
available in the ROFF archives. You'd need a cut-and-paste module with
access to the Google Usenet archive. You'd need an identity-generation
module for when Wolfgang finally gives up. That's about it.

One nice extra touch would be a module to notify subscribers of how to
update their kill files when a new identity is cloned.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.