excellent, dude!
On 11/17/05, Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I keep double-taking here: "vixen" is also the name of one of the
> characters assumed by lambdabot, an IRC bot (a human-impersonating
> program, a bit like Eliza) on the #haskell channel. Sample
> conversation follows:
>
> <poetix> @vixen Do you like poetry?
> <lambdabot>yeah, i like
> <poetix> @vixen Do you prefer modernist poetry, or the romantics?
> <lambdabot> i think you know the answer to that one, silly
> <poetix> @vixen OK - are you a big fan of Jeremy Prynne?
> <lambdabot> yes, i am
> <poetix> @vixen Wicked! So can you tell me what he's on about, then?
> <lambdabot> i dunno, what about?
> <poetix> @vixen What's the White Stones about, for example?
> <lambdabot> first you tell me.
> <poetix> @vixen I would if I could! I hoped you might be able to help
> <lambdabot> what if i don't?
> <poetix> @vixen Well, then the mystery remains
> <lambdabot> who's to say?
> <poetix> @vixen Exactly. An impermeable enigma.
> <lambdabot> first you tell me.
> <poetix> @vixen But what about Keats? Do you like Keats?
> <lambdabot> what about me?
> <poetix> @vixen Oh! - you write poetry?
> <lambdabot> let's don't talk about that
> <poetix> @vixen Don't be coy
> <lambdabot> no
> <poetix> @vixen I bet your poetry is really good
> <lambdabot> nope, i'm bad
> <poetix> @vixen There's no such thing as bad poetry
> <lambdabot> no?
> <poetix> @vixen Just write what you feel, as Philip Sidney said
> <lambdabot> why don't you guess?
> <poetix> @vixen Apart from Brian Patten, obviously. He makes me sick!
> <lambdabot> let's don't talk about that
> <poetix> @vixen All poetry is good, as long as it's sincere
> <lambdabot> sincerity is good
> <poetix> @vixen And sincerity in poetry is the best kind of sincerity!
> <lambdabot> yes
> <poetix> @vixen So have you written any poems lately?
> <lambdabot> no
> <poetix> @vixen Bit of a dry patch?
> <lambdabot> nevermind about that
> <poetix> @vixen I understand. Perhaps I can help to inspire you?
> <lambdabot> me?
> <poetix> @vixen I'm sure I can give you some sort of creative stimulus
> <lambdabot> i guessed that
> <poetix> @vixen Perhaps I could be your muse
> <lambdabot> who's to say?
> <poetix> @vixen Your place or mine?
> <lambdabot> is that really what you want to know?
>
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