Love it, Dom.
mj
Dominic Fox 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:
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><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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