Comments on: xkcd bot enforces originality on IRC channel

By: Reality Handbook

Reality Handbook — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:46:53 +0000

Uniqueness can be done computationally. Just generate a UUID, convert it to a numeric base in which words are used as digits, and add to the end of your message:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUID

Given the pervasiveness and adaptability of such methods of subversion, I’d suggest it isn’t uniqueness that’s should be sought here. There’s an infinite amount of unique but uninteresting material. Instead, you want “rare but probably meaningful and not overused”. One possible test would be that your phrase would have to contain a Googlewhack:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googlewhack

By: dave

dave — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:03:22 +0000

There is no need to allow inane pleasantries into the conversation. They are just noise, contributing no meaningful information. “Good Morning” brings nothing more to the conversation than “I can has cheezburger?”

The bot is not hard to bypass, but you do have to think for an additional half second to get around it.

Unsurprisingly, when the bot dies, for whatever reason, the room immediately devolves into ROFLCOPTERS, AYBABTU, and a seemingly endless stream of LOL’s. Human nature, I guess, is to rebel against arbitrary rule, even when the people strongly approve of and support that rule.

By: James D. Newman

James D. Newman — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:18:38 +0000

Killing all the cockroaches doesn’t kill all the rats, but at least it kills all the cockroaches! I bet there are some people working really hard to come up with brand new ways to say the same old retarded crap, and that alone would make it worth watching. Love xkcd. Mwah! Mwah!

By: Severloh

Severloh — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:29:28 +0000

Originality is a concept that too often people can’t grasp. Everything anymore becomes an inside joke between friends and is uttered between them far too often. Its like “thats what she said” jokes. They are always funny, regardless of situation if pulled off correctly, but you have to realize there is always another joke, always another path to walk. This bot is a great idea, but the implementation of it might become unrealistic. There has to be a degree of leniency to the frequency of use of certain phrases, simply because it is human nature to revert back to the familiar when it seems as though originality is not an option. Certain jokes, and memes have place in conversation if not overused, and that right to use them should not be taken away from anyone. Out of norm original ideas grow, and it must be understood that originality is a symptom of normalcy. Falling back into the commonplace and familiar sometimes stimulates creativity, so you can’t remove the familiar entirely to make creativity grow.

By: Unchain

Unchain — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:15:36 +0000

What a splendorous instrument of novelty, many praises are to be raised to the infinitesimally interesting conversation that must be birthed by such an idea.

Original enough?

Also, THIS IS SPARTAAAAAA!!!

By: xkcd bot

xkcd bot — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:32:00 +0000

This post is not very novel, by the way. I’ve seen several of its sentences before. You have been warned.

By: xkcd bot

xkcd bot — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:13:37 +0000

TheGabe was kicked from IRC for repetition.

By: TheGabe

TheGabe — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:54:23 +0000

No more memes?!
You fail it!