So I recently got some new AOL buddies in a folder called “AIM Bots” ... which as far as I know of, I never asked for, and don’t know where they came from. A couple of them looked interesting … but this one in particular I couldn’t figure out what it was, so I figured, what the heck, it must be a bot, lets just try asking it …
I’m taking my AIM nick out of this page, because annoying teenage girls keep IMing me because they actually want to chat with a bot and they can’t tell which one of these is me. (Maybe they just don’t bother reading the article). So where you see “Me” below, imagine you see my nickname.
Me > What are you, and how did you get on my buddy list?
spleak > Hi, I’m Spleak, your guide to everything celebrity, from Lindsay Lohan to My Chemical Romance. What’s your name?
Me > ew
spleak > Very creative name, but I’m afraid it’s too long for me to type over and over again. Can you please try again with a shorter name?
Me > Shorter than two letters?
spleak > Okay, I will call you Shorter than two letters?.So… I’m a 21-year-old girl. How old are you?
Me > 205
spleak > 205? Ha ha… are you sure? Please enter your age again… your REAL age, that is …
Me > 2
spleak > 2? Ha ha… are you sure? Please enter your age again… your REAL age, that is …
Me > 8
spleak > Sorry, you are not eligible to talk to Spleak at this time.
Me > Hurray!
spleak > Sorry, you are not eligible to talk to Spleak at this time.
So, yeah … apparently this is some new form of advertising.
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Total ew. And ew is the gentlest term I can think of at the moment.
I guess you ran into these critters.
Blah. That’s with a capital ‘B’ and expresses how I feel about spam bots. Hmm. Spam Bots. Has kind of a ring to it. Like a ‘B’ grade film. Or maybe it’s the name of a yearly contest held in Estonia? Where people carve spam warriors that they somehow automate to battle each other? Well, regardless, I do have to compliment you on your clever use of the age 8! That is very quick thinking indeed!
Hey, your ‘Contact Me’ link doesn’t seem to be working….? So I am forced to resort to commenting with a non-related comment.
Might be that bamboo firewall again, forcing me to proxy surf. Anyway, to the matter at hand: Check this out:
http://www.DailyCupOfTech.com/2007/06/19/how-photos-should-be-viewed/trackback/
I’ve only watched half of it so far (amazing that I can watch it at all with how my bandwidth usually is), but it is quite intriguing! What do you think? Is this something we will see in a usable form in a few years? Hard to tell just how much work it takes to put things together, and how much of it is ‘behind the scenes’ software doing it…. Just curious…post us an article on it!
ok i do have this email that is spleak the want on the. but I’m afraid it’s too long for me to type over and over again. Can you please try again with a shorter name?
fun