Re: What is the policy about robots here, at PM?

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Re^2: What is the policy about robots here, at PM? by vkon (Curate) on May 25, 2006 at 15:32 UTC
Thanks for reply! I did not intended to write a bot to spend votes to gain XP, or somesuch. I want to behave :) What precisely I am curious in, how some users are always in the monastery. I did not checked these days, but about a year ago I noticed I always see some users in the monastery... Were they collecting some sort of information?	[reply]
Re^3: What is the policy about robots here, at PM? by Old_Gray_Bear (Bishop) on May 25, 2006 at 17:50 UTC
Speaking for myself, I use the Monastery as an anodyne for the Corporate Idiocy I have had to put up with over the years. At a previous Job, I had a mandatory "staff briefing" tele-conference, every morning at 0815. Most of the time was consumed by various 'bosses' having shouting matches about who was responsible for the current mess. We low-level techs got together on an Instant Messenger conference for ten minutes after the Managers got done, sorted out what was really wrong, and then got started with real work. I got most "Newest Nodes" read during that half-hour. ---- I Go Back to Sleep, Now. OGB	[reply]
Re^3: What is the policy about robots here, at PM? by ptum (Priest) on May 25, 2006 at 15:34 UTC
I can't speak for other monks (well, I can, but I'd probably be wrong) but I know that I sometimes use a chatterbox client that keeps me logged in. Then I forget about it and leave it on ... so it seems as though I am here but I am really, er, hard at work. ... and of course, there are a few monks who have no life and are really logged in all the time ... :)	[reply]
Re^4: What is the policy about robots here, at PM? by vkon (Curate) on May 25, 2006 at 15:39 UTC
yes, this certainly explains the situation :) Also, chatterbox client could be considered as well-behaved robot collecting chatterbox information.	[reply]
Re^4: What is the policy about robots here, at PM? by Limbic~Region (Chancellor) on May 26, 2006 at 13:06 UTC
ptum, Oh sure, blame it on the client. Are you addicted to Chatterbox? Not me - really - honestly! Cheers - L~R	[reply]
Re^3: What is the policy about robots here, at PM? by sarani (Sexton) on May 26, 2006 at 09:57 UTC
Ahem, newuser me is exploring. And I'm also in lab about 20 hours out of 24. I would, therefore, be most likely logged in almost all the time... maybe there are others like me too. Although forgetting to log out is a much more likely explanation for most people... Oops, forgot to ask: Did you see im2?	[reply]