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in thread What is the policy about robots here, at PM?

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?

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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

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 ... :)

      yes, this certainly explains the situation :)

      Also, chatterbox client could be considered as well-behaved robot collecting chatterbox information.

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?