Re: UKNM: The fundamental issue: who is the *real* "Top of the

[Tim Hayward]

Bots"?

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Well Mat, You've got one of the nicest little bots that I've ever seen

;)


Mat Morrison wrote:

> 

> Jo Guest has won the Star readers' "rear of the year" competition.

> 

> MegaStar is running a similar poll online, entitled "top of the bots"

> (http://www.megastar.co.uk/megastar-cgi/vote/vote_botty.pl)

> 

> If only they knew how right they were...

> 

> In a fit of unusual chivalry, an account director at a well-known

> interactive agency took pity on the daughter-in-law elect, Emma Noble (who

> was falling behind in the polls, err... coming bottom). He decided to

> support the Noble cause.

> 

> A quick phone call to one of the more technically minded members of this

> list seemed to provide the solution, a neat little piece of code which voted

> mindlessly for Ms. Noble about five times every second.

> 

> To the account director's joy, Ms. Noble began to creep up the charts.

> Quarter of an hour later, however, he was surprised to notice that Ms. Guest

> had more than doubled her votes.

> 

> A quick flurry of calls later, and the issue became clear. Someone else had

> built a better bot, running off a Unix box somewhere.

> 

> Internet diva Jo Guest is now well ahead of Ms Noble, and is set to become

> bottom of her class.

> 

> But the question remains. Who was the *real* top of the bots? Can anyone

> shed any light on this?


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