It was Wednesday, December 03, 2003 when Casey West took the soap box, saying: : I'm beta-testing a robot that searches Google when new questions are : posed to the beginners' lists. I have no idea if it will be useful. : :-)
I should like to make an important note. This bot is not intended to deter people from answering questions. Indeed, the goal of this list is still to give detailed, useful answers to questions. Specific answers that really help people. This robot is intended as a First Response Service, something that can help the questioner between the time they ask a question and the time they receive a good answer, from a human. My goal is that the archives from this list and others, and the web itself will be of further assistance, perhaps even adding a spark of creativity to some code or thought process. Therefore I hope this robot will bring that information a small step closer to the list. So please, keep answering those questions. The robot doesn't do such a great job at answering questions, only guesses at where the technical information might be, which is still a very useful service as far as I can see. Finally, the subject lines from the robot have been altered to show what it really is, a First Response System. Think of a person in cardiac arrest. First Response does some very general, well tested attempts at saving the patient. Sometimes they're successful, but the patient still needs to see the doctor, maybe even ER. That's what we're here for. :-) Casey West PS: For all who asked, I'll show the source code in due course. -- "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people, and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." -- The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
