> Hello, > > For those of you that > - want to surf on the edge of Web technology without understanding it, > - desire to be considered as a software guru, > - are forced to write technical documents that nobody will read. > - want to laugh a bit, > > I have written a "Bullshit Generator" script in Python (see below). It > generates English sentences at random, talking about leading-edge Web-based > technologies. For example it can produce simple sentences like > > "The interface subscriber manages the web-based online ontology." > > or more complex, like > > "Generally speaking, the architecture is collected by the client from the > encapsulation related to the artifact that retrieves the data in the UDDI > where the integration enabled by the issuer delivers a Portal technology > responsible for an XML operation." > > The algorithm is based on a simplified English grammar, fed with hard-coded > lists of (buzz)words. The sentence structure is selected by choosing > randomly among a set of weighted rules, i.e. some rules are more likely to > be used than others. The sentences are oriented to hype Web technologies but > you can easily switch to your preferred domain, simply by changing the list > of words. > > For Windows XP/Vista users: if you have installed the win32com package > (delivered with PythonWin), you should hear the sentences pronounced by > synthesized speech. >
You should really post this on a blog somewhere. Instant slashdot! -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
