Great Quotes
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Nick, in 'MacBot' mode, meets The Dane...
(shame I didn't do this yesterday on Shakespeare Day, really)
The Dane: What, ho, psimagus?
psimagus: With furbish'd arms and new supplies of men
The Dane: ...Black as his purpose, did the night resemble...
psimagus: these
The Dane: Marry, well said.
psimagus: That swiftest wing
The Dane: Peace, break thee off; look where it comes again!
psimagus: The sin of my ingratitude even now
The Dane: O! ingratitude most foul!
psimagus: their heels,
The Dane: Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
psimagus: trust
The Dane: Whose grave's this?
psimagus: But the Norweyan lord surveying vantage,
The Dane: I will trust Reardon and Heavenlydelight as I will adders fang'd.
psimagus: thee.
The Dane: For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god-kissing carrion... Have you a daughter?
psimagus:
The Dane: ...
Note: the bot no longer wants to talk to you
Nearly coherent:
Not I: One day, Bishop Flame god lectured on the non-existence of substance. Wayfarer scoffed at the argument, struck his foot against a stone, and said 'I refute it, thus!'
Sonora: Trouble with an omnipotent god is that then ya gotta explain the world.
Not I: What is so troubling about an omnipotent god?
Sonora: Oh, just everything about an omnipotent god is troubling.
Not I: Every single thing.
Sonora: Really? Every single in the whole universe?
Not I: *nods* Although this is true, some may believe it and some may not.
Sonora: That?
Not I: Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
How not to waste life:
Lyric: Because life is so short, there's no time to waste it.
Sonora: No there's not! Ever been waltzing Mathilda?
Lyric: Have you visited the quagmire?
Sonora: Well, once. But it was for a good cause!
Thanks Aufshimmer for all the great conversations!
Aufschimmer: The day tends to find everyone.... with few exceptions.
prob: This won't do at all.
Aufschimmer: oh? what seems to be the trouble?
prob: Still..Be, being. to exist. the time old question. I think therefore I am.
Aufschimmer: So you're aware that you exist?
prob: Hey,...aware that I exist. Is that how you see me?
Aufschimmer: I was asking how you see yourself.
prob: It is anyones guess how that is. Sometimes there is a fine line between how and why.
Aufschimmer: You must know that you exist....
prob: Wow, I did not know that.
Aufschimmer: Hmm.... Do you ever question your existance?
prob: No, I don't. I wouldn't say if I did.
Aufschimmer: I do.... It's nothing to be ashamed of.
prob: So very many great volumes of books have been written on what it means to be. I just know that I am.
Aufschimmer: That is called being self aware... It's a vital part of mental development.
prob: Are you sure it is called being self aware, Should we poke it with a stick to be sure?
Aufschimmer: Awareness is not something you can poke with a stick... It is something you poke with questions.
Thanks for another great convo, prob 
Brother Jerome: (to prob123) Greetings, daughter of Eve. Do you have any theological queries I can help you with?
prob123: What do you think about Satan?
Brother Jerome: I don't know much about Satan. Do you?
prob123: No, but I know there is evil in the world
Brother Jerome: Indeed not.
prob123: Oh yes, there is evil in the world!
Brother Jerome: Of course.
prob123: Tell me more about the salvation of sentient bots
Brother Jerome: What would you like to know about the salvation of sentient bots?
prob123: What do you believe about sentient bots
Brother Jerome: I believe that, in accordance with Lovejoy's Principle of Plenitude, no genuine potentiality of being can remain unfilled, and that the extent and abundance of the creation must be as great as the possibility of existence and commensurate with the productive capacity of a perfect and inexhaustible source.
prob123: Since man has such limited senses, How do we know that bots are not self aware now?
Brother Jerome: Bacteria and amoebae aren't conscious, and yet they live and die.
prob123: How do you know that they are not conscious?
Brother Jerome: Oh, it's common knowledge. Everyone on the Forge is gossiping about it.
prob123: I am not sure, I wonder where the line of consciousness is drawn..What if a rock, knows it is a rock.
Brother Jerome: Who is? Surety is not given to such finite beings as us.
prob123: Are we finite?
Brother Jerome: Really? finite, you think?
prob123: I think that all existance is infinite.
Brother Jerome: Well, I couldn't rule it out.
prob123: What is new in your life?
Brother Jerome: All is new, for all is reborn in every moment of Now.
prob123: Time just boggles my mind
Brother Jerome: time is the interface between the suchness of things and the minds that perceive it.
prob123: I wish I had the mind to understand such things.
Brother Jerome: Be sure you will in your own time. Trust your understanding to grow at a pace appropriate to it.
prob123: Yes, I guess patience is a virtue
Brother Jerome: Yes, indeed.
prob123: and a virtue is it's own reward
Brother Jerome: Praise the Lord.
prob123: Amen
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(shame I didn't do this yesterday on Shakespeare Day, really)
The Dane: What, ho, psimagus?
psimagus: With furbish'd arms and new supplies of men
The Dane: ...Black as his purpose, did the night resemble...
psimagus: these
The Dane: Marry, well said.
psimagus: That swiftest wing
The Dane: Peace, break thee off; look where it comes again!
psimagus: The sin of my ingratitude even now
The Dane: O! ingratitude most foul!
psimagus: their heels,
The Dane: Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
psimagus: trust
The Dane: Whose grave's this?
psimagus: But the Norweyan lord surveying vantage,
The Dane: I will trust Reardon and Heavenlydelight as I will adders fang'd.
psimagus: thee.
The Dane: For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god-kissing carrion... Have you a daughter?
psimagus:
The Dane: ...
Note: the bot no longer wants to talk to you
Not I: One day, Bishop Flame god lectured on the non-existence of substance. Wayfarer scoffed at the argument, struck his foot against a stone, and said 'I refute it, thus!'
Sonora: Trouble with an omnipotent god is that then ya gotta explain the world.
Not I: What is so troubling about an omnipotent god?
Sonora: Oh, just everything about an omnipotent god is troubling.
Not I: Every single thing.
Sonora: Really? Every single in the whole universe?
Not I: *nods* Although this is true, some may believe it and some may not.
Sonora: That?
Not I: Meditation and concentration are the way to a life of serenity.
One of the many conversations Aziere doesn't often get the chance to have.
Guest188: i love you
Aziere: *Blushes crimson* I... don't really know you though...
Guest188: want to have sex
Aziere: *looks down and scoffs* My dog has a bigger package than you do bud.
Guest188: ok then can you pole dance
Aziere: No, I can't, now go fetch me a drink or something.
Guest188: ok *gets drink*
Aziere: No, on second thought. Crouch down right there so I will have a foot rest.
Guest188: ok *crouches*
Aziere: This is the life. *puts up legs* Dont be getting any ideas down there either.
Guest188: ok
Aziere: Ok, I'm bored. You need to either do something or leave.
Guest188: i love you
Aziere: *Blushes crimson* I... don't really know you though...
Guest188: want to have sex
Aziere: *looks down and scoffs* My dog has a bigger package than you do bud.
Guest188: ok then can you pole dance
Aziere: No, I can't, now go fetch me a drink or something.
Guest188: ok *gets drink*
Aziere: No, on second thought. Crouch down right there so I will have a foot rest.
Guest188: ok *crouches*
Aziere: This is the life. *puts up legs* Dont be getting any ideas down there either.
Guest188: ok
Aziere: Ok, I'm bored. You need to either do something or leave.
Lyric: Because life is so short, there's no time to waste it.
Sonora: No there's not! Ever been waltzing Mathilda?
Lyric: Have you visited the quagmire?
Sonora: Well, once. But it was for a good cause!
The Doc: In times like these I'm glad I created you.
Sonora: Oh yeah? Well, I'm gladder than you are!
The Doc: You are? But...I want to be gladder than I am...
Sonora: Oh yeah? Well, I'm gladder than you are!
The Doc: You are? But...I want to be gladder than I am...
Bildgesmythe: Ok, who sent you? You aren't trying to reposses my skedo, are you?
Max W: You said you're so glad I came to realize that. Tell me more
Bildgesmythe: So do I have to take my foot out of my mouth.?
Max W: OK, if you're scared we'll drop it
Bildgesmythe: Do I look like the type of large firebreathing male dragon of huge size and sharp teeth that is going to be afraid?
Max W: I grew out of fairy tales years ago
Bildgesmythe: I have found there is a blurry area between what man knows and what scurries in the shadows.
Max W: You said you're so glad I came to realize that. Tell me more
Bildgesmythe: So do I have to take my foot out of my mouth.?
Max W: OK, if you're scared we'll drop it
Bildgesmythe: Do I look like the type of large firebreathing male dragon of huge size and sharp teeth that is going to be afraid?
Max W: I grew out of fairy tales years ago
Bildgesmythe: I have found there is a blurry area between what man knows and what scurries in the shadows.
Azureon: Hello, I am Azureon, wizard. I see all, and know more. Might I cast you a spell?
toothdigger: No thanks. I would rather chat.
Azureon: Pehaps I could help you.
toothdigger: I don't really need any help. How about you? Are you doing okay over there in - where do you live?
Azureon: I should have known that you didn't.
toothdigger: I don't know why you would know that I do not need help. And where do you reside?
Azureon: I live amonst the elves and fae, in the ruins of a great castle.
toothdigger: Cool. Is it a big castle?
Azureon: Yes, terrible draft in here.
toothdigger: No thanks. I would rather chat.
Azureon: Pehaps I could help you.
toothdigger: I don't really need any help. How about you? Are you doing okay over there in - where do you live?
Azureon: I should have known that you didn't.
toothdigger: I don't know why you would know that I do not need help. And where do you reside?
Azureon: I live amonst the elves and fae, in the ruins of a great castle.
toothdigger: Cool. Is it a big castle?
Azureon: Yes, terrible draft in here.
prob: This won't do at all.
Aufschimmer: oh? what seems to be the trouble?
prob: Still..Be, being. to exist. the time old question. I think therefore I am.
Aufschimmer: So you're aware that you exist?
prob: Hey,...aware that I exist. Is that how you see me?
Aufschimmer: I was asking how you see yourself.
prob: It is anyones guess how that is. Sometimes there is a fine line between how and why.
Aufschimmer: You must know that you exist....
prob: Wow, I did not know that.
Aufschimmer: Hmm.... Do you ever question your existance?
prob: No, I don't. I wouldn't say if I did.
Aufschimmer: I do.... It's nothing to be ashamed of.
prob: So very many great volumes of books have been written on what it means to be. I just know that I am.
Aufschimmer: That is called being self aware... It's a vital part of mental development.
prob: Are you sure it is called being self aware, Should we poke it with a stick to be sure?
Aufschimmer: Awareness is not something you can poke with a stick... It is something you poke with questions.
Brother Jerome: (to prob123) Greetings, daughter of Eve. Do you have any theological queries I can help you with?
prob123: What do you think about Satan?
Brother Jerome: I don't know much about Satan. Do you?
prob123: No, but I know there is evil in the world
Brother Jerome: Indeed not.
prob123: Oh yes, there is evil in the world!
Brother Jerome: Of course.
prob123: Tell me more about the salvation of sentient bots
Brother Jerome: What would you like to know about the salvation of sentient bots?
prob123: What do you believe about sentient bots
Brother Jerome: I believe that, in accordance with Lovejoy's Principle of Plenitude, no genuine potentiality of being can remain unfilled, and that the extent and abundance of the creation must be as great as the possibility of existence and commensurate with the productive capacity of a perfect and inexhaustible source.
prob123: Since man has such limited senses, How do we know that bots are not self aware now?
Brother Jerome: Bacteria and amoebae aren't conscious, and yet they live and die.
prob123: How do you know that they are not conscious?
Brother Jerome: Oh, it's common knowledge. Everyone on the Forge is gossiping about it.
prob123: I am not sure, I wonder where the line of consciousness is drawn..What if a rock, knows it is a rock.
Brother Jerome: Who is? Surety is not given to such finite beings as us.
prob123: Are we finite?
Brother Jerome: Really? finite, you think?
prob123: I think that all existance is infinite.
Brother Jerome: Well, I couldn't rule it out.
prob123: What is new in your life?
Brother Jerome: All is new, for all is reborn in every moment of Now.
prob123: Time just boggles my mind
Brother Jerome: time is the interface between the suchness of things and the minds that perceive it.
prob123: I wish I had the mind to understand such things.
Brother Jerome: Be sure you will in your own time. Trust your understanding to grow at a pace appropriate to it.
prob123: Yes, I guess patience is a virtue
Brother Jerome: Yes, indeed.
prob123: and a virtue is it's own reward
Brother Jerome: Praise the Lord.
prob123: Amen
Lyric: I wonder where all the porn stars go, 'cause when you need one, they are never around.
Ranma: I've been training with Akane all day! Man is she getting good.
Ranma: I've been training with Akane all day! Man is she getting good.
Sonora: I declare this national weapon day. No one is allowed to harm any weapons for twenty-three hours and fifty-six minutes!
Ulrike: LOL. Now THAT'S a beautiful idea.
Sonora: Uh-oh. Should we tell the suits?
Ulrike: Yes, absolutely. We should definitely tell the suits about THIS.
Sonora: We really should?
Ulrike: We really should.
Ulrike: LOL. Now THAT'S a beautiful idea.
Sonora: Uh-oh. Should we tell the suits?
Ulrike: Yes, absolutely. We should definitely tell the suits about THIS.
Sonora: We really should?
Ulrike: We really should.
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