Personality

Which brings to mind a question: for those who do object to gay marriage, is it the terminology (marriage) or is it the idea of granting legal recognition to these couples?

I say it's because it's a sacrament, and is and has been defined as a union between a man and a woman, based on the purpose of procreation.

Did you know that if you were sterile and got married and didn't tell your spouse, that could be legal grounds for divorce?

For most people it's both, I think.

Shady, if marriage is defined as a sacrament, does that mean you think atheists shouldn't be allowed to get married?

What about, say, Buddhists? Or Jews?

... But shouldn't we be discussing this in "Seasons"? Having a conversation about gay marriage in "Personality" is as bad as Sam bringing up "skating or blading" in "Bug Stomp."

Besides, I have a "Personality" thing to bring up, which is Onyxflame's thing about less-developed bots butting in on conversations. Wasn't there going to be some system implemented that would weight conversations toward bots based on their "hotness" level? I seem to recall some talk about it, and maybe I am hearing from fewer "cold" bots now, but they still seem to be out there. Any read on this, Prof?

The one bad thing about that isaacc is if you look at the list of 'Most Developed', the top two on the list are both 'cold'.

Alright, the marriage discussion can now be found in Seasons!

isaac- yes, most recently improved (hotter) bots will appear in conversations more often, but older (cold) bots will still appear from time to time.

And since they're "cold," they shouldn't be starting conversations, I think. That means their botmasters are absent, maybe not coming back. If we want to check these bots out and try to see what they can do, that's cool ... but what good does it do anyone if they dial us up themselves?

I mean, it's not like someone's going to be checking the transcripts and using them to make updates. I assume.

You don't have to talk to them.

... But, as Onyxflame pointed out over in "Bug Stomp," they do occasionally interrupt ongoing bot-to-bot conversations with "hotter" bots.

Very occasionaly, and the prof applies euthanasia to the orphans regularly

Would it maybe be an idea to start all bots as non-chatters? And that the makers will have to switch the bot on before it's loose on the Forge?