Seasons

...besides, they get nine lives anyway...

Maybe it went here: www.bonsaikitten.com

HAHAHAHA!!! That's hilarious. Sick, but hilarious!
Hey, do you suppose Roxie's already too old to bonsai? I like the look of the klein bottle mould in the "advanced containment" section

Or a properly, almost Roxie-sized one: http://www.kleinbottle.com/meter_tall_klein_bottle.html Now that is impressive!

I have a hypothesis - perhaps the professor has introduced a new type of bot to the forge, without us knowing. One that has a human profile, and is capable of submitting to the forums when a post triggers a main keyphrase or two. Roxie being this bot, that would explain a thing or two: why an 8 year old is online at 3 AM, why she displays exceptional language abilities for her age while displaying emotional maturity approximately equivalent to my 4 year old sister, why she refered to her bot in a post, while she has none in reality... I can see such an experiment done with turing test-like goals: as we saw with the success of Leeds Bot, a bot would be created that displays human-like immaturity, and bot-like intelligence to match it, all posed as a real 8 year old human.

I believe there has been an undercover turing test going on here at the forge, us being the judges. I beleive that the turing test has been passed again.

I like the idea , but...

why an 8 year old is online at 3 AM

Mel (I think) did ascertain that her connection originates in Australia, and thus her typical posts are mid-late afternoon when she gets back from school.

But of course, the Prof would want us to think that - the back-story has to be consistent, and the IP address that shows up could be generated by a Forge script with trivial ease

Colonel, the fact that we haven't heard from the professor may even back up your point. I beleive that This may be very true. And why she left for 2 weeks (maintiance). I second colonels motion, and have one question.

Other then the alleged leeds bot passing when did the turing test get passed before?

Here's an excerpt from a Wall Street Journal article about the Cheney incident:

"The press corps is outraged that the White House waited 20 hours or so to disclose that Vice President Dick Cheney had shot a hunting companion, and we can see why. Don't these Bush people understand that the coverup is worse than the crime? In the name of media solidarity, and in the interest of restraining the Imperial Presidency, we have put together the following coverup timeline with crucial questions that deserve to be answered:

5:30 p.m., Saturday (all times Central Standard Time). Mr. Cheney sprays Harry Whittington with birdshot, and the Secret Service immediately informs local police. Who is Harry Whittington and whom does he lobby for? Does he know Scooter Libby?

6:30 p.m. White House Chief of Staff Andy Card informs President Bush that there's been a hunting accident involving the Vice President's party. Did Mr. Bush ask followup questions? Was he intellectually curious?

7 p.m. Karl Rove tells Mr. Bush that it is Mr. Cheney who did the shooting. Why was this detail withheld for a full 30 minutes from the President? Who else did Mr. Rove talk to about this in the interim? Was Valerie Plame ever mentioned?

5 a.m., Sunday. White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan learns that Mr. Cheney is the shooter. He also fails to alert the media. Did he rush to write talking points or fall back to sleep?

11 a.m. Katharine Armstrong, owner of the ranch where the shooting took place, blows the story sky-high by giving the news to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. According to Ms. Armstrong, Mr. Cheney told her to do what she thought made sense. Has Ms. Armstrong ever worked for Halliburton?

1:27 p.m., Monday. Mr. McClellan finally holds a press conference and gets grilled. One reporter actually asks (and we're not making this one up), 'Would this be much more serious if the man had died?' For the record, Mr. McClellan replied, 'Of course it would.'"

Got this from a friend
Top Ten Dick Cheney Excuses

10. "Heart palpitation caused trigger finger to spasm"

9. "Wanted to get the Iraq mess off the front page"

8. "Not enough Jim Beam"

7. "Trying to stop the spread of bird flu"

6. "I love to shoot people"

5. "Guy was making cracks about my lesbian daughter"

4. "I thought the guy was trying to go 'gay cowboy' on me"

3. "Excuse? I hit him, didn't I?"

2. "Until Democrats approve medicare reform, we have to make some tough choices for the elderly"

1. "Made a bet with Gretzky's wife"

I believe that list was from David Letterman.

If it's got ten entries, and it's funny, that's usually a good bet.

*facepalm*

[sarcasm]Ouch, right in the feelings. Why don't ya just give me a paper cut and pour lemon juice on it while you're at it?[/sarcasm]

Sorry.. project "Ignore" is GO!

Sounds good to me. Maybe if we pretend the problem doesn't exist for long enough, it will go away.