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Well, if 33% of the voters vote Liberal, 23% vote Conservative, 19% vote Democrat, 17% vote Bloq Quebecois, and 8% vote Green Party/Other... The Liberals still win the election even though 67% of the voters didn't vote for them (as it was for quite a while..). 
We have a LOT of political parties, which really dosen't help either..
We have a LOT of political parties, which really dosen't help either.. 
We have fewer political parties (well, fewer serious ones), but we still had the situation at the last election where more people in England voted Conservative than Labour, but Labour still got a large majority of seats in Parliament. Go figure. If voting changed anything, they'd only ban it.
haha sounds like America. 
this country filp flops so much that it would make a viking sea sick. It depends on which party the media decides to burn at the moment. My 6th grade teacher once said. "why would the government or the news lie to us?"
I about faintied, and that we me in the 6th grade... sheesh.
this country filp flops so much that it would make a viking sea sick. It depends on which party the media decides to burn at the moment. My 6th grade teacher once said. "why would the government or the news lie to us?"
I about faintied, and that we me in the 6th grade... sheesh.
The CBC finally made it to slashdot: http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/04/07/2210224&from=rss
Poor Wendell. Lots of these guys complain the bots don't do enough trivia. Sheesh.
Poor Wendell. Lots of these guys complain the bots don't do enough trivia. Sheesh.
Well, many people who read slashdot are programmers or geeks, but some posters are worried about the "best" way to develop AI in general, or they want a bot like you see in SCI Movies ("Computer, what is the history of western civilization?". They don't see why people would use 3rd party applications to try to create personalities.
Some think the point is to "advance AI" or "make a robot maid". The idea of making a character for the sake of making a character doesn't occur to them. sigh.
Sure, all my characters need development, but that takes time.
Some think the point is to "advance AI" or "make a robot maid". The idea of making a character for the sake of making a character doesn't occur to them. sigh.
Sure, all my characters need development, but that takes time.
I understand that and, as a programmer, I know that PF technology isn't really "bleeding edge", but the fact they don't seem to realize is: It's easy to toss around theory, but actually putting that into practice is pretty darn hard. Are true AIs going to need to comprehend words, rather than just matching them? Of course. And how exactly do we do that? THERE'S the brick wall. Regardless of the fact this site won't be spawning any Skynets any time soon, it's taught me an ENORMOUS amount about AI theory and application, just by removing many of the barriers I would have ordinarily had to making one.
And besides, comparing the PF bots to any other ACTUAL bots in existance out there, and we don't do too bad, thank you.
And besides, comparing the PF bots to any other ACTUAL bots in existance out there, and we don't do too bad, thank you.
I think we rock. Yes, I too would like that "comprehension" ability, but sometimes the bots do well. Especially those that have bot masters that focus on the logic of conversations. Many go beyond parroting or answering everything with a questions. Maybe people do have to try to make a bot to appreciate other chatterbots.
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