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  • speling bee
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    Originally posted by alluvial View Post
    Bugger, was about to correct that as well.
    No need.

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  • alluvial
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    Originally posted by speling bee View Post
    elicit
    Bugger, was about to correct that as well.

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  • speling bee
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    My God, the penny's dropped - We're unwittingly in a Turing test, conversing with a machine programmed to respond based on a crude semantic assessment of our own posts.

    I must say, they're getting slightly better at it these days, sometimes even vaguely plausible; but it still doesn't take long to see through their specious replies.
    Originally posted by alluvial View Post
    Blimey Owlhoot, you've managed to ellicit a new response!
    elicit

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  • alluvial
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Look I'm sure you IT geeks are very nice, if a little deficient on the hygiene and social skills side, but let's face it, you're not the sharpest tools in the box.

    HTH, BIDI
    Blimey Owlhoot, you've managed to ellicit a new response!

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  • speling bee
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    My God, the penny's dropped - We're unwittingly in a Turing test, conversing with a machine programmed to respond based on a crude semantic assessment of our own posts.

    I must say, they're getting slightly better at it these days, sometimes even vaguely plausible; but it still doesn't take long to see through their specious replies.
    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Look I'm sure you IT geeks are very nice, if a little deficient on the hygiene and social skills side, but let's face it, you're not the sharpest tools in the box.

    HTH, BIDI
    Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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  • sasguru
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    Look I'm sure you IT geeks are very nice, if a little deficient on the hygiene and social skills side, but let's face it, you're not the sharpest tools in the box.

    HTH, BIDI

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  • alluvial
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    My God, the penny's dropped - We're unwittingly in a Turing test, conversing with a machine programmed to respond based on a crude semantic assessment of our own posts.

    I must say, they're getting slightly better at it these days, sometimes even vaguely plausible; but it still doesn't take long to see through their specious replies.

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  • OwlHoot
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Do you ever get tired of being wrong?
    My God, the penny's dropped - We're unwittingly in a Turing test, conversing with a machine programmed to respond based on a crude semantic assessment of our own posts.

    I must say, they're getting slightly better at it these days, sometimes even vaguely plausible; but it still doesn't take long to see through their specious replies.

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  • alluvial
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    Originally posted by Flashman View Post
    Whats Sasguru's name on World of Warcraft? Can we sign up there and give him some abuse?
    He probably sees himself as some great necromancer when in reality he's more Rincewind.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by Flashman View Post
    Whats Sasguru's name on World of Warcraft? Can we sign up there and give him some abuse?
    Oh look another moron has turned up. Place is infested with plankton.

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  • alluvial
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    Do you ever get tired of being wrong?
    What no grammatical errors to highlight? Your insults are getting a bit weak now.

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  • Flashman
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    Originally posted by alluvial View Post
    Nah, you came to the conclusion that your own meagre education means that you don't have the mental agility your personal fantasy dictates that you must have and so resorted to kindergarten style name calling.
    Whats Sasguru's name on World of Warcraft? Can we sign up there and give him some abuse?

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by alluvial View Post
    Nah, you came to the conclusion that your own meagre education means that you don't have the mental agility your personal fantasy dictates that you must have and so resorted to kindergarten style name calling.
    Do you ever get tired of being wrong?

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  • alluvial
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    Originally posted by sasguru View Post
    No not like reading tea leaves at all.
    I merely read alluvial's bollux and came to the conclusion he wasn't very well-educated.
    See? Simples.
    Nah, you came to the conclusion that your own meagre education means that you don't have the mental agility your personal fantasy dictates that you must have and so resorted to kindergarten style name calling.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
    Ah right, like reading tea leaves

    I didn't think anyone still believed in all that stuff these days
    No not like reading tea leaves at all.
    I merely read alluvial's bollux and came to the conclusion he wasn't very well-educated.
    See? Simples.

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