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z@ph0d
  zaph0d AT curztech DOT com
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  XKCD IRC Bot blocks duplicate comments[->] 2008-01-27 12:18 z@ph0d

Submitted by z@ph0d on Sunday January 27 2008, @12:18PM
z@ph0d writes "XKCD implemented a bot in one of their IRC channels that moderates the channel by muting duplicated comments. So far it has the last two years of logs to look through. From the blag post:

what if you were only allowed to say sentences that had never been said before, ever? A bot with access to the full channel logs could kick you out when you repeated something that had already been said. There would be no "all your base are belong to us", no "lol", no "asl", no "there are no girls on the internet". No "I know rite", no "hi everyone", no "morning sucks." Just thoughtful, full sentences.

And, a link to the code."
http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/01/14/robot9000-and-xkcd-signal-attacking-noise-in-chat/
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  xkcd s/n ratio bot[->] 2008-01-23 17:53 z@ph0d

Submitted by z@ph0d on Wednesday January 23 2008, @05:53PM
z@ph0d writes "xkcd had a thought on improving the S/N ration of their channel, straight from the post: And then I had an idea — what if you were only allowed to say sentences that had never been said before, ever? A bot with access to the full channel logs could kick you out when you repeated something that had already been said. There would be no "all your base are belong to us", no "lol", no "asl", no "there are no girls on the internet". No "I know rite", no "hi everyone", no "morning sucks." Just thoughtful, full sentences."
http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/01/14/robot9000-and-xkcd-signal-attacking-noise-in-chat/
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  Science: French Train Breaks Speed Record 2007-04-03 13:53

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday April 03 2007, @01:53PM
from the zooom dept.
Josh Fink writes "A French train on the TGV line has broken the wheeled train speed record - again. At a speed of 350 miles per hour, they came close to breaking the all time record of 361 miles per hour, held by a Japanese maglev train. It was last broken back in 1990. From the article: 'The TGV, short for "train a grande vitesse," as France's bullet trains are called, is made up of three double-decker cars between two engines. It has been equipped with larger wheels than the usual TGV to cover more ground with each rotation and a stronger, 25,000-horsepower engine, said Alain Cuccaroni, in charge of the technical aspects of testing.'"
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