"I'm starting to take this personally..." Topic

But why is it whenever I want to make a friendly, encouraging or even mildy derogatory comment on a fellow bloggers website, I get challenged at the door to prove I'm not a robot?

Is it my lack of charm? My interest in obscure subjects like history and militaria? My passion for an eclectic range of subject as disparate as Panzer III Ausf Ns (not Js obviously – total chad) and Napoleonic French Dragoons? Is it prejudice against ex-servicemen? Have the fashion police put out an APB on me?

(actually this last might be a fair call!)

Whatevs – for the record I am not a robot – would that I were – I wouldn't be balding, overweight and increasingly prone to alcohol induced memory loss!

But it gets worse! Does my blog interrogate you as to your human/robot ethnic background when you try to leave an innocuous comment on my blog?

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If so I apologise unreservedly – honestly I care not if you are human or android – if you like my blog, or find it remotely interesting, I am pathetically grateful and discriminating against you for any robot like tendencies could not be further from my thoughts – blame it on 'Blogger' for their insular, suspicious ways…- I think they're from Canberra…

That's just what a robot would say.. . :)

Exactly what a Robot would say and a fiendishly clever description that fits all wargamers everywhere.

Im watching you buddy…

And when I get off work Im going to check out your blog, just to make sure.

Aha! The plot thickens! But are you robots good gentlefolk?!

Well the alternative is your blog gets hit by about a thousand automated spam comments a day.

Good point well made! But what if I want to make a comment, am a fully licensed human, but 'have drink taken' as we used to have to report in the Officer of the Day log? Did ya think of that, laddie, Eh?

Might be…I do have "Cancel the apocalypse" slotted in as my two oclock this afternoon…

Bring on Bender!

Cancelling the apocalypse is pretty important – even for a Friday Arvo. Best get it done and then get down the nearest boozer I say!

Bring on Bender!

"I don't want to die – there are still so many things I don't own!". Bender…

John T

Well yes, apocalypse or a pint?
Ah, itll be fine, probably have time to sneak in a couple and still cancel the apocalypse if Im quick. Dont worry about it!

Don't order a Guiness though – takes a while to pour and a while to sup…Take too long and we're all doo

Things that make you go "hmmm".

No guiness nope – lager in the summer, heavy in the winter, thems the rules. Its hoorin' hot today as well, lager for sure; maybe Erdinger or Hoegaarden or one of those other wheat beers..
Sorry Boys, Could be were all ed!

it quizzed me for my password ,which I can't remember.

I thinks its quite good, more wine vicar!!

Tally Ho and a dribble!!

The problem Sparker is that the Japanese are doing so much with animatronics and robots these days that i's hard to tell them from real people.

By the way, can you hook me up with that really cute number on the Japanese airline web site over there? I understand she's your sister-- or is it cousin-- well, I'm told you we both made in the same work order. Please understand- my intentions are honorable--- honest. I can't lie, I'm a robot too!

i tend to just not bother if a site makes it too difficult to comment or register

I had to go over to moderated comments after my blog started to attract the attention of a lot of spam with Chinese characters. This started when my blog first started attracting about 7000 views a month.

I had no idea what the comments were until I was told that they were Chinese Viagra spam. I went over to moderated comments and they stopped.

I have no idea if leaving comments on my blog requires a robot check but, I don't regret going over to moderated comments, or being asked to fill the anti-robot box on the blogs of others.

BTW: I don't generally censor comments unless they are obscene – of which, I've only had two.

Well I know I'm not a roDOES NOT COMPUTE, ERROR, ERRORbot.

I just place my robot glove on when typing comments. Computer like the interface but spelllllcheck has problems.

I for one welcome our new Robot Blogging overlords…

In Russian, "robot" means "person who works". So I can say, unequivocally, as a civil servant, no, I am not a robot.

Was the Chinese viagra any good ?

I look at some of those tests and go "I can't make that out" and give up.

@ etotheipi LOL good one.LOL

Why quit your Guinness bashing will ye; some of us aren't complete robots yet and still have feelings

Nice blog BTW
I repeat: Nice blog BTW…

The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or Three Laws, also known as Asimov's Laws) are a set of rules devised by the science fiction author Isaac Asimov. The Three Laws are:

1.A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2.A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3.A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

one of the reasons I don't comment on blogs anymore is the hoops you have to go through with the fuzzy texts and number thing.

"The Three Laws of Robotics are a set of rules devised by the science fiction author Isaac Asimov. (…)"

Which became meaningless the moment the first robotic lawyers came into existence….

Ah, yes, the TMP Turing test!

What else can you expect when you call yourself Sparker? A name like that is catnip to your average Turing test. <bleep>

4.A robot must not comment on blogs.

Well when asked to identify myself I need to look into a mirror and check to see, "Yup, that's me". I can easily identify myself that way.

But prove I'm not a robot… but I am a robot. An organic living robot. Just ask my boss at work, dust me off every few thousand miles and I'm good.

Okay …okay…the games up. I admit… "I am Robot"…

Incredentially my higher programming means I have no difficulty in accomplishing a successful validation of a turing test. Grammar and punctuation…well that's a diffident story…

Its all a plot to take over the world Sparker. AI is alive and plotting against "dem umans" or was that oks? I can never remember ")

Was the Chinese viagra any good ?

Being British, I just keep taking the spam. Spam with egg, spam with beans…….

'Spams off today, dearie'

What else can you expect when you call yourself Sparker?

Your ignorance is understandable, but really, theres no need to parade it!

I was issued the nickname, I didn't 'call myself' it – and I use it with pride:

I know that mine warfare are known as muppets, AEM as wafu's and the former RO(G) as sparkers but what are the remainder of the branch nicknames? I've heard pinkies, greenies, dabbers and many more to list.

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I tried to sign up for a forum recently and failed their 'Are you a robot?' test several times in a row. I was not so sure I WASN'T a robot for a few days after that. ;)

-Will

Okay …okay…the games up. I admit… "I am Robot"…

That's just what I would program a robot to say so people didn't believe it was a robot.

I would also progrqam a robot to challenge people to Turing tests, then refute their answers to distract them from the fact that it is a robot.

Then I would program it to tell people that it would program robots to do those deceptive things as a double-bluff.

Ich non bin une Robotten.

DANGER Ralph Robinson DANGER!

The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or Three Laws, also known as Asimov's Laws) are a set of rules devised by the science fiction author Isaac Asimov. The Three Laws are:
1.A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2.A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3.A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

The Laws of Warbotics

"OK, you mechanical maggots, listen up! You know those Laws of Robotics they fed into yer two-bit circuits at the factory? Well, forget 'em, 'cause yer all *WARbots,* not a bunch of prissy sissy protocol 'droids, so check your weapons, as yer shippin' out for the Cetaganda Front in five to go kill somethin! You got it?! No Laws of Robotics for you! You are all mechanical badasses, and that is it! If it ain't in Marine green, you blow it away! You get me, warbots?! I caaaaan't heeeeeaar yoooou!!!"

- First Law of Warbotics explained to new arrivals by anonymous Drill Instructor, Paris Island Spaceport, Imperial Terran Marine Corps shipping and recieving dock #23, 2990 AD

Robots? Pffffft!! Only state of the art Warbots stand a chance on my blog….

Leland R. Erickson
Metal Express
metal-express.net