discussion What is a robot ?

[colin m]

As I write this message (0644), there are the following on the forum. 2 members, 18 guests and 15 robots - what are the robots ?

Colin M.

 

[Guest]

They are Bots. Google, Yahoo, and other large Search engine companies use them to trawl websites.

 

[Guest]

R2D2, C3PO and HAL all use this site Colin ..... did you not know that ?

I'll get ma coat ..........

 

[Guest]

colin u forgot the main one...............................Roman the kit robot lol

mobear

 

[Guest]

Hey guys you forgot K-9

 

[Guest]

They are the things that hand out burgers at McDonalds!!

 

[yak face]

110100011110001011 !

 

[Alan 45]

Know ones mentioned the robot from lost in space "DANGER COLIN M! DANGER!!! " flailing arms to boot

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Robbie the Robot, Marvin the Paraniod robot, Sir Killalot, Hewie, Lewie and Dewie, Kryton and Twiki, and Kryton (RD)

Adrian

 

[Alan 45]

Robbie the Robot, Marvin the Paraniod robot, Sir Killalot, Hewie, Lewie and Dewie, Kryton and Twiki, and Kryton (RD)Adrian

You forgot Malcolm from Disney's the black hole I think Roddy McDowell played the voice for it

 

[Gern]

Robbie the Robot, Marvin the Paraniod robot, Sir Killalot, Hewie, Lewie and Dewie, Kryton and Twiki, and Kryton (RD)Adrian

Alas Ade, Marvin is not a robot, he's a paranoid android. Getting his name wrong is just one more thing he's gonna get depressed about - him and his brain the size of a planet!

Gern

 

[Guest]

lol

 

[colin m]

Thank you so much. The real answer came from the new boy Wilko. The rest of you though, good lord, the mind boggles. And Tony, typing that word, even in binary, naughty step for you !

Now then, I wonder dare I do this, yes another question. What are they doing then ?

 

[Gern]

And Tony, typing that word, even in binary, naughty step for you !quote]So just what is special about 198539?

Gern

 

[Guest]

Its 214923 isn't it ??

Or is my base 2 ''spider-sense'' playing up?

 

[Guest]

Now then, I wonder dare I do this, yes another question. What are they doing then ?

Sensible head on then.....

Bots are automated scripts popped out on the t'interweb by search engines like Google yahoo etc.

They drift around the internet indexing all the content for forums, social media sites etc so the search engines can provide this as added content when someone searches for a particular subject.

That's it in a very basic explanation, there's lots more to it than this but I'd bore you senseless.

 

[Gern]

Its 214923 isn't it ??Or is my base 2 ''spider-sense'' playing up?

Quite right Col. I set up a little spreadsheet to find out and got one of my columns upside down!

So now I want to know just what is so special about 214923!

Tony? Hello? Where has that boy got to? TONY!

Incidentally, did you know there are only 10 types of people in this world?

Those who understand binary and those who don't.

Gern

 

[Guest]

Incidentally, did you know there are only 10 types of people in this world?

Those who understand binary and those who don't.

Gern

Ha ha ha ....classic !!

 

[Gern]

Ha ha ha ....classic !!

There is a theory (only a theory mind) that there are actually 11 types of people.

Those who understand binary, those who don't understand it and those who have no idea what I'm talking about!

Gern

 

[Guest]

Nothing wrong with a few inteli-jokes Dave!