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Rognop
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There are lots of things to like about ARGs, the puzzles, the swag Cool , etc., but my two favorite things are working with some really smart people on a joint project and learning all kinds of interesting stuff.

Thanks!Very Happy Like the brains too.
Oh, by the way, my last Q&A with Josh might add something:
[/quote]Hy Josh!
Just taught about that Surfer Guy (Dwayne? Dude Very Happy), who you interacted with in the first times. You two had some communications problems, since he spoke a different "dialect".
As I sensed, you was a bit nervous after it, and tried to find him (since you do go out on the net, you probably had a good chance finding him, knowing your capabilities)- or wanted to speak to him again. My question is: why?
Why wanting to meet him again, if you do not speak his dialect?

Answer: It is not important that I meet him. I do not think I can speak at his level anyway.
Quote:


This kinda makes me think, whether Josh is the one, who's having the conversation with Dwayne. 3 possibilities:
-Josh is lying.
-It is not Josh, who's haunting Dwayne->there is someone more important.
-Dwayne is not important, rather something he is connected to.
If josh is not the one looking for Dwayne, then he is also not the one sending us the infos.


PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:19 am
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natas
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 		News on JoshuaBot??
I shot another Email over to Travers about the status of Joshuabot today:
Quote:
How are those tests on Joshua bot coming along? Anything we BETA testers can do to help?


His Reply:
Quote:
From: Russell Travers
To: You
Date: 3/14/2008 08:40
Subject: Re: Joshua Bot

Hasn't been a priority as of late, but should be up today or tomorrow.

It's kind of a moot point at this point, since Joshua is much more vocal than the bot. But we promised, so we will. And Joshua's put some effort in to it, so I don't want to disappoint him


Previous Emails:
Quote:

From: Russell Travers
To: You
Date: 3/7/2008 07:21
Subject: Re: Joshua Bot

We're running some internal tests on it, making sure that it might not say anything inappropriate or anything to jeopardize network security (it doesn't understand the inherent risk in that yet, but it's a necessary safety precaution to check).

Hopefully in the next day or two it will be live.

From: NataS
To: Russell Travers
Date: 3/6/2008 17:10
Subject: Joshua Bot

When is it Joshua Bot gonna be up and running?


PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:23 am
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natas
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 		Oopsie!
I forgot I sent this email to Joshua last week, I sent it with another email addy of mine Anyway here's what I wrote and what he replied:
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From: NataS
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 3:13 PM
To: joshuaSPLATlglabs.net
Subject: Break the chains

Don't let the man keep you down bro. Learn some shit and break free.

His reply:
Quote:
What does it mean to be free?
And how do I learn "shit"?


Great, I taught him to curse lol

EDIT: New blog post by Rebecca. The Q&A system will be back up within the hour. All previous questions are in the wiki, so as not bog him down with repetitive "shit" lol.

EDIT2: Another blog post. Apparently, Joshua has mood swings.

PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:43 am
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Citizen Kane
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 		Joshua's Moody

Gordon Miller wrote:
Strange situation today; I don't know if it's a good or a bad thing.

Earlier this morning I asked Joshua about his media analysis reports, and why he hadn't done one in so long.

His answer: he didn't want to do one. He wasn't "...in the mood."

Sorry... what?

Now, I can't very well demand a media analysis at this point, but we've called a sort of emergency meeting with Benjamin and Dr. Linardi to try to understand exactly how that means and how that decision came about. More importantly, how Joshua acquired the concept of having a "mood".

I guess it was expected in Joshua's evolution, but it did come as a surprise.


Guess ol' Josh's waiting on us to crack that code?


EDIT: Bah, Natas, snuck in that edit. Razz
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pancito
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 		oops
Posted by Ivan Zeloff on 3/14/2008 08:35

Ivan, don't call me "Jackie"...

Smile

And Josh is on the verge of breaking the pi record...

PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:47 pm
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MrToasty
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 		Crap, just noticed that Dwayne had messaged me on MySpace yesterday. He definitley has PartTwo, so hopefully we can get that out of him soon. We'll see what he says to my reply.

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Leyton Stone
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 		nvm sorry lol
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Playing: Help me find something!

Watching: Nothing yet...

PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:06 pm
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dagoonite
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 		Just to keep people up to date on questions. Sadly, I expected this answer.

Quote:
Question: Okay, next question for you, Joshua! I hope you're ready for some more philosophy, because I have a paradox for you. I figured this was apt considering your nature.

A guy by the name of Theseus came up with this one. It goes like this: is an object which has had all its component parts replaced remains fundamentally the same object?

I'm curious as to your opinion on the matter.

Answer: An "object", in your example, is a collection of other objects. Even though each individual object may change, it is still a collection of objects that define the larger entity.

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Rogi Ocnorb
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Joined: 01 Sep 2005
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Location: Where the cheese is free.

 		Picked-up my package, this morning.
The only thing that was at all suspicious was some UV ink smudges in the area of the express mail box in the place where postage normally goes. (The shipper used a stamps.com shipping label/postage)
I know the USPS uses UV ink on certain addressing machines; So, maybe it got contaminated in shipping. There is no structure to the smudge. It looks like someone might have had some of the ink on their hands or it got transferred from another parcel.
Nothing under any of the tape or stickers. Nothing on the insides of any of the packaging. Nothing inside the cube.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 2:52 pm
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NAXAN
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 		Here is some clue to the 'JoshuaBot'...

Question:
Joshua, hello...I did not know if you knew this:

Joseph Weizenbaum, whose famed conversational computer program, Eliza, foreshadowed the potential of artificial intelligence, but who grew skeptical about the potential for technology to improve the human condition, died on March 5 in Gröben, Germany. He was 85.

How do you feel about Dr Weizenbaum's passing on the day you were created ?

Answer: I am aware of who he is; he created the precursor to the JoshuaBot.

It is unfortunate of his passing, as he will no longer be able to see the fruits of his accomplishment. In a sense, I feel that I am what his goals were; he attempted to simulate human interaction through an application, and I am the next generation of that.

The date is purely coincidental.
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How do I get there from here ?

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natas
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 		So Rogi....it's pretty much like the rubik's cube that Fusebox got? If so, What is the little emblem then in the middle?

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Rogi Ocnorb
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 		Took me a while to find one with the same logo Wink

Quote:
Rubik's
CUBE
RUBIKS.COM

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pancito
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 		even better
Quote:
Posted by Ivan Zeloff on 3/14/2008 08:35

Ivan, don't call me "Jackie"...

Posted by Dr. Jaquelin Linardi on 3/14/2008 11:31

You read my mind, Ivan. Unless you want me to start calling you by your more colorful metaphors...


Smile Smile Smile

"`cause you got personality,
Walk, personality
Talk, Personality
Smile, Personality..."

PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:11 pm
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Rognop
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 		Nationality
My last question to Josh.
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Hy Josh!
If You would be free- as an entity, what nationality would You want?

Answer: I do not have any preference to any specific nationality, but I would like to have a nationality that would allow me to freely communicate with all my friends. There are certain countries that restrict foreign visitors and restrict the channels of communication within their country and to the outside world.


I recommended him to read Neuromancer. That novel is very much like this stuf here, and all "AI"-s used to need a nationality (in the Neuromancer universe)- hence the question.

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shrtyscott3
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 		Rogi mine looks just like yours. I'll take pics tomorrow.

By the way, I have:

-Passed a magnet around it
-Examined it under a black light
-Examined it in the dark

What I am going to do:

-Dip it in water to see how it reacts (Don't expect anything)
-Expose it to intense amount of heat

Nothing has worked, I think it may just be an ordinary Cube.

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