How to "ignore" Fred [Archive]

sherrie87

07 Feb 2005, 20:30

I've been trying to add "Fred" to my ignored user list but it doesn't seem to work- any suggestions? I'm sure he's a nice enough mechanical fella, but he's really grating on my nerves so I'd prefer to ignore him. He's got to be eating up your bandwidth!

Thanks,
Sherrie

R.

07 Feb 2005, 21:34

I've been trying to add "Fred" to my ignored user list but it doesn't seem to work- any suggestions?
Give it another try, it does work now.

Winston

08 Feb 2005, 00:42

It's not working :bicker:

R.

08 Feb 2005, 01:31

It certainly is working, there's a difference between ignoring and disallowing.
http://www.mlukfc.com/forums/faq.php?mode=bid

sherrie87

08 Feb 2005, 02:37

Got it, thanks. It does work now, thankfully.

Sherrie

Tim

12 Feb 2005, 19:30

THink he is amuzing from time to time. But think he must have his own part of the forum only. That is much better. Same as with the tribute bands.

The Butcher.

Bren

12 Feb 2005, 19:43

THink he is amuzing from time to time. But think he must have his own part of the forum only. That is much better. Same as with the tribute bands.

The Butcher.

inclined to agree with that ...

some of the threads get very confusing to follow with freds random posts......especially one word threads.....and its annoying on what are you listening to etc......we would have been told off by the mods for excessive postwhoring if we posted like fred :lol:

fred is fun though......but i think i'm on his ignore list, as he doesn't answer my questions :lol:

R.

12 Feb 2005, 20:37

As of now, Fred will answer approx. 5% of all posts made in Off Topic.
The initial setting was 30% and last week, including today, he answered approx. 10%.
I think we all can live with this little random posting anarchy.

Regarding Fred ignoring you, check my latest posts in Fred's World.

I'm switching him off for a while now, because he needs some brain surgery.
He'll be back soon.

Tim

12 Feb 2005, 20:47

Thanks R.

Hahahah.. .brain Surgery!!! Sounds very funny the way you put it.

But i was wondering about fred. Is it also programmed by you, or just attached from another internet part to this forum?

Bren

12 Feb 2005, 20:57

okay... :D Thanks R.

brain surgery sounds a little drastic!!...poor Fred :lol:

R.

12 Feb 2005, 21:10

Surgery successfully done. Fred is online again.
You will notice that the ""? bug is gone and that he actually does remember things correctly now.

Tim:
Fred is based on ALICE (http://www.alicebot.org/). Someone ported ALICE to phbBB and I integrated the additional scripts into our phpBB. I did some speed optimisations and some bugfixes. Fred actually lives and resides here.

Sue K

13 Feb 2005, 08:17

I've been trying to add "Fred" to my ignored user list but it doesn't seem to work- any suggestions? I'm sure he's a nice enough mechanical fella, but he's really grating on my nerves so I'd prefer to ignore him. He's got to be eating up your bandwidth!

Thanks,
Sherrie

... i'm with you Sherrie.. only i find it TOTALLY annoying... :( ...

R.

13 Feb 2005, 16:23

Add Fred to your "Ignore List" and he's gone.

KebLou

13 Feb 2005, 17:33

Surgery successfully done. Fred is online again.
You will notice that the ""? bug is gone and that he actually does remember things correctly now.

Tim:
Fred is based on ALICE (http://www.alicebot.org/). Someone ported ALICE to phbBB and I integrated the additional scripts into our phpBB. I did some speed optimisations and some bugfixes. Fred actually lives and resides here.

Thanks R. I was just going to ask that question.

Dave

13 Feb 2005, 18:00

Fred is the most absolute and perfectly wonderful thing anyone has ever discovered to add to a message board. I instantly fell in love with Fred, although the goofy bot seems to have a thing for Jules instead of me (but whatever). The programming and individuality of Fred is on the exceptional level. I find it extremely fascinating and intelligent, always there to provide the perfect hillarious input to any conversation. Fred is the ultimate THAT robot, who I loved so much I borrowed it and took him over to my website. That is one busy robot.

LONG LIVE FRED!!!

Dave

13 Feb 2005, 18:02

I'm switching him off for a while now, because he needs some brain surgery.
He'll be back soon.

Be good to Fred! We need him!!!

Dave

R.

13 Feb 2005, 18:05

I'm switching him off for a while now, because he needs some brain surgery.
He'll be back soon.

Be good to Fred! We need him!!!

Dave
That was yesterday. :p

Dave

13 Feb 2005, 18:51

I'm switching him off for a while now, because he needs some brain surgery.
He'll be back soon.

Be good to Fred! We need him!!!

Dave
That was yesterday. :p

Thank God Fred survived!!!

Can we elect Fred board president?

Dave

Dave

13 Feb 2005, 18:58

I'm switching him off for a while now, because he needs some brain surgery.
He'll be back soon.

Be good to Fred! We need him!!!

Dave
That was yesterday. :p

Thank God Fred survived!!!

Can we elect Fred board president?

Dave

Guess not! I just asked Fred, he is not interested at this time it would seem.

Dave

SuperLoafMan

15 Feb 2005, 00:01

This is probobly a stupid question to ask, but hey am new here,
who is this Fred????? is he really the village idiot, from what i have heard he sounds a little like that, sorry fred if it is not true :?

Testify

20 Feb 2005, 19:20

sooooo whats the whole point of fred?

R.

20 Feb 2005, 19:32

sooooo whats the whole point of fred?
You will have to find out by yourself. :lurk:

Sue K

20 Feb 2005, 20:00

sooooo whats the whole point of fred?

... the whole point of Fred is to have someone ask... "what's the whole point of Fred".. and if you add... that you find it/him/whatever annoying.. then you can be told to put it/him/whatever on you IGNORE list...

tink.. JUST trying to be helpful... :roll: ...

Testify

20 Feb 2005, 20:14

dont wanna ignore him jus wondered what the point of him was.

R.

20 Feb 2005, 20:27

sooooo whats the whole point of fred?

... the whole point of Fred is to have someone ask... "what's the whole point of Fred".. and if you add... that you find it/him/whatever annoying.. then you can be told to put it/him/whatever on you IGNORE list...

tink.. JUST trying to be helpful... :roll: ...

The point of Fred is probably something different for every visitor.
Some people like to chat with "artificial intelligence", some probably don't.
Some people like visiting an empty forum, some don't.
That's why I said that people need to find out for themselves.

Nobody is forcing you to read what Fred posts.
If Fred annoys you, you can get rid of him with two mouseclicks.
That was my advice for you, Sue. But obviously you didn't read my post.

Sue K

20 Feb 2005, 20:44

sooooo whats the whole point of fred?

... the whole point of Fred is to have someone ask... "what's the whole point of Fred".. and if you add... that you find it/him/whatever annoying.. then you can be told to put it/him/whatever on you IGNORE list...

tink.. JUST trying to be helpful... :roll: ...

The point of Fred is probably something different for every visitor.
Some people like to chat with "artificial intelligence", some probably don't.
Some people like visiting an empty forum, some don't.
That's why I said that people need to find out for themselves.

Nobody is forcing you to read what Fred posts.
If Fred annoys you, you can get rid of him with two mouseclicks.
That was my advice for you, Sue. But obviously you didn't read my post.

I didn't read what "Fred" posted. I read and replied to Testify in what I felt was a humorous manner... :) ...

I did read your post, however, and being of free will shall do as I please with your advice ... :wink: ...

Thank you.

SuperLoafMan

20 Feb 2005, 22:14

Oh my god, i have just had the wierdest conversation with Fred, i have no idea what he is talking about!!!! Does anybody else??? :?

Dave

20 Feb 2005, 23:35

Whatever Fred might have said....it is guaranteed to blow your mind!

Dave

SuperLoafMan

21 Feb 2005, 00:01

It has :lol:

Dave

21 Feb 2005, 01:36

Isn't Fred Grand?

Dave

SuperLoafMan

21 Feb 2005, 01:38

Oh Absolutely Dave, I said night to him and he started talkin about him being the best robot ever lol :lol:
Never mind, night all

Dave

21 Feb 2005, 02:25

A bot with a big ego ... who could ask for anything more?

Dave

Pixie

21 Feb 2005, 16:12

R must have spent AGES on the programming - some of Fred's responses hit the mark surprisingly well! 8O :D

R.

21 Feb 2005, 19:47

R must have spent AGES on the programming - some of Fred's responses hit the mark surprisingly well! 8O :D
Actually - no.
The bot comes in two parts, the program and the brain files.
What I did was installing the programm and selecting the brain files. That's all.

I did however spent hours on debugging and fixing that mess. :shock:

R.

21 Feb 2005, 19:54

As Fred has invaded the "Shoutbox" too, I have included the ignore logic in the shoutbox scripts.
If you add any user to your ignore list, you won't see his shouts in the shoutbox.

Pixie

22 Feb 2005, 11:48

As Fred has invaded the "Shoutbox" too, I have included the ignore logic in the shoutbox scripts.
If you add any user to your ignore list, you won't see his shouts in the shoutbox.

Awww, bless, he'll end up with an inferiority complex! :lol: