[alicebot-archcomm] alicebot.org server status

Thu, 15 Aug 2002 17:57:51 -0700

That's not a correction.  That's a restatement of what I said.  They would
not return phone calls or emails from the Chairman of the Board.  With
respect to Board Trusteeship, this constitutes gross negligence in the eyes
of the law.  The perception of "abuse" is entirely subjective and not based
on any objective facts.

Rich

----- Original Message -----
From: "Noel Bush" <noel@alicebot.org>
To: <alicebot-archcomm@alice.sunlitsurf.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [alicebot-archcomm] alicebot.org server status

> Correction, o doctor.  We wouldn't return calls and emails from *you*.
> You're well aware of why.  You're well aware that you ceased
> corresponding with any degree of civility quite some time ago.  Do you
> expect people to endlessly indulge your abuse?
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Dr. Richard S. Wallace" <drwallace@alicebot.org>
> Reply-To: alicebot-archcomm@alice.sunlitsurf.com
> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 17:37:00 -0700
>
> >A big problem with Noel and Nika was non-communication.   They would not
> >return emails or phone calls for months at a time.  I am not sure how to
> >solve this problem easily for non-local people.
> >
> >Rich
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Anne Kootstra" <anne.kootstra@chello.nl>
> >To: <alicebot-archcomm@alice.sunlitsurf.com>
> >Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 2:12 PM
> >Subject: RE: [alicebot-archcomm] alicebot.org server status
> >
> >
> >> Do remember that the community is a global one. Therefor it would make
> >sence
> >> that the board should reflect that. Having boardmembers only from the
Bay
> >> area, whether or not they are qualified, should be considered a
temporary
> >> solution if at all.
> >>
> >> Nevertheless, since Silicon Valley does have some influence on what is
hot
> >> or not in the virtual world - I am happy that the community is being
> >> noticed.
> >>
> >> --Anne
> >>
> >> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> >> Van: alicebot-archcomm-admin@alice.sunlitsurf.com
> >> [mailto:alicebot-archcomm-admin@alice.sunlitsurf.com]Namens Dr. Richard
> >> S. Wallace
> >> Verzonden: donderdag 15 augustus 2002 22:40
> >> Aan: alicebot-archcomm@alice.sunlitsurf.com
> >> Onderwerp: Re: [alicebot-archcomm] alicebot.org server status
> >>
> >>
> >> > > And another person - preferrable from your face-to-face community -
> >> > > should handle all that linux stuff, thus being a kind of
servermaster
> >>
> >> It is a remarkable blessing in my life that, during the past year, "two
> >> worlds have merged."  I used to have the problem for many years that, I
> >> lived one life inside my computer with all my ALICE friends, who were
> >> numerous but scattered around the world, and another life here in
Silicon
> >> Valley, where there was a kind of parallel universe of history that
didn't
> >> seem to involve ALICE and AIML at all.
> >>
> >> This past year however I can barely walk out the door without someone
> >> mentioning ALICE, bots, chatbots, program D, program E, and the rest of
> >our
> >> alphabet soup.  Now that the Internet Bubble has burst, Bot Fever has
> >> gripped Silicon Valley at last.   Actual profitable companies here in
the
> >> Bay Area are touting AIML wares, asking me to lunch, and inviting me to
> >> speak at conferences.  Even my friends from the parallel world are
> >starting
> >> to wonder what is up with this bot stuff, and how can they get a piece
of
> >> the action.
> >>
> >> Thanks to this blessed merging of two worlds, I now have the luxury for
> >the
> >> first time of recruiting Foundation volunteers from the local scene.
It
> >> was amazing to have people come together from all over the world to
> >> volunteer to work on ALICE and AIML.  But let's face it, we all know by
> >now
> >> that relationships cannot be built on e-mail alone.  There are too many
> >> pitfalls and too many chances for misunderstandings.  We human robots
> >still
> >> need that face-to-face contact for some reason, even if we can't
exactly
> >say
> >> why yet.
> >>
> >> A Board that can actually meet and look each other in the eye is vastly
> >> preferable to one limited to email, IM chat and expensive long distance
> >> phone calls.   Thank goodness AIML is now big enough that we've finally
> >been
> >> discovered by Silicon Valley.
> >>
> >> Rich
> >>
> >>
> >>
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