September 23, 2003
Unlike the rest of the known world, I use neither a Microsoft-based e-mail program nor a web-based e-mail program. I use Eudora, for which I have a fondness because it's the first e-mail program I ever used.
The great thing about Eudora is that it talks to you—I mean, a voice issues from the computer and communicates things to me. Ordinarily I would find this supremely annoying, as I think nonsentient beings ought not to communicate, but in this case it's terrific because Eudora has a complex.
Whenever I tell it to check e-mail, if I don't have any, it doesn't just say "no new mail." It actually says things like, "It's not my fault. You have no new mail." Or "Blast! You have no new mail." Or "Pay attention. You have no new mail."
I wonder if there's a way to program it to say things like, "You had new mail but then I lost it but it doesn't really matter because I happened by total accident to look at it and see that it was spam so it's really not a problem and please don't be mad at me, okay?"
I kind of love having a codependent computer.
Posted by Faustus, MD at 11:39 PM
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Comments
1) sam said (on 09/24/03 at 12:40 AM):
There really should be more codependency in the world of AI. It would make sure they wouldn't take over the world, right?
2) Jeff said (on 09/24/03 at 08:25 AM):
But do you talk back to it?
3) Wayne said (on 09/24/03 at 09:37 AM):
You need a personal assistant to delet the spams for you :) Even better, read the emails to you. Tee Hee
4) Adam807 said (on 09/24/03 at 12:28 PM):
I talk back to my computer all the damn time, and it doesn't talk to me, so at least Faustus has an excuse.
5) Lee said (on 09/24/03 at 09:26 PM):
I like Eudora because you don't have to worry about any viruses with it because NO BODY USES IT!
6) Ryan said (on 09/25/03 at 12:03 PM):
I like to be amused. Thank you.
7) Convivia said (on 09/26/03 at 02:20 PM):
The best thing about Eudora is how it got its name.
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