My understanding was that anything which does not have the plumbing required for procreation, would inherently be hermaphroditic.
Therefore properly, it, should be an it. On 10/16/07, Brandon Stout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Clint Savage wrote: > > I'm under the impression that I either missed something, or that most > > people understand that the blootbot maintained by Tim Riker is, at > > least in our channels (#utah, #utos, #ubuntu-utah, #uphpu, etc), > > indeed *is* a girl. > > > > I got this impression from several macros and other things. The > > question I'm asking here isn't the gender of our little blootbot. But > > rather, what's the history and how did it come to be that I, and > > others I've talked with, think that ibot,jbot,infobot is a female? > > > > Just an interesting thought that crossed my mind this morning. Maybe > > I'm off my rocker, but thought I'd ask anyway. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Clint > > > > /* > > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > > Don't fear the penguin. > > */ > > > > Run these in IRC: > > ~blast [somenick] > ~cry > > blootbot/infobot/ibot/jbot responds with: > > ***infobot pulls her blaster and uses [somenick] for target practice > ***infobot cries and sobs until she nearly drowns in her own tears. > > That's why I call infobot a girl... though anyone could define a > response with 'him' and 'he'. Perhaps it's like a captain refering to > his ship; something like: "She's South of our destination, take her north". > > Brandon Stout > http://mscis.org > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
