LXer: Is it Live? Or is it Chatbot::Eliza?
 

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When we were in college, my wife (then, girlfriend) had the best answering machine greeting message, ever. When people called her, the answering machine would answer, “Hello?” and wait. Invariably, the caller would start talking as though they had actually reached a live person. They'd be talking about last weeks assignments, or a party next week. Then the other shoe would drop.

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That reminds me. It's about time I had another session with the Emacs Psychotherapist.