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  1. h1. Lampstand
  3. Lampstand is a bot written for #maelfroth by Nicholas 'Aquarion' Avenell,
  4. who can be reached at nicholas at aquarionics dot com. It basically does
  5. stuff Aquarion thinks is cool, or that people have suggested. A synergy of
  6. -both is more likely to happn than the latter, to be honest.
  7. +both is more likely to happen than the latter, to be honest.
  9. These are (most of) the things it does:
  11. -h2. Hug Reaction
  12. +h2. Bible Reaction
  13. +
  14. +@Lampstand: Rev 2:5@
  15. +
  16. +21:52 [Lampstand] Aquarion, Revelation 2:5 [5]Remember therefore from
  17. +where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I
  18. +will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you
  19. +repent. [ESV]
  20. +
  21. +Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright
  22. +©2001 by <a href="http://www.crosswaybibles.org">Crossway Bibles</a>, a
  23. +publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights
  24. +reserved. Text provided by the <a
  25. +href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/services/">Crossway Bibles Web
  26. +Service</a>.
  27. +
  28. +h2. Boxes
  29. +
  30. +@Lampstand: Open the box@
  31. +
  32. +@[Lampstand] (describes what it finds)@
  33. +
  34. +(The boxes come from SJGames' "Warehouse 23
  35. +basement":http://www.warehouse23.com/basement/box/)
  36. +
  37. +h2. Choose
  38. +
  39. +@Lampstand: choose Toast, jam or sandwiches?@
  40. +[Lampstand] Jam
  41. +
  42. +(You are advised not to ask Lampstand "Cake or death". Results may be
  43. +unpredicatable).
  44. +
  45. +(This is now requires the "choose" in order that I can recognise choose
  46. +requests as distinct from other times you might want to use the word "or")
  47. +
  48. +h2. Cutout
  49. +
  50. +Lampstand attempts to guess when over-long lines get cut out. This
  51. +functionality is not complete yet.
  52. +
  53. +h2. Dice
  54. +
  55. +@Lampstand: Roll 4d6+12@
  56. +
  57. +11:00 [Aquarion] Lampstand: Roll 4d6+12
  58. +11:00 [Lampstand] Aquarion, You rolled 4d6, you got [3, 1, 6, 4] +12 = 26
  59. +
  60. +@Lampstand: Roll lowest4 6d6+12@
  61. +
  62. +11:00 [Aquarion] Lampstand: Roll lowest4 6d6+12
  63. +11:00 [Lampstand] Aquarion, You rolled [ 3, 4, 6, 4, 6, 5 ], kept [ 3, 4,
  64. +4, 5 ] Total 16 +12 = 28
  65. +
  66. +(the "lowest4" keyword there can be "lowest" and then any number to catch
  67. +the bottom set, "best" and then a number to get the top set, and can also
  68. +be prefixed with "open" to get open-ended dice rolls. Feel free to ask
  69. +((~ccooke)) what this means, as he wrote the code for it)
  70. +
  71. +h2. Dictionary
  72. +
  73. +@Lampstand: look up tea@
  74. +
  75. +bq. 09:48 [Lampstand] Tea Tea (t[=e]), n. [Chin. tsh[=a], Prov. Chin. te:
  76. +cf. F. th['e].] 1. The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree ({Thea
  77. +Chinensis} or {Camellia Chinensis}). The shrub is a native of China, but
  78. +has been introduced to some extent into some other countries. [1913
  79. +Webster] Note: Teas are classed as green or black, according to their
  80. +color or appearance, the kinds being distinguished also by various other
  81. +characteristic differences,... <br/> 09:48 [Lampstand] ... as of taste,
  82. +odor, and the like. The color, flavor, and quality are dependent upon the
  83. +treatment which the leaves receive after being gathered. The leaves for
  84. +green tea are heated, or roasted slightly, in shallow pans over a wood
  85. +fire, almost immediately after being gathered, after which they are rolled
  86. +with the hands upon a table, to free them from a portion of their moisture,
  87. +and to twist them, and are then quickly [Cut for length]
  88. +
  89. +
  90. +h2. Eightball
  91. +
  92. +@Lampstand: Ask the 8-ball: Should I document Lampstand fully?@
  93. +[Lampstand] All signs point to yes.
  94. +
  95. +
  96. +h2. Generic
  97. +
  98. +There are a number of static responses under this umbrella. Try "Open the
  99. +pod bay doors" or "make me a sandwich". Collect them all!
  100. +
  101. +h2. Haiku
  102. +
  103. +Lampstand collects haiku-form phrases from channel. Currently these are
  104. +broadcast to #lampstand.
  105. +
  106. +h2. How Long
  107. +
  108. +
  109. +@Lampstand: How long until Event I?@
  110. +[Lampstand] Event I is in 2 days, 2 hours, 9 minutes
  111. +
  112. +You can also ask Lampstand when something is:
  113. +
  114. +@Lampstand: When is until Event I?@
  115. +[Lampstand] Event I starts Friday 21st March 2008 at 18:00
  116. +
  117. +Or for arbitrary dates:
  118. +
  119. +Lampstand: How long until 2010-07-12?
  120. +[Lampstand] 2010-07-12 00:00 is in 14 days, 12 minutes, 31 seconds.
  121. +
  122. +(You can say "12th July" or "07/12/10". Note that it uses american style
  123. +slash-syntax, so avoid that)
  124. +
  125. +This also works in /query, you don't need to prefix it with Lampstand:
  126. +though. You can find a list of events Lampstand knows about at
  127. +"Maelfroth.org/events":http://www.maelfroth.org/events, which includes a
  128. +iCal export for your favourite calendar system. New events should be
  129. +submitted to aquarion at maelfroth dot org
  130. +
  131. +h2. Hugs
  133. @/me hugs Lampstand@
  135. -* 10:52 * Aquarion hugs Lampstand
  136. -* 10:52 * Lampstand gives Aquarion chocolate
  137. +10:52 * Aquarion hugs Lampstand
  138. +10:52 * Lampstand gives Aquarion chocolate
  140. @/msg Lampstand give me toast @
  141. @/me hugs Lampstand@
  143. -* 10:54 * Aquarion hugs Lampstand
  144. -* 10:54 * Lampstand gives Aquarion toast
  145. +10:54 * Lampstand gives Aquarion toast
  147. -h2. Whowas Reaction
  149. -@Hello!@
  150. +h2. Insults
  152. -* 10:54 [Aquarion] Hello!
  153. +@Lampstand: insult McWonerite@
  155. -@Lampstand: Have you seen Aquarion?@
  156. +11:02 [Lampstand] McWonerite, Thou clouted fool-born codpiece!
  158. -* 10:54 [Aquarion] Lampstand: Have you seen Aquarion?
  159. -* 10:54 [Lampstand] I last saw Aquarion on Sat, 08 March 08 at 10:54
  160. -saying Hello!
  161. +h2. Items
  163. -h2. Dice Reaction
  164. +Lampstand has an inventory. You can give him things like this:
  166. -@Lampstand: Roll 4d6+12@
  167. +@/me gives Lampstand pancakes@
  168. +[Lampstand] Taken "pancakes"
  170. -* 11:00 [Aquarion] Lampstand: Roll 4d6+12
  171. -* 11:00 [Lampstand] Aquarion, You rolled 4d6, you got [3, 1, 6, 4] +12 =
  172. -26
  173. +And get him to drop things like this:
  175. -h2. Insult Reaction
  176. +@Lampstand: Drop pancakes@
  177. +[Lampstand] Dropped "pancakes"
  179. -@Lampstand: insult FailWemic @
  180. +You could also try:
  182. -* 11:02 [Aquarion] Lampstand: insult FailWemic
  183. -* 11:02 [Lampstand] FailWemic, Thou clouted fool-born codpiece!
  184. +* @Lampstand: Attack $personsname@
  185. +* @Lampstand: Do science@
  186. +* @Lampstand: What have I forgotten?@
  187. +* @Lampstand: are you pondering what I'm pondering?@
  188. +* @Lampstand: examine item@
  189. +* @Lampstand: misquote benjamin franklin@
  191. -h2. Bible Reaction
  192. +h2. Quote
  194. -@Lampstand: Rev 2:5@
  195. +11:02 [Quarn] highly amusing one-liner!
  196. +11:02 [Aquarion] Lampstand: Quote Quarn
  197. +11:02 [Lampstand] Okay, quoting "Quarn: highly amusing one-liner!"
  199. -* 21:52 [Lampstand] Aquarion, Revelation 2:5 [5]Remember therefore from
  200. -where you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. If not, I
  201. -will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you
  202. -repent. [ESV]
  203. +These get added to the "Quotes file":http://www.maelfroth.org/quotes
  204. +moderation queue.
  206. -Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright
  207. -&copy;2001 by <a href="http://www.crosswaybibles.org">Crossway Bibles</a>,
  208. -a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All
  209. -rights reserved. Text provided by the <a
  210. -href="http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/share/services/">Crossway Bibles Web
  211. -Service</a>.
  212. +It will do one line, if you want to quote context, please use the "normal
  213. +submit form":http://www.maelfroth.org/quotes/index.cgi?action=submit
  214. +
  215. +h2. Weblinks
  216. +
  217. +Lampstand watches for people mentioning links on channel, which then get
  218. +archived at "Maelfroth.org/Links":http://www.maelfroth.org/links.php
  219. +
  220. +h2. What Is
  221. +
  222. +@Lampstand: Define the world as a place where we live@
  223. +[Lampstand] If you say so.
  224. +
  225. +@Lampstand: What is the world?@
  226. +@[Lampstand] A place where we live@
  227. +
  228. +
  229. +h2. Who was / Last seen
  230. +
  231. +@Hello!@
  232. +
  233. +10:54 [Aquarion] Hello!
  234. +@Lampstand: Have you seen Aquarion?@
  235. +
  236. +10:54 [Aquarion] Lampstand: Have you seen Aquarion?
  237. +10:54 [Lampstand] I last saw Aquarion on Sat, 08 March 08 at 10:54 saying
  238. +Hello!

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