Padma

padma is an InfoBot IRC bot.

Examples:

Teaching

You can teach her like this:

<@mutante> padma, vogel is german for bird
<@padma> OK, mutante.

<@mutante> padma, the cool url is at http://fnord.org
<@padma> OK, mutante.

She listens to every "X is Y" sentence, also when her name is not mentioned, you just dont get an OK then.

<@mutante> snorkel is funny

Asking

<@mutante> padma, what is vogel?
<@padma> it has been said that vogel is german for bird

<@mutante> where is the cool url?
<@padma> the cool url is at http://fnord.org

Also for asking you dont need to mention her name every time.

<@mutante> snorkel?
<@padma> snorkel is, like, funny

RSS feeds

You can include the output of RSS feeds in padmas replies.

<@mutante> cnn is <rss="http://rss.cnn.com/rss/cnn_world.rss">
<@mutante> cnn?
<@padma> mutante: Japan PM 'suffers election blow'; Celebratory gunfire greets Iraq soccer victory; Taliban: Hostages will die Monday; Lightning kills five climbers; PM Brown visits 'strong' U.S. ally; Freed doctor leaves Australia; $20B arms sale to Saudis in works; Embattled Musharraf meets with Bhutto; Iraqis try to save ruling coalition; Stranded Gazans may get to return

You can use any feed adress and include it in any answer you teach padma.

Randomizing answers

To put a little more fun in teaching you can give severeal answers which are used randomized.

<@mutante> a random number is 5|17|23|42
<@mutante> a random number?
<@padma> a random number is probably 42
<@mutante> a random number?
<@padma> a random number is 5

<@mutante> boy george is hot|not|no comment
<@mutante> boy george?
<@padma> i guess george is not
<@mutante> boy george?
<@padma> george is hot

TO BE EXTENDED ..

Also see: InfoBot, Flooterbuck & Infobot Guide.