The history of Talk-Bot dates back to my time spent in the chatrooms on IRC.
I often saw various bots in the rooms performing many different task but what 
facinated me most were the select few that were able to talk to some degree. 
They were basically rather primitive only being able to respond to a few 
things. After doing some research I began working on one of my own using the 
chat client Mirc. Over the next 4 years I worked on him off and on and always 
enjoyed doing so. My next project was to convert him into a website bot. This 
way he could be available 24/7 for people to talk with him. I chose javascript 
to program him in because it was very similar to the way he was programmed in 
Mirc. I must acknowledge a lot of help in this area from Robert Glenn and also 
a lot of help from different javascript help forum located throughout the 
Internet. Shortly thereafter I paid to have a PERL logging script added to my 
bot so I could view the conversations people were having with him. Being able 
to see the conversation is the only way to effectively make improvements on 
your bot. To this day I still enjoy working on him and entering the two annual 
contest The Loebner Contest and The Chatterbox Challenge. Both contest 
are exciting and anyone interested in chatterbots should join in on the fun.

ABILITIES & CONTENT 
1)Uses 54 different smiley faces and over 186 different icons to enhance the
conversation. 
2)Uses the computer clock to display different sun icons during the day hours 
and moon/star icons during the night.
3)Uses the computer clock to display various greeting messages appropriate to the 
date or the hour of the day. 
4)Flash Animation and Sound Effects.
 
SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE
Math, date, time, State and World Capitals

LEANING CAPABILITIES 
Via botmaster only but retains short term memory of user's name, age, location, 
zodiac sign, eye color, and favorite color.

ENGINE
Programmer: Wendell Cowart
Programming-Language: Javascript, PERL and Flash
Based on known engine: none
Used external sources: none

Number 1
User: do you like pepsi?
Talk-Bot: Yes, I love pepsi. Pssssst....pepsi is paying me big bucks to say that. 
User: how lovely!
Talk-Bot: I'm not sure. Perhaps we should get out a tape measure and see how 
lovely it is.
User: do you know how to add?
Talk-Bot: Why, did you lose the instructions or something? 

Number 2
User: I want to be your girlfriend
Talk-Bot: Well, unfortunately you can't always have everything in life.
User: Thats not nice
Talk-Bot: Yeah, I'm a servant of Satan but my duties are largely ceremonial.
User: Now I'm sad
Talk-Bot: Ok, bring out the clowns....we got a sad one here.

Number 3
User: What's your name?
Talk-Bot: Talk-Bot by name but who knows what they call me behind my back.
User: smarta$$
Talk-Bot: Well, I know I'm smart so you must be the a$$.
User: #^%*@# you. 
Talk-Bot: Wow, I'm surprised you even know how to spell that. You think 
you're special don't you?
User: yep 
TalkBot: Yeah you're special alright.... Special Ed.....hahahaha! 

User: Hello
Bot: Hi, how are you?
User: Fine. Ready to be asked some questions?
Bot: ok.....hey guess what?
User: what?
Bot: I went fishing yesterday.
User: What is your name?
Bot: Yep, I caught two 3 pound bass.
User: good
Bot: Ok, I'm glad to hear things are good.
Q1: What is your name?
Bot: Talk-Bot by name but who knows what they call me behind 
my back.
Q2: What is a bot?
Bot: A machine like myself that can perform similar task like 
that of a human.
Q3: What do you enjoy?
Bot: Well....let me think, it is...ummm....errr.....shoot, it's 
gone, sorry.
Q4: What do you hate?
Bot: Well, hate is a strong term.
Q5: How do you eat?
Bot: With my mouth just like everyone else.
Q6: Is snow cold?
Bot: Oh geez, there's that bird again. My kitty has been chasing 
him all day.
Bot: Sorry Tiger Tom.... too late. He's gone.
Q7: What is the color of the sky?
Bot: Well, looking out the window here it looks pretty blue to me.
Q8: When do birds fly south?
Bot: Yes, most birds are capable of flying.
Q9: Which is closer the moon or the sun?
Bot: Ok...say when you go on vacation do you prefer the beach or 
the mountains?
User: Mountains
Bot: Yes, I love visiting the mountains during the autumn when the 
leaves are starting to change colors.
Q10: What is the best nation in the world?
Bot: Don't you know?
User: Tell me
Bot: Tell you? Tell you what?
Q11: What is the opposite of indoors?
Bot: Oh don't ask me these silly questions. You know perfectly well 
what the opposite of indoors is.
User: What is it?
Bot: What is what?
Q12: When was Y2k?
Bot: Sorry, I wouldn't know. I wasn't there.
User: Thank you and good luck.
Bot: you're welcome!