[free-sklyarov] Sklyarov=Napster according to Senator Boxer

[Ethan Straffin]

> Gotta wonder what kind of bot they have responding to
> Senator Boxer's email.  Here's the response to a
> letter I sent "regrading" Sklyarov and DMCA:
> 
> Dear Mr. Callahan:
> 
>  Thank you for your recent communication
> regrading Napster.

--
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
# SPACE: Sheeple-Pacifying Autoresponder for Congressional Email
# (C) 2001 Albert Gore, Jr., Inventor of the Internet

require 'sheepleRoutines.pl';

$myName = "Senator Barbara Boxer";
$stateName = "California";
$stateAbbrev = "CA";

while (<STDIN>) {
	$sheepleMessage .= $_;
}
 
if ($sheepleMessage !~ /\b($stateName|$stateAbbrev)\b/si) {
	&placateSheepleWithAutoresponse ($areYouSUREYoureMyConstituent);
} elsif ($sheepleMessage =~ /\b(Napster|DMCA|Felten|Sklyarov|DeCSS)\b/si) {
	&placateSheepleWithAutoresponse ($napsterBad);
} elsif {$sheepleMessage =~ s/\bBill\s*of\s*Rights\b/si) {
	&placateSheepleWithAutoresponse ($whatBillOfRightsIsThat);
# ...snipped for the sake of brevity...
} else {
	&placateSheepleWithAutoresponse ($yourConcernsAreImportantToMe);
}
undef $sheepleMessage;
--

There may still be a few bugs in the system.

Ethan
--
"Go away or I will replace you with a very small shell script."