# The Board is Becoming Sentient II: It's Starting to Hook Me up with Other Posters **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362 "2009-01-08T12:43:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/21 "2009-01-08T18:38:17Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Wait, so the three people who friend requested me might not have friend requested me at all? I knew I wasn’t special! > > Paging **jali** , **Cluricaun** , and **Anaamika**! Nope, mine was legit. Glad to know you friend! ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/22 "2009-01-08T18:38:31Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Phlosphr: I presume the First Law of Robotics is being referenced: “No robot may harm a human being.” Gah! Don’t quote the castrated First Law! It almost got Susan Calvin killed! (the real one, not the movie one) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/23 "2009-01-08T18:44:30Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Gah! Don’t quote the castrated First Law! It almost got Susan Calvin killed! (the real one, not the movie one) Well, there’s all that fine print… ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/24 "2009-01-08T22:37:15Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Oh, I never get tired of “To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Huh! I always thought it was: You shall not make wrongful use of the name of Cecil ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/25 "2009-01-08T22:50:43Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > I hope the Board hooks me up with one of the hot, young female posters. Done. ---
**Author:** ![Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@Dazzling\_White\_Diamonds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dazzling_White_Diamonds)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/26 "2009-01-09T00:49:32Z")
Well, looked in my profile to see if the board had set me up with anyone… and was saddened briefly that it hadn’t. That was replaced by smiles, though, when I saw my charter member status was back. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/27 "2009-01-09T03:09:58Z")
Friends? I don’t need no stinkin’ friends. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/28 "2009-01-09T06:41:58Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Yeah, they warned us this might happen when they made the upgrade. (I’ll spare you what else they warned us about, it’d only upset you.) Thank goodness we’ve got that First Law of Message Boards on our side. That thing never fails! First law= No jerks? Just askin’? ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/29 "2009-01-09T11:14:49Z")
No, Cecil’s Third Law is “Thou shalt say “Hi” to Opal.” ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/30 "2009-01-09T11:46:11Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > No, Cecil’s Third Law is “Thou shalt say “Hi” to Opal.” You’re so last year, man. :eek: It’s now ‘Don’t mention the Buckeyes’. ☹ Anyway Judgement Day is now on the horizon. :smack: There’s a poster here called **Wintermute** and if you’ve read William Gibson excellent Neuromancer stuff, you’ll know that’s a sentient AI. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/31 "2009-01-09T11:53:37Z")
while the fourth and fifth laws are “Read the whole thread” and “Don’t spell out the jokes,” respectively. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/32 "2009-01-09T12:10:05Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Yeah, they warned us this might happen when they made the upgrade. (I’ll spare you what else they warned us about, it’d only upset you.) Thank goodness we’ve got that First Law of Message Boards on our side. That thing never fails! Umm, Marley… is [this](http://i410.photobucket.com/albums/pp183/Jragonmiris/sdmbSkynet.png?t=1231502794) one of the things they warned you about? I’m getting a bit worried… you guys DID pay extra for the Contingency Counter-Sentience Apocalypse Battalion right? RIGHT? ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/33 "2009-01-09T13:09:51Z")
…I apparently don’t have any friends… ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/34 "2009-01-09T14:54:05Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > I hope the Board hooks me up with one of the hot, young female posters. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Done. She’s a little out of my price range! ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/35 "2009-01-09T15:03:47Z")
Wait… does this mean that \*\*Cluricaun \*\*doesn’t REALLY like me? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/36 "2009-01-09T15:08:05Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Wait… does this mean that \*\*Cluricaun \*\*doesn’t REALLY like me? Nope, I think you’re the bees knees dear. That was also legit. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/37 "2009-01-09T15:15:35Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > Nope, mine was legit. Glad to know you friend! Well, back at you, friend! ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/38 "2009-01-09T16:57:50Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I don’t think I need to tell you what the Third Law is. We’re all tired of hearing that one. You do not talk about Straight dope? (Also fourth law) ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/39 "2009-01-09T19:44:40Z")
Now see I always thought the third law was “As a system approaches absolute zero, all processes cease and the entropy of the system approaches a minimum value.” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362/40 "2009-01-09T20:02:44Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > Wait, so the three people who friend requested me might not have friend requested me at all? I knew I wasn’t special! > > Paging **jali** , **Cluricaun** , and **Anaamika**! Mine was legit, too. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-board-is-becoming-sentient-ii-its-starting-to-hook-me-up-with-other-posters/480362.md?page=3)