# The Internet Oracle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-oracle/232769>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 5, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-oracle/232769 "2004-03-05T21:42:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-oracle/232769/1 "2004-03-05T21:42:48Z")

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Are there any incarnations of / supplicants to [The Internet Oracle](http://www.cs.indiana.edu/~oracle/) who post here? Just curious, because there are quite a few witty and clever posters on these boards.

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**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-oracle/232769/2 "2004-03-05T23:41:22Z")

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I thought it was a wonderful idea, but answered about three questions and decided I didn’t quite have the knack 🙂

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**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-internet-oracle/232769/3 "2004-03-06T01:50:14Z")

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My second proudest moment was when [a response I wrote](http://cgi.cs.indiana.edu/~oracle/digest.cgi?N=1277#1277-02) made the digest.

My first proudest moment was when it made the [Best of](http://cgi.cs.indiana.edu/~oracle/bestof.cgi?N=1276-1300#1277-02) listing!

I lead a sad, empty life… 🙂