From: robert.mcclenon@verizon.net 
  
 On 8 Sep 2004 23:26:35 GMT, Woodchuck Bill  wrote: 
  
 >"Yowie"  wrote in 
 >news:413f9251$0$725$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au: 
 > 
 >> "Tony Stromboli" is now a known handle, that personality having posted to 
 >> news.groups and passed the Turing test too. 
  
 Correct.  The real purpose of this thread should be not to ping Tony 
 Stromboli, but to ping the other Strombolis. 
  
 >> 
 >> What of the others? (not just the other Strombolis but the various other 
 >> voters) 
 >> 
  
 That is true.  The FMJ cast does not pass the Turing test either.  The 
 difference between the FMJ cast and the other Strombolis is that we 
 have only heard from the FMJ cast on one CFV. 
  
 > 
 >I think he said "Stromboli" was their real surname, but that they all use 
 >other handles when they normally post to Usenet. I could be mistaken, 
 >though. I have no desire to read that ridiculous thread again to verify. 
  
 Perhaps in that case they should use their handles to vote. 
  
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