Recieved From: Joe Petrow <joepet@server.Berkeley.EDU>

}} Hitoshi Doi is not a human being.  He is a piece of artificial 
}} intelligence, originally developed nearly ten years ago by grad 
}} students at the University of Hawaii.  "Hitoshi" is an ever evolving 
}} composite based on information culled from all posts to anime and seiyuu 
}} related USENET newsgroups.

    Actually, I believe it's an acronym:
    Hawaiian Institute of Technology Operating/Seiyuu/Heavy Input 
Artificial Intelligence program.

    "HITOSHI"... |)
 
}} "Hitoshi" was overhauled and rewritten in Perl and C a few years ago.  At 
}} that time, the new authors sought to give "Hitoshi" a little more of a 
}} personality.  The team leader was a big Kasumi Tendo fan, so he inserted 
}} the Inoue Kikuko patch into the new system, which has made an amazing 
}} difference.

    Write in C, Write in C, Write in C, yeah, Write in C...
    Only wimps use BASIC,
    Write in C...
 
}} "Hitoshi" had been developing well since then, but in the past several 
}} months a series of viruses have swept the system.  Actually, this isn't 
}} known for sure, but it is the only logical explanition for the system's 
}} strange fascination with Nagasaki Moe.  Plus, it appears that the system 
}} is vulnerable to the year 2000 problem.

    Not to mention the Tomo-Chan virus that preceeded it...
 
}} We're currently gathering volunteers to build Hitoshi version 3, 
}} currently codenamed "Toshi 99"  So far, only the Hisakawa Aya patch has 
}} been written, so we have a long way to go.  The new system is being 
}} written in Java;  e-mail me if you would like to help.

    Just don't invite Bill Gates in, and We'll get along just fine...
    [Sorry, guys, I couldn't help but laugh... |)   ]