> }} 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.
When HAL came out? Goodness.

>     Actually, I believe it's an acronym:
>     Hawaiian Institute of Technology Operating/Seiyuu/Heavy Input 
> Artificial Intelligence program.
> 
>     "HITOSHI"... |)
What about DOI?
>  
> }} "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.
Hope all those patches won't result in another Dr. Sbaitso ^_^;