A bot named search lives on #deoxy and some other channels on our irc server. It's function is to augment conversation with relevant information triggered by the use of certain words. The seen function works by recording the last thing you say or do in a channel with the bot.
Please experiment and use the bot in private for personal use. Type /msg search help to list these options:
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Quake: "quake" returns the time, mag and location of the most recent USGS Earthquake Hazard. 15 minute update.
Population: "worldpop" return the current world population projection from the U.S. Census Bureau International Programs Center. 10 minute update.
Debt: "usdebt" returns the current U.S. National Debt from the Bureau of the Public Debt. Updates twice a day.
Seen: "seen username" tells you when it last saw that username.
Search: "search keywords" returns google's lucky link.
Deoxy: "deoxy keywords" to search deoxy.org with google.
Spell: "spell word" or follow the word to spell with (sp). Suggests possible words.
Translate: "x to,from lang phrase" does a translation via Babelfish.
Languages: dutch french german italian portuguese spanish (or: du fr ge it po sp) Examples: "x to spanish hello friend" or "x from sp hola amigo"
Google: "google words" returns a url for a google search.
Images: "images words" returns a url for a google image search.
News: "news words" returns a url for a google news search.
Usenet: "usenet words" returns a url for a google newsgroup search.
Define: "define word" returns a url for definition at dict.org.
Books: "isbn isbnnumber" returns a url for the book at ISBNdb.
Music: "cddb artist|album" returns a url to the freedb CD Database.
Movies: "imdb movietitle" returns a url to the Internet Movie Database.
It's custom code so any good suggestions are likely to be implemented. Registered nicks can send messages with:
/memoserv send dimitri your comments here