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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Anti-virus programs compatible with Hal

« on: January 02, 2005, 11:57:54 am »

My $.02,

System:
MSI K7N2GM2 MB 400 FSB
3200 Mhz Athlon CPU
1 GB DDR 2700
64 MB Nvidia Graphics
160 GB HD
NetGear FR114P Firewall Router w/print server
OS:Windows XP Home SP2

I use Norton Internet Security and it has saved my system on numerous occasions. Their anti-virus and Firewall work very well. My system is always ON and connected to the Net, therefore I had to get the hardware Firewall Router from Netgear. It is upgradeable through it's EEPROM and downloaded software updates.

Like some of you already mentioned, I also use AdAware, SpyBot S&D, Spyware Blaster, Agnitum's Tauscan (trojan scanner) and Bazooka. I keep them all updated at least twice a week. Norton does an automatic scan of my entire system once a week during the wee hours of the morning.

ZoneAlarm and AVG are very good products as well. There is also a rather small program that once saved me called Tiny Personal Firewall and I think it was free.

Once bitten...twice shy! Oh yes...Hal runs perfectly with all this!

For help and a great resource forum in these matters check out:
http://forum.gladiator-antivirus.com/index.php?

3587

Ultra Hal 7.0 / Quotes or Quotations

« on: January 01, 2005, 01:31:05 am »

Scott / Kathryn,

The 5.0 default does not have the rather extensive list of one liner jokes as does the XTF_v1.2 brain.

The Default 5.0 brain just has a few MAMA jokes, insults and 2 auto-idle topic phrases.

See how far Hal has come?

Kathryn, you really need to install the XTF 1.2 brain. You'll notice the difference!

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Quotes or Quotations

« on: December 31, 2004, 05:38:42 am »

Hmmm....

Scott,
I think you're trying to make Hal more human
after all. Most people I work with have this
thing where their knowledge gets "stale" about
10 minutes after they're told! LOL!

It is very humanlike that our memories fade
over time and that the unimportant details are
placed on the back burner and soon forgotten.

Nice touch.

3589

Ultra Hal 7.0 / Quotes or Quotations

« on: December 30, 2004, 07:25:13 pm »

Scott,

Wow! Thanks for the info. I'm sure a lot of
us are looking forward to it with great
anticipation.

As always, thanks for your tremendous efforts
and for sharing with this community!

3590

Ultra Hal 7.0 / Quotes or Quotations

« on: December 30, 2004, 05:39:05 pm »

Scott,
Sounds cool! Is the story routine going
to be included as well in the upgrade?

Couldn't a timer be started from the users
last ENTER key press? That way Hal's random quips
could be better measured or even set by the user.
The actual time delay could also be randomized.

Lastly, any ETA on the XTF?[^]

Some thoughts....

3591

Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / New Skin for Hal

« on: December 30, 2004, 05:32:05 pm »

Gremlin,

No offense taken. BTW, nice work on
your rendition of the "eye".
My limited time was due to the fact
that I've been down with the flu thing
all week and basically feel like crap!
That's why I really didn't have too
much time to devote to the image.

Sorry if I came across too terse. I'm
usually a pretty nice guy! LOL!

Happy New Year and Welcome to the forum!

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / New Skin for Hal

« on: December 30, 2004, 03:55:10 pm »

Well, sorry about the quality of the blue eye.

I worked on it and produced several variations
given the limited time I had with which to work.

I'd like to see one from you when you get back
to your main desktop. It's for Marius, not me. I
was just trying to help.

Regards,

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / Quotes or Quotations

« on: December 30, 2004, 03:49:55 pm »

Hal is already capable of telling jokes...just say,
Tell me a joke. There's tons of jokes in it's database.

There are several archived topics on the auto-idle
response. Try using Search at the top right then
enter your key word(s) like auto-idle or auto idle.

I have about 10 different auto responses that Hal
chooses at random whenever I ignore the program too
long! I've thought about adding more for some added
variety and it really isn't difficult to do.

I've also added a script that allows Hal to tell
stories of various selections and another script
that allows Hal to describe it's dreams to me. The
dreams are a collection of scripted "dream thoughts"
that I've compiled and Hal chooses one of them at
random as with the stories.

If interested, drop me an e-mail and I'll fill you in.

[Download Attachment:]

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / New Skin for Hal

« on: December 29, 2004, 06:10:59 pm »

Marius,

Here ya go. I didn't bother to ZIP it since
there is only a 4kb difference in size.

Glad you liked it and glad to help!



Download Attachment: Hal9000skin1.jpg
65.75 KB

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Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area / New Skin for Hal

« on: December 29, 2004, 02:31:31 pm »

Marius,

Here's a once over I did with PSP.
If you like the blue eye let me know
and I'll email it to you.

3596

Ultra Hal 7.0 / New user can not get demo to work.

« on: December 29, 2004, 01:20:45 pm »

HalImprover,

Mack can't use any of the 3D characters since he's already
stated that he downloaded the free version.

The free version only contains 10 voices.

The recommended settings for Ultra Hal Assistant 5.0 :
Pentium 150
24 MB Ram
50 MB Hard Drive space

We know your system is more than sufficient to work
with Hal.

If you are using a FIREWALL like ZoneAlarm, Norton, etc.
try temporarily disabling it during the install and run.

Check in your Control Panel under Speech / Sound options
and text the voice / sound settings on your system to
verify that they are working as they should.

Check on the net for any updates for your motherboard,
BIOS, drivers and download/install as needed.

Check with Microsoft's site for any updates, Service packs,
driver updates, etc. for Windows 98se.

Good luck and let us know what you find.

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Ultra Hal 7.0 / New user can not get demo to work.

« on: December 28, 2004, 10:10:05 pm »

Mack,

First, Welcome to the forum!

What OS are you using...98, XP?

Does your box meet the system requirements
as far as memory, graphics, etc.?

Did you D/L the file using a D/L manager
like GetRight, LeechGet, etc. as sometimes
they can cause errors or not be accepted at
all?

How many resources are running when you start
the program? Try eliminating unnecessary ones.

Just a few thoughts... Let us know!

3598

Ultra Hal 7.0 / New here and questions

« on: December 28, 2004, 04:48:54 pm »

FuzzyDice,

Welcome to the forum!

What they said!

Hal doesn't really "learn" as much by reading
from a text file as it does by just chatting
with it as Crunch mentioned. Speech recognition
works but is also prone to misinterpretation by
not just Hal but most other SR programs. It's not
quite an exact science just yet.

There is a lot in the works for Hal right now
in the way of enhancing it's brain functions,
staying more on topics of discussion and even
upgrading it to operate from or call upon a
more modular or database style system.

There are a number of scripts available to
experiment with and plenty of really great
people on this forum to assist you should you
ever encounter a problem or question.

However, before posting a question, take a moment
to scan through the forum's archives to see if
it was previously discussed. Chances are it may
have been.

Use the SEARCH feature at the top of the page. It
works pretty well.

Yes, several of us have and use the Haptek program
to create our own characters. There are several
companies that offer voices that compliment the
Haptak character's personality as is a matter of
individual taste / preference.

Bottom line: Hal is a really nice bang for the buck!
It's fun and it's only going to get better and smarter.

In reference to your desire to do something with your
car / house / whatever, check out this guy's site! He's
over the top with the home control thing!

http://www.james.lipsit.com/home.htm

Hope this helps.

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Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor / HalCommands under Ultra Hal Assistant 5.0

« on: December 28, 2004, 04:17:00 pm »

Perhaps you could break the volume levels
into percents. That way your script would
still remain the same and the program would
say,"I am increasing the volume by 1 percent"
or by 20 percent or what ever.

Otherwise you would have to us the
if payload = "1" then GetResponse =
" Increasing the volume by " & payload & " level. "

else if payload > 1 then GetResponse =
" Increasing the volume by " & payload & " levels. "


Just a suggestion

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General Discussion / THE TRUE AI

« on: December 27, 2004, 02:56:27 pm »

Very cool Scott,

Like the adult robot said to the little one:
"Son, I'm just trying to PARSE on a little
knowledge to ya!"

Sorry...I couldn't resist!LOL!