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Before a human can tell a robot what to do, (s)he must understand the simple way in which robots work. Robots do just one simple thing, and only when instructed to it. Here's how they work: |
Before a human can tell a robot what to do, (s)he must understand the simple way in which robots work. Robots do just one simple thing, and only when instructed to it. Here's how they work: |
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#They search the text of a manual page for patterns of the form {{Robots Left Delimiter}}''robot instructions''{{Robots Mid Delimiter}}''old robotic response''{{Robots Right Delimiter}}. |
#They search the text of a manual page for patterns of the form {{Robots Left Delimiter}}''robot instructions''{{Robots Mid Delimiter}}''old robotic response''{{Robots Right Delimiter}}. |
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#They study the ''robot instructions'' and compute something. printing the output, i.e. the ''new robotic response'' in place of the ''old robotic response''. Just to be sure that humans don't modify the ''new robotic response'', robots precede it with a short ''human do not enter'' phrase. [[USER:drorbn|Dror]]'s robot's favourite is <!--$RobotsWarningPhrase[]$--><!-- |
#They study the ''robot instructions'' and compute something. printing the output, i.e. the ''new robotic response'' in place of the ''old robotic response''. Just to be sure that humans don't modify the ''new robotic response'', robots precede it with a short ''human do not enter'' phrase. [[USER:drorbn|Dror]]'s robot's favourite is <!--$RobotsWarningPhrase[]$--><!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"--><!--Robot Land, no human edits to "END"--><!--END-->. |
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=== Human Ventures into Robot Lands === |
=== Human Ventures into Robot Lands === |
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Revision as of 08:28, 27 August 2005
The Basic Rules
Knot Atlas manual pages are editable and are edited by both humans and robots (dedicated computer programs). Both sides have to be careful not to step into each other's territory. Under the current treaties, robots are responsible for simulated Mathematica output and for certain numerical values that are computed by KnotTheory`. Their territory always lies between <!--$ and <!--END--> tags. Humans are responsible for everything else, including brief ventures into the robot's territories to tell the robots what to do.
Human Edits
To perform a human edit, simply click on the "edit" link at the top of every manual page (or indeed, at the top of almost every other wiki page) and begin editing, saving your work at the end. Be careful not to modify anything in the robots' territory, delimited by <!--$ and <!--END--> tags.
What Robots Do
Before a human can tell a robot what to do, (s)he must understand the simple way in which robots work. Robots do just one simple thing, and only when instructed to it. Here's how they work:
- They search the text of a manual page for patterns of the form <!--$robot instructions$-->old robotic response<!--END-->.
- They study the robot instructions and compute something. printing the output, i.e. the new robotic response in place of the old robotic response. Just to be sure that humans don't modify the new robotic response, robots precede it with a short human do not enter phrase. Dror's robot's favourite is .
