| 词条 | Automatic Complaint-Letter Generator |
| 释义 |
| name = Automatic Complaint-Letter Generator | logo = | screenshot = | caption = | url = http://www.pakin.org/complaint | alexa = | commercial = | type = | language = English | registration = | owner = Scott Pakin | author = | launch date = 1994 | current status = Active | revenue = | slogan = | content license = }} The Automatic Complaint-Letter Generator is a website that automatically generates complaint letters. The website was created by Scott Pakin in 1994. It allows users to submit the name of the individual or company that the complaint is directed toward. The program then generates a complaint letter that is "general enough to be true or fit anyone and everyone, yet specific enough to mean something".[1] HistoryScott Pakin started the website in April 1994.[1] While he was an undergraduate student studying computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, he began thinking of creating a program that would generate complaint letters. The idea originated after he looked through "pointless ramblings" in a student newspaper.[3] Pakin criticized the letters' quality. One of his friends remarked that the letters sounded so arbitrary that a computer could have written them. Pakin pondered over this comment and decided to write a program that would generate complaints.[2]UsageThe website allows users to specify the name of the individual or company that the complaint is directed toward, as well as the number of paragraphs the complaint will be. After submitting the data, the computer generates sentences that are composed of arbitrary verbs, nouns, and adjectives.[3] In 1995, the generator had "282 sentence skeletons, 170 independent clauses, 183 adjectives, and 123 nouns". The combination of these elements can form more than one billion sentences.[4] As of September 2009, the generator has expanded to 3379 independent clauses, 618 adjectives, and 497 nouns.[5] The complaint letters are randomly generated, so each insult is different.[6] Pakin said that people who read the letters were inclined to pay attention to the sentences that were accurate about them but ignored the statements that were obviously wrong. He noted that the complaint generator is "general enough to be true or fit anyone and everyone, yet specific enough to mean something".[7] 2001 incidentIn 2001, Paul Weyland was chosen by his Austin Toastmasters club to present Kirk Watson, the mayor of Austin, Texas. When a Toastmasters member asked Weyland about his speech, he went to the Automatic Complaint-Letter Generator and typed in the mayor's name. After the generator churned out a four-page complaint letter, Weyland accidentally emailed it to the mayor, even though he meant to send it to his fellow Toastmaster member as a joke.[8] Watson learned about the joke and indicated that he would not be attending the club meeting because of "security issues". Then, his aide e-mailed Weyland and said the mayor was just joking. At the meeting, Weyland apologized to the mayor in a "fawning introductory speech". The mayor then responded: "[y]ou know, in Paul's rant, he accused me of having my lips planted to the posteriors of drug-addled sycophants. If you'll notice, Paul's lips have been attached to my posterior all evening."[8] References1. ^{{cite web|author=Pakin, Scott |title=Automatic complaint-letter generator -- new and improved |url=http://www.pakin.org/complaint-info/new-improved.html |work=Automatic Complaint-Letter Generator |date=2009-09-19 |accessdate=4 October 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5kHjjDe6j?url=http://www.pakin.org/complaint-info/new-improved.html |archivedate=2009-10-05 |deadurl=no |df= }} 2. ^{{cite news |first=Ann |last=Wesley |title=Love and anger easily expressed on the Web |url=http://www.pakin.org/complaint-info/cyburbia.html |newspaper=The Herald-Times |date=1995-11-16 |accessdate=4 September 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016124831/http://pakin.org/complaint-info/cyburbia.html |archivedate=2007-10-16 }} 3. ^{{cite news |first=John M. |last=Scalzi, II |title=Article by John M. Scalzi, II |url=http://www.pakin.org/complaint-info/fresnobee.html |newspaper=Fresno Bee |publisher=The McClatchy Company |date=1995-01-18 |accessdate=4 September 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071126103458/http://www.pakin.org/complaint-info/fresnobee.html |archivedate=2007-11-26 }} 4. ^{{cite news |first=Wendy |last=Aron |title=Hate mail |url=http://www.pakin.org/complaint-info/xs.html |newspaper=XS magazine |date=1995-06-27 |accessdate=4 September 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016124947/http://pakin.org/complaint-info/xs.html |archivedate=2007-10-16 }} 5. ^{{cite web|author=Pakin, Scott |title=Statistics for Scott Pakin's automatic complaint-letter generator |url=http://www.pakin.org/complaint/statistics |work=Automatic Complaint-Letter Generator |date=2009-09-19 |accessdate=4 October 2009 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5kHk9QjKN?url=http://www.pakin.org/complaint/statistics |archivedate=2009-10-05 |deadurl=no |df= }} 6. ^1 {{cite news |first=Stan |last=Sulkes |title=Let computer write pesky love, hate notes |url=http://www.pakin.org/complaint-info/cincypost.html |newspaper=The Cincinnati Post |date=1999-07-20 |accessdate=4 September 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016124820/http://pakin.org/complaint-info/cincypost.html |archivedate=2007-10-16 }} 7. ^1 {{cite news |first=Karin D. |last=Case |title=Ranting and Raving is Therapeutic |url=http://www.pakin.org/complaint-info/investors.html |newspaper=Investor's Business Journal |date=1998-04-30 |accessdate=4 September 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016124904/http://pakin.org/complaint-info/investors.html |archivedate=2007-10-16 }} 8. ^1 {{cite news |first=John |last=Kelso |title=Biggest e-mail blunder? This takes the cake |url=http://www.austin360.com/aas/kelso/0801/081901.html |newspaper=Austin American-Statesman |date=2001-08-19 |accessdate=4 September 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020307035131/http://www.austin360.com/aas/kelso/0801/081901.html |archivedate=2002-03-07 }} External links
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