LettError / filibuster

Nonsense generator.

Filibuster

Content is overrated.

These pages are generated by the synthetic MaterialCreator. 'Filibuster.org, together with goVisionNow!, are proud to announce a new line of MaterialCreator-based server applications, enabling midsize and large enterprises to establish a presence on internet and intranets, without having to deal with real-world content providers. MaterialCreator is a Linux based client-server DataCreator application. Building on the succes of synthetic technology. MaterialCreator is a 3rd generation platform for hermeneutic content generation and e-publishing.

Aha! you're smart. You've figured that Filibuster is a python package for generating simple nonsense BS sentences and paragraphs. During the first dot-com-boom, late 1990's, it had its own site, filibuster.org. It would generate nonsense dot-com language and images. The generated content is not to be taken seriously. It is satire. It does not mean anything.

The code itself is a bit rusty (1999? really?) and the patterns don't always work. I keep thinking I should clean it up and then get distracted. On the other hand, it was a fun thing.

Usage

The Blurb object is the main generator.

w = Blurb()
names = w.getBlurbTypes()
for n in names:
	print(w.getBlurb(name))

• getBlurbTypes returns a list of all definitions.
• getBlurb generates the pattern

test.py generates a couple of examples for all patterns.

Filibuster was written and performed by

• Erik van Blokland, Brand Manager, portable conversion
• Jonathan Hoefler, Vice President of broadband synergy
• Rich Roat, Junior Vice President, end-to-end engineering
• Just van Rossum, Senior Director, portable colocation
• Petr van Blokland, Assistant Vice President, broadband mindshare

Disclaimer

• Like all creative writers, Filibuster sometimes gets into a mood and gets stuck. This is understandable. Just so you're warned. It can get stuck for reals.
• There are some buggy patterns that leave unresolved tags in the text, sorry about that.
• This package just generates the text. There might be some html entities in there, it does not generate entire sites.
• These pages are generated by the Hermeneutic MaterialCreator. 'Filibuster.org, together with goNetworking.com, are proud to announce a new line of MaterialCreator-based server applications, enabling midsize and large enterprises to establish a presence on internet and intranets, without having to deal with real-world content providers MaterialCreator is a Linux based client-server ContentInterpreter application. Building on the succes of hermeneutic technology, MaterialCreator is a component-based platform for algorithmic content generation and e-publishing.

Support

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