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Früvous Playground - Ask Dave's Head

<% adOpenStatic = 3 adOpenDynamic = 2 adOpenKeyset = 1 Question = Server.HTMLEncode(Request.Form("Question")&"") PrevQuestion = Server.HTMLEncode(Request.Form("PrevQuestion")&"") PrevAnswer = Request.Form("PrevAnswer") If PrevAnswer = "" or IsNull(PrevAnswer) Then PrevAnswer = 0 End If PrivateRequest = Request.Form("Private") If PrivateRequest = "True" Then PrivateChecked = "Checked" Else PrivateRequest = "False" PrivateChecked = "" End If If Not(IsNull(Question)) and Question <> "" Then If Question = PrevQuestion Then RepeatArray = Array("A bit repetitious", "Just when you say it - that's when you say it again", "You did not like my answer?", "Who'd have known you would be so predictable?") Rnd(-1) Randomize() RandomNo = (CInt((3*Rnd) + 1)) Answer = RepeatArray(RandomNo - 1) & " Ask me something else." Else ReFormatQuestion = replace(Question,"?"," ") ReFormatQuestion = replace(ReFormatQuestion,"'","") ReFormatQuestion = replace(ReFormatQuestion,","," ") ReFormatQuestion = replace(ReFormatQuestion,";"," ") ReFormatQuestion = replace(ReFormatQuestion,"-"," ") ReFormatQuestion = replace(ReFormatQuestion,"!"," ") ReFormatQuestion = replace(ReFormatQuestion,"ü","u") ReFormatQuestion = replace(ReFormatQuestion,"."," ") ReFormatQuestion = replace(ReFormatQuestion,""","") ReFormatQuestion = LCase(ReFormatQuestion) QuestionWords= split(ReFormatQuestion," ") IgnoreWords = Array("what", "whats","where", "when", "why","will","how","is","are","they", "them", "you","me","I","who","and","but","was","were","the","should","would","could", "does", "your", "with","there", "many", "have", "about", "like", "because", "ever", "doing", "some", "well", "then", "youre", "that", "going") SearchWords = " " i = 0 For Each QWord in QuestionWords IgnoreIt = 0 For Each IWord in IgnoreWords If QWord = IWord Then IgnoreIt = 1 End If Next If Len(QWord) <= 3 and QWord <> "boo" and QWord <> "gay" and QWord <> "cow" and QWord <> "bye" and QWord <> "moo" and QWord <> "eat" and QWord <> "god" and QWord <> "cry" and QWord <> "sob" Then IgnoreIt = 1 End If If IgnoreIt = 0 Then SearchWords = SearchWords & " or LCase(Quote) Like '%" & QWord & "%' or LCase(HiddenWords) Like '%" & QWord & "%'" Else QuestionWords(i) = "" End If i = i + 1 Next Set DaveTable = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset") QueryString = "Select * from Quotes WHERE 1=0 " & SearchWords & " ORDER BY ((Second(Time())+35)^2*[id]) Mod 1223" DaveTable.Open QueryString, "DSN=daveshead;" Selected = 0 If Not(DaveTable.EOF) Then MaxScore = 0 dim UsedWords(999) Do Until DaveTable.EOF Score = 0 Quote = DaveTable.Fields("Quote") & " " & DaveTable.Fields("HiddenWords") ReFormatQuote = replace(Quote,"?"," ") ReFormatQuote = replace(ReFormatQuote,"'","") ReFormatQuote = replace(ReFormatQuote,","," ") ReFormatQuote = replace(ReFormatQuote,";"," ") ReFormatQuote = replace(ReFormatQuote,"-"," ") ReFormatQuote = replace(ReFormatQuote,"!"," ") ReFormatQuote = replace(ReFormatQuote,"ü","u") ReFormatQuote = replace(ReFormatQuote,"."," ") ReFormatQuote = replace(ReFormatQuote,""","") ReFormatQuote = LCase(ReFormatQuote) QuoteWords= split(ReFormatQuote," ") z = 1 Do Until z > 999 UsedWords(z) = " " z = z + 1 Loop For Each QWord in QuestionWords For Each QuoteWord in QuoteWords if (QWord = QuoteWord or QWord = QuoteWord & "s" or QWord = QuoteWord & "'s" or QWord = QuoteWord & "ed" or QWord = QuoteWord & "er" or QWord = QuoteWord & "ing") or _ (QuoteWord = QWord & "s" or QuoteWord = QWord & "'s" or QuoteWord = QWord & "ed" or QuoteWord = QWord & "er" or QuoteWord = QWord & "ing") Then AlreadyUsed = 0 u = 0 For Each UseWord in UsedWords if UseWord <> "" Then if QWord = UseWord Then AlreadyUsed = 1 end if u = u + 1 end if Next if AlreadyUsed = 0 Then Score = Score + Len(QWord) UsedWords(u) = QWord end if end if Next Next If Score >= MaxScore and DaveTable.Fields("ID") <> CInt(PrevAnswer) Then Answer = DaveTable.Fields("Quote") AnswerID = DaveTable.Fields("ID") MaxScore = Score Selected = 1 End If DaveTable.MoveNext Loop End If If Not(DaveTable.EOF) or Selected = 0 Then DaveTable.Close Set DaveTable = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset") DaveTable.Open "Select * from Quotes ", "DSN=daveshead;", adOpenStatic If NOT(DaveTable.EOF) Then DaveTable.MoveLast NumOfRecords = DaveTable.RecordCount DaveTable.MoveFirst Rnd(-1) Randomize() RandomRecord = (CInt((NumOfRecords*Rnd) + 1)) DaveTable.Move RandomRecord-1 Answer = DaveTable.Fields("Quote") AnswerID = DaveTable.Fields("ID") End If DaveTable.Close End If Set DaveQTable = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset") DaveQTable.Open "QuestionsAsked", "DSN=daveshead;", 1, 3, 2 DaveQTable.AddNew DaveQTable.Fields("Question") = Question DaveQTable.Fields("Date") = Now() DaveQTable.Fields("Answer") = AnswerID DaveQTable.Fields("Private") = PrivateRequest DaveQTable.Update DaveQTable.Close End If Else Answer = "Enter your question." End If PrevQuestion = Question If AnswerID <> "" and Not(IsNull(AnswerID)) Then PrevAnswer = AnswerID End If %>

Ask Dave's Head
Dave's Head can sometimes channel Früvous wisdom in the form of Früvous lyrics - but you must be wise enough to decipher it. If Dave's Head is in a good mood, you will be provided with your answer.
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Dave's Head Says:
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Oh wise Head o' Dave, please tell me:
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Here's Jian mentioning "Ask Dave's Head" during a show in Northhampton, MA. (I think that is me squealing in the background.) Thanks to Cara Kozack for the mp3 file.