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Why yes, it is yet another take on Garfield [1] (it's not like I'm not
obsessed with Garfield [2] or anything), this time with the dialog
automatically generated using a Markov chain [3].

[Garfield: “OH BOY, DO I KNOW?!”] [4][Garfield: “I'M GOING HOME”] [5][Jon:
“GUESS WHAT,” Garfield: “IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT”] [6] 

While maybe not quite as good as some of the [7] other [8] takes, it has the
potential to be quite amusing:

[Odie enters state right, carrying something in his mouth. Jon and Garfield
look on] [9][Jon: “DARN YOU GARFIELD! NOW I”] [10][Joh: “DOESN'T LOOK”
Garfield: “THE WOLFMAN IS HEADED THIS WAY!”] [11] 

Then again, it could be argued that Jim Davis [12] has always generated the
strip's diaglog using a Markov chain.

[1] http://www.joshmillard.com/garkov/
[2] http://clusty.com/search?query=Garfield&host=boston.conman.org&tb=sitesearch-site&sa=+Search+
[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_chain
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2008/07/30/g21.png
[5] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2008/07/30/g22.png
[6] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2008/07/30/g23.png
[7] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2006/02/08.1
[8] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2008/02/26.2
[9] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2008/07/30/g31.png
[10] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2008/07/30/g32.png
[11] gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2008/07/30/g33.png
[12] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Davis_(cartoonist)

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