Very Simple IRC Bot

#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys
import socket
import string
import time

HOST="irc.freenode.net"
PORT=6667
NICK="metalbot"
IDENT="metalbot"
REALNAME="MetalBot"
readbuffer=""

s=socket.socket( )
s.connect((HOST, PORT))
s.send("NICK %s\r\n" % NICK)
s.send("USER %s %s bla :%s\r\n" % (IDENT, HOST, REALNAME))

while 1:
    readbuffer=readbuffer+s.recv(1024)
    temp=string.split(readbuffer, "\n")
    readbuffer=temp.pop( )

    for line in temp:
        print line
        line=string.rstrip(line)
        line=string.split(line)

        if "/MOTD" in line:
            print "Connecting..."
            time.sleep(5)
            s.send("JOIN #filmsbykris \r\n")

        if "metalbot" in line:
            print "<===========metabot==============>"
            if "Linux" in line:
                print "<===============Linux==========>"
                s.send("PRIVMSG #filmsbykris : I think Linux is cool!!! \r\n")

        if(line[0]=="PING"):
            s.send("PONG %s\r\n" % line[1])