Re: irc Re: [seul-edu] Occasional re-announcement

[Michael Viron <mviron@wsdo.sao.uwf.edu>]

At 11:14 PM 04/17/2001 +0400, you wrote:
>On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Doug Loss wrote:
>
>>Second, we have an irc server set up at moria.seul.org:7776.  The
(actually doug, it would be better for them to use irc.seul.org:7776 (you
can also got there from the default irc port as well))

>There is an irc.openprojects.net IRC net - I think it's good idea
>to gateway there, as its the place open source and Linux fans
>talk. (not the only, but the best IMHO). There is #linuxhelp
>and other useful channels for most software. Just step in and ask!

#linuxhelp is a nightmare for any time of an organized discussion.  I used
to frequent that channel, would have an interesting conversation going, and
all of a sudden a newbie would flood the channel (and / or the server),
irritating everyone and de-railing the original conversation.
>Some helpful irc-bots are there from time to time to answer FAQSs
>and decipher abbreviations. IRC is cool place, I hope it will
>remain hot ;-) and unchallenged by web-chats.
>
>However, I am not on irc any more :-(
>
>And I also have doubts that irc is really useful for constant software
>development. I think, it is much better to have called meetings
>to solve ideas in online fashion that to hang on irc all the time.

>>primary channel is #seul, and is used by people from all over the
>>SEUL group of projects.  There's also a #seul-edu channel (or at
>>least there was at one time), but it doesn't get used too much.  irc
>>is the original internet instant messaging system, where everyone
>>types at each other much like a telephone party line.
>>
>>Let's think about these tools and see if we can't use them!
>
>Sincerely yours, Roman Suzi
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