Subj : synchronet and IRC
To   : Sam Alexander
From : Mweeby
Date : Tue Sep 20 2005 08:06 pm

  Re: synchronet and IRC
  By: Sam Alexander to Mweeby on Mon Sep 19 2005 08:38 am

 > Hi Dan,
 > 
 > I don't know about irc.synchro.net, but I know on other servers it's very
 > common to have a channel with lots of folks logged in but everyone's away or
 > not talking.  When entering a channel drop a quick 'Hi' or 'What's up' and
 > see if anyone replies.  If not, it's up to you on whether you hangout or
 > not.
 > 
 > IRC was one of the first Internet protocols I used 10+ years ago, and it's
 > changed very little since I started using it :)  My next goal is to get
 > BitchX setup and working with Synchronet so i can use my board as an IRC
 > client over X-Chat on my Mac.  Just something about command-line chat that
 > still appeals to me :)
 > 
 > Take care ..
 > 
 > Sam
 > 
i Sam.  Actually I really prefer an irc style chat as oposed to direct type
chatting because with speech, if the synthesizer speaks each character as it's
typed, it can be so painfully slow, where as with an irc style situation, the
whole line or lines are spoken after the person presses the enter key.
I used to use irc a lot when I had a shell account on the internet about 10
years ago, and that's part of what I like about playing around with Linux.
I figured it might be like that, but thanks for the tip.

Also I like epic rather than bitchx.  I'm, more used to it's command structure
and all.

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