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SpaceBass

IRC is intended for group chatting, with the added ability for private messaging. IM clients are intended for one-on-one conversations, that sometimes (clumsily) support group chat. When you're trying to collaborate as a group in real-time, IRC is teh winnar, especially since you only need a server and channel name to connect, and aren't reliant on someone's username and availability. Smile

**Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2005 1:52 am

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**Posted:** Tue Feb 15, 2005 3:34 am

Shish · Boot Joined: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 51

I've not heard of connection problems with IRC, other than restrictive firewalls that block out all chat protocols. In the case of IRC, this can be circumvented with CGI-IRC; AFAIK there's no equivalent for any of the IM programs. The only connection problem that you get with IRC and not with other chat programs is that IRC requires you to have some tiny amount of knowledge about what you're doing, and that's a problem with the user rather than the protocol...

Also, IRC is distributed in such a way that it pretty much doesn't go down; the IM programs all seem reliant on central servers, which go down accidentally too often for my liking, and occasionally block third party clients on purpose.

And there's a load more programs for IRC than any other network (clients, servers and utilities like stats generators)

Hence, IRC wins. Although I still use jabber when I want to just message one person at a time, because point & clicking is easier than typing /msg in IRC ^_^

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:40 am

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KSG · Decorated Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 186 Location: WA, USA

You can point and click in IRC. At least, you certainly can with mIRC. Double-click the person's handle, and it'll open a private chat window. I'd expect other IRC clients to do something similar.

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:08 am

Shish · Boot Joined: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 51

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:26 pm

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KSG · Decorated Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 186 Location: WA, USA

I like that screenshot, first because of the lack of Windows taskbar, and secondly because I'm in it. So clicking those names doesn't do anything? Does that even have windows for PMs?

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 2:56 pm

Nik_Doof

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:05 pm

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KSG · Decorated Joined: 12 Jan 2005 Posts: 186 Location: WA, USA

...Yes, exactly. (Though I would be equally impressed if it were Litestep or something, which is still Windows, but without the suck. That's what I've got.)

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:30 pm

Shish · Boot Joined: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 51

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:30 pm

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Wonder what kind of music they listen to in Perplex City? 50 Sente? Adamek and the Ants? I know, I'll shut up.... just glad something's happened at last!

**Posted:** Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:04 pm

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**Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2005 9:47 pm

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Tennessee Jed · Greenhorn Joined: 28 Feb 2005 Posts: 7

**Posted:** Mon Feb 28, 2005 5:56 pm

ArtherEld · Veteran Joined: 09 Jan 2005 Posts: 85

question about chat

Hey, I'm back after getting rid of my old crappy computer which was infected with viruses but was really just an overall crappy computer. I'm super happy for this one. Though I know nothing of computers. I'm just glad I can watch dvds on this one now.

Anyway my question is I can't get into IRC. Is there something I need to download? Or what?

**Posted:** Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:04 pm

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**Posted:** Fri Mar 04, 2005 9:13 pm

Shish · Boot Joined: 24 Nov 2004 Posts: 51

Minor announcement: The IRC search can now be used for all the channels that lumberjack is logging. Currently this is just #syzygy and #unfiction, more can be added if people want and the channel's ops are OK with it.

http://shish.is-a-geek.net/cgi-bin/irc_search.pl

**Posted:** Sat Mar 19, 2005 3:47 pm

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