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Offline Deiz

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« on: Wed, 15 April 2009, 12:38:07 »
After some searching, I found that Geekhack had an IRC channel on Freenode, but it's since become inactive and fell into disuse.

IRC's long been my preferred method of online communication, due to the immediacy and relatively candid discussions, the former likely having a lot to do with the latter.

I'm wondering if there's any interest in re-establishing it. I've taken the liberty of registering #geekhack on Freenode, and I'll set access flags for interested staff members.

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#geekhack on irc.freenode.net
irc://irc.freenode.net/geekhack

If you lack an IRC client, try XChat on Linux, Colloquy on OS X, and mIRC on Windows.

If you don't want to install a stand-alone client, you can connect via Mibbit, which is an Ajax browser-based IRC client.

This link will connect you to #geekhack within your browser.
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Offline ozar

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« Reply #1 on: Wed, 15 April 2009, 12:44:22 »
I'm not much of an IRC'er myself and always burn out after about 10 minutes on any channel that I visit.  Forums like these are about as instant as I generally like to get, but it is good that the IRC channel is available for those that do enjoy instant communications.   :cool:
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Offline FKSSR

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« Reply #2 on: Wed, 15 April 2009, 12:52:02 »
Personally, I don't like IRC too much.  Because I'm not on the internet a lot at home, I would only use it at work, and that's not a good thing to do.  Plus, even if I do allow myself to get on an IRC channel, I have to step away for 30 min to an hour at a time and then realize I missed four conversations and it's hard to get back into everything.  I just prefer forums, I guess. :)
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #3 on: Wed, 15 April 2009, 16:14:04 »
I think IRC is pretty cool for general chit-chat, and I would join in for that, but I would hate for valuable info to be lost in an IRC conversation and not preserved in the Forum.
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Offline iMav

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« Reply #4 on: Wed, 15 April 2009, 16:28:24 »
We had one up for a while (even had a pretty slick bot up keeping the channel warm for us and distributing the appropriate priv's)...however, it never got used.

Personally, I like IRC.  But it simply was not used at all.
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Offline o2dazone

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« Reply #5 on: Wed, 15 April 2009, 17:20:29 »
Quote from: iMav;85796
Personally, I like IRC.  But it simply was not used at all.
Same, I mostly idle in irc rooms and use it every so often - but don't really expect it to be chatty like an oldschool aol chatroom or something lol
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Offline twolf

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« Reply #6 on: Wed, 15 April 2009, 18:30:22 »
I am always on freenode anyways so I will stop by.
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Offline wheel83

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« Reply #7 on: Wed, 15 April 2009, 18:49:59 »
i dont like mirc because of the haxxors on there.
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Offline cchan

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« Reply #8 on: Wed, 15 April 2009, 19:02:15 »
Quote from: wheel83;85826
i dont like mirc because of the haxxors on there.
freenode is generally a pretty mature network, you won't really find script kiddies.
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Offline bhtooefr

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« Reply #9 on: Wed, 15 April 2009, 21:53:10 »
mIRC is just a program, not a site.

Different IRC networks have different audiences. Freenode emphasizes open source development, and attracts an audience that's interested in that.
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Offline kyamei

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« Reply #10 on: Thu, 16 April 2009, 02:59:19 »
I used to hang out in IRC a lot back in the day, but I haven't used it in years.  I'll drop by if the channel from time to time.
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #11 on: Thu, 16 April 2009, 06:38:39 »
I haven't been on IRC in about 10-15 years. I was never really that much into it. I would rather chat with a real person.*
 
* I mean like sit with a person and talk, not talk to robots or something.
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Offline cmr

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« Reply #12 on: Fri, 17 April 2009, 15:09:57 »
you don't like talking to robots??
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #13 on: Fri, 17 April 2009, 15:16:29 »
I find robots kinda boring.  It's like they're programmed to say certain things.
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #14 on: Fri, 17 April 2009, 15:23:51 »
Quote from: webwit;86217
Can you elaborate on that?

No, I prefer to speak in generalities when I make smart-a*s comments. :)
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #15 on: Fri, 17 April 2009, 16:17:08 »
Because I am failing to elaborate, thus, providing any specifics on my reasons for not chatting with robots.
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Offline dw_junon

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« Reply #16 on: Fri, 17 April 2009, 17:17:45 »
Okay, perhaps I will idle here too.
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Offline cmr

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« Reply #17 on: Fri, 17 April 2009, 19:26:00 »
How do you feel about idling here too?
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Offline dw_junon

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« Reply #18 on: Fri, 17 April 2009, 19:32:23 »
I feel like a netsplit.

Don't forget to upgrade your psyBNC to psyRJ45.
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Offline Viett

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« Reply #19 on: Fri, 17 April 2009, 21:59:14 »
Great job with the channel. I'll idle away.
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Offline lexicon

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« Reply #20 on: Fri, 17 April 2009, 22:44:38 »
Actually, I keep a few channels open during the day.  Wordpress on Freenode, news on EFnet (good place to keep up with things).
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Offline itlnstln

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« Reply #21 on: Mon, 20 April 2009, 06:33:27 »
Quote from: webwit;86230
You are being a bit negative.

Sh*tty day on Friday.  My bad.
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Offline bhtooefr

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« Reply #22 on: Mon, 20 April 2009, 13:51:00 »
Quote from: dw_junon;86249
Don't forget to upgrade your psyBNC to psyRJ45.


*groan*

That reminds me, what's even MORE sad than that joke is, on one IRC network I'm on, psyBNC was an automatic gline word. (Then someone in one channel I hang out in figured out that he could set his nick to psybnc, and got a few users in their help channel to ban themselves. :D)
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Offline Viett

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« Reply #23 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 16:19:24 »
Is it possible to get a permalink to this IRC channel somewhere, so new users can find it? This channel name is going to get buried in a sea of topics and no one will ever find it.
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Offline wellington1869

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« Reply #24 on: Wed, 06 May 2009, 16:34:59 »
Quote from: o2dazone;85810
Same, I mostly idle in irc rooms and use it every so often - but don't really expect it to be chatty like an oldschool aol chatroom or something lol


nice thing about forum is you can go back and forth between doing real work.
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