: Just what is this IRC anyway?  If it's any relation to the
: I-R-S, I want nothing to do with it.  Those blood-suckers
: latched onto me years ago and still won't let go!

Oh, it's FAR more insidious than the IRS.  Once IRC latches on to you,
it's almost impossible to get it to let go.

IRC stands for "Inter-Relay Chat."  Most commercial online services have
forms of this - CompuServe calls them Conferences, AOL and Prodigy call
them Chat Rooms.  You need to know a few more commands to participate in
IRC, but it's the same basic principle.

Bill, Chuck and I had a very nice real-time chat yesterday at about
2:30pm Eastern, and I'm certainly up to trying it again.  It was a lot of
fun racing SirWill to see who could do the appropriate Firesign response
the quickest!  Plus, he promised to walk me through the MUSH when he
comes up here for the FAlaFal bundling/mailing party (I'll post more
about that in this newsgroup anon, and on and on and on...), so there's a
bonus right there!

So, those of you out there with IRC capabilities, would you like to set
up a weekly #firesign channel?  When's good for you all?

- Elayne
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