IRC, AOK?
Thomas E. Shepard
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!
--
We intend to destroy all dogmatic verbal systems...
William S. Burroughs
Elayne Wechsler-Chaput
: 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
--
"I am de Head of de Fireheads. I am de Head Firehead. I am de #~~
Firehead Head..." (E-Mail me for more information about the )#(
official Firesign Theatre newsletter, Four-Alarm FIRESIGNal!) ( # )
^^^
Frank M. Bland
*SNIP*
>
>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
Weekday evenings are best for me, but I'll do my best to make
it at any other time. Looking forward to cyber-chatting in
real time!
- Frank
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SirWill1
: >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
Some weeknight is OK by me as well. Imagine that, a firesign chat! I
wonder if CI$ has IRC so Phil could join. I'm sure Peter can get to IRC
from netcom.
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Richard Arnold
>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
>--
> "I am de Head of de Fireheads. I am de Head Firehead. I am de #~~
> Firehead Head..." (E-Mail me for more information about the )#(
> official Firesign Theatre newsletter, Four-Alarm FIRESIGNal!) ( # )
> ^^^
I'd be up for it, but mid-afternoon (like last Friday) is definitely out. Any
evening is fine (except Wednesday) after 7 pm.
Richard
rar...@clark.net
http://www.clark.net/pub/rarnold/homepage.html
"Who is he talking to? And how does he make his voice do that?"
Elayne Wechsler-Chaput
: Some weeknight is OK by me as well. Imagine that, a firesign chat! I
: wonder if CI$ has IRC so Phil could join. I'm sure Peter can get to IRC
: from netcom.
No, CompuServe does not have IRC capabilities, but they do have the best
internal Conferencing setup I've yet seen on the Commercial online
services. Which is why Wednesday night is out for me, too - that's when
I go on Conference in CompuServe's Comics/Animation Forum.
How does Thursday, starting at 9pm eastern, sound to everyone?
SirWill1
: How does Thursday, starting at 9pm eastern, sound to everyone?
OK by me. Maybe even be there a bit earlier.
Frank M. Bland
>How does Thursday, starting at 9pm eastern, sound to
>everyone?
>
>- Elayne
I'll be there with balls on!
Kevin O'Brien
>
>fire...@panix.com (Elayne Wechsler-Chaput) wrote:
>
>>How does Thursday, starting at 9pm eastern, sound to
>>everyone?
>>
>>- Elayne
>
>I'll be there with balls on!
>
>- Frank
Foul-minded pervert!
Kevin B. O'Brien
Richard Arnold
>From: SirW...@omni.voicenet.com (SirWill1)
>Subject: Re: IRC, AOK?
>Date: 26 Mar 1995 15:23:38 GMT
>Elayne Wechsler-Chaput (fire...@panix.com) wrote:
>: How does Thursday, starting at 9pm eastern, sound to everyone?
>OK by me. Maybe even be there a bit earlier.
I'm in too on Thursday.
Richard
rar...@clark.net
Elayne Wechsler-Chaput
: Elayne Wechsler-Chaput (fire...@panix.com) wrote:
: : How does Thursday, starting at 9pm eastern, sound to everyone?
: OK by me. Maybe even be there a bit earlier.
I'd rather it weren't earlier, because we would like to include our West
Coast friends, many of whom are just getting out of work when it's 8pm
here on the East Coast.
John V. Scialli
Any evening. late late late . Like (you'll hate this) 1 AM Eastern time. If
earlier I may sometimes make it. (Make the skimmer, as we say here)
John
Steve Morris
fire...@panix.com (Elayne Wechsler-Chaput) wrote:
>SirWill1 (SirW...@omni.voicenet.com) wrote:
>: Elayne Wechsler-Chaput (fire...@panix.com) wrote:
>
>: : How does Thursday, starting at 9pm eastern, sound to everyone?
>
That's 6pm on the left coast where I live. I even checked. out IRC to make
sure I could get there. Now if the guard was just asleep......
Steve Morris -- mor...@rahul.net
TRUBBASHAK
InfoBahn and would love to join the Fireheads for an evening of Firesign
Chat. I'm abnormally gowned and bagged 1-11 EST Sat-Wed, but am available
any other time. While one man's desires may not amount to a hill of beans
in this world, I thought I'd let you know. Here's lurking for you, kids.
George at the Trouble Shack
"It's the bees again, Mr. President"
John V. Scialli
>X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
j
Elayne Wechsler-Chaput
: Any evening. late late late . Like (you'll hate this) 1 AM Eastern time. If
: earlier I may sometimes make it. (Make the skimmer, as we say here)
Yeah, you're right John, I'd hate it. "Not on a school night!" as my
parents used to say. Bummer; I was gonna ask you for psychology tips &
such (not that my marriage isn't wonderful, but y'know, if you can't
exploit friends, why cultivate them?:)...
Jeff Muller
Wechsler-Chaput) wrote:
>> How does Thursday, starting at 9pm eastern, sound to everyone?
Can we talk to Charlie Kranepool, Ed's dad?
Jeff
--
"Look, the pyramid is opening!"
"Which one?"
"The one with the ever-widening hole in it!" ã The Firesign Theatre
Elayne Wechsler-Chaput
: CI$ does not have IRC at all.
Not an external link, at any rate - their Conferencing and CB
capabilities are all internal (i.e., they do real-time chats all the
time, but only within the CompuServe structure).
The_Doge of St. Louis
Wechsler-Chaput) wrote:
[Regarding a regular chat on IRC channel #firesign Thursday nights at 9 pm
Eastern]
It's generally OK with me, except for this Thursday (March 30th), since
I'll be appearing in a local production of Hellman's "The Little Foxes"
(as Oscar Hubbard, one of Miz Lil's nastier creations) that night. After
that it's cool, though.
Does anybody out there know anything about writing IRC 'bot programs?
The #babylon5 channel, for example, is kept up and running permanently by
a 'bot called Babcom. I think a #firesign 'bot (Tirebiter, maybe? >:-)>
) might be useful for the same purpose.
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* The_Doge of St. Louis |"One Step Beyond"-Sundays 3 pm, 88.1 FM*
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Elayne Wechsler-Chaput
: >- Elayne
: This week, 9 PM EST will be 7 PM Azholezona time; I'll just be leaving the
: orifice so there's a limited chance I'd check in. Next week 9 PM EDT will be
: 6 PM AZ Time (we don't do the time change this weekend) and I'll still be at
: woik.
That's why I said "STARTING AT" that time. I don't expect we'll only be
there for, say, a half hour! If you tune in at 10pm, I expect I'll still
be hanging 'round; I usually do between an hour to an hour and a half on
CompuServe conferences, and I'm *paying* for those...
I'll IRC 'till I drop on Thursday!
John V. Scialli
>X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
>
This week, 9 PM EST will be 7 PM Azholezona time; I'll just be leaving the
orifice so there's a limited chance I'd check in. Next week 9 PM EDT will be
6 PM AZ Time (we don't do the time change this weekend) and I'll still be at
woik.
John
The_Doge of St. Louis
Wechsler-Chaput) wrote:
> I'll IRC 'till I drop on Thursday!
Hey, like, WayCool! I'll try to drop in after I get back from my
performance of "Little Foxes" - probably around 11:30 - midnight Eastern.
If nobody is on-line, I'll just retire to my scale model of the Taj
Mahal (made of real oleomargarine) and retire.
The_Doge of St. Louis
>The_Doge of St. Louis (the...@crl.com) wrote:
>
>: If nobody is on-line, I'll just retire to my scale model of the Taj
>: Mahal (made of real oleomargarine) and retire.
>
>
And the Natural Guard!
SirWill1
: If nobody is on-line, I'll just retire to my scale model of the Taj
: Mahal (made of real oleomargarine) and retire.
Brought to you by your department of redundancy department.
Ray Sanders
fire...@panix.com (Elayne Wechsler-Chaput) writes:
>
> That's why I said "STARTING AT" that time. I don't expect we'll only be
> there for, say, a half hour! If you tune in at 10pm, I expect I'll still
> be hanging 'round; I usually do between an hour to an hour and a half on
> CompuServe conferences, and I'm *paying* for those...
>
> I'll IRC 'till I drop on Thursday!
Elayne,
I am usually on for an hour or two most nights starting about 12:15
Eastern. Last night I cranked up #firesign just for the heck of it to
see what would happen. A couple of people stumbled in. I usually
monitor three of four IRC channels at once, so another one doesn't add
to the confusion that much.
Ray (who lives next door to the same old place, out behind the dwarf
maples)