irc

i'm 10 years behind, we all know this. but can someone break down the irc in to "IRC for Dummies" terms for me? I got on then was totally confused.

THE IRC

GOOD LUCK TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT





Its basically a chat program like MSN or AIM.

Or as a quote on bash said, "It's multiplayer notepad"

IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. By connecting to IRC, you connect to a server and then join a room.

I suppose to relate it to something that you may be more familiar with, think about MSN and its ability to have a conversation with lots of people in it. It's like that, except you don't know who most of them are.

And don't expect any of us to talk whenever you join. When I woke up a few days ago, I'd seen that you'd called in and said hi. I was asleep, and other users were doing their thing. My IRC client is on my server, so I can be in the chatroom and have my normal computer off and me being halfway around the world not using IRC.

tl;dr, If there's a conversation going on, it can be quite fun. Otherwise I'd get used to lurking or trying to strike up some conversation.

I was thinking of starting to jump on IRC. Should I? I really wanna.

I'm around, but tempted to go to bed. If you do join in, be prepared for long silences or long conversations where you won't want to get up lest you miss something.

Most likely A).

Everything that could sum up IRC has already been said. If nothing is happening, lurk. It will get easier later. AND GO TO SLEEP HIBIA!!! You must serve FAKKU by being conscious for as long as you possiby can. Or something ^_^

SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK

okay, i'm digging it... but how can i hide my ip address on there? i just hate the fact that people can pinpoint what street I live on... it's just creepy for me.

Maybe if you used a dynamic IP address, they wouldn't be able to track you down. But don't quote me on it, I'm not a network genius.

Or maybe it's even in the IRC client options.

Good luck!

Most programs you use hide your IP address but I'm pretty sure no one here will try to track you down.

that's true... and i didn't want to come off as, "I don't trust you bastards" but... you never know, Hibia saved my pic. Hahahaha!

wow, if it wasn't for hibia, i soooo wouldn't get it...

major kudos for hibia.

not to mention all them goodies(anime, manga, n stuff :roll:)you can download from the irc

you should jump into irc, for social and downloading purpose :P

Yeah, well the Rizon network automagically masks your host to something like Rizon-D287E8D4.gamma116.maxonline.com.sg, so there's no problem in someone seeing your IP address.

A dynamic IP address doesn't help much, and an IP address can normally only be used to find the ISP a user uses [which is normally country specific, so a normal search would probably only reveal a country as ambiguous as USA]



I wouldn't count on that if I were you. This is the internet after all.

Yes, danger lurks in the shadows at every turn.

Hmm yeah, it'll all be fine. Haven't seen you in a while though, rukia92, so do come back soon. Can't have too much interesting conversation in IRC.

And don't worry, Hibia won't stalk you...for long...(lol, just kidding).

And to anyone else out there interested in joining us on multiplayer notepad, it's quite fun, if only to lurk for a bit. Though I must say, if you don't say anything interesting or constructive, ever, you may as well just lurk here till something catches your eye.

yeah, i plan on it... but i've been really busy lately... and i have a feeling something is coming up that might... MIGHT... keep me away more. we will see.

Someone remind me what our IRC address is. e_e I've forgotten it in my old age.