From Mr. Gil Sent Sun, Aug 30th 1998, 21:50
From Mr. Gil Sent Sun, Aug 30th 1998, 21:50
The deal with IRC, when it's working right, is that you can just type /join #idm at the prompt, and if nobody else is on the channel, it will be created automatically. If you wait a few minutes or hours, somebody else will join. Keep IRC running in a window in the background so you can do other things while you're waiting. I say "when it's working right" because if you're connected to a good IRC server, the whole world can see the same #idm channel. Some servers, however, are isolated and form islands due to a phenomenon called "netsplit". As a whole, IRC is a vast ocean of blithering idiocy, but an #idm channel might form an oasis of pseudo-sanity. I'm posting this to everyone because if enough people try #idm on IRC from time to time, realtime discussions can proliferate and PLUR will rain down on our parched multiverse. It beats working! NP: My Bloody Valentine - Loveless Mr. Gil xxx@xxxxx.xxx (L-zero-P-H-T) No authority is self-justified. Resist. Visit The Compendium of Allowable Knowledge http://WWW.L0PHT.COM/~gil/ FREE MUMIA ABU-JAMAL. END THE RACIST DEATH PENALTY.