_before_ (kind of) IRC - was classic email...

From: Bryan Pope <bpope_at_wordstock.com>
Date: Fri Aug 17 10:04:20 2001

>
> On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Bryan Pope wrote:
> > I remember when you could chat online (in my case, Compuserve) with
> > intelligent people... Umm.. And you only got 20 hours a month. :(
>
> It doesn't seem all that long ago that IRC was like that. Of course,
> can it not be said that IRC and other forms of on-line chat are, to be
> honest, a waste of time, and that mailing lists allow a group to
> exchange more information in a more efficient manner? That is, people
> can take their time composing messages and adding more relevant
> info. to them, then one has to do is quickly scan over the e-mail
> containing that info., so, information that may have taken an hour of
> one's time to obtain via IRC can be obtained in a matter of minutes
> via a mailing list. Ok, not "real time," but if one waits a while and
> then reads one's e-mail.
>

I can see your point in using mailing lists to get information... For me
chatting online was more to meet people online, talk and hang out.

Bryan
Received on Fri Aug 17 2001 - 10:04:20 BST