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

From: gwynp_at_artware.qc.ca <(gwynp_at_artware.qc.ca)>
Date: Fri Aug 17 12:26:21 2001

On 17-Aug-2001 Bryan Pope wrote:
>>
>> "Real life is full of idiots, and tons of ads. I don't see how IRC is
>> any different, other than a lot more people want to have sex with
>> you."
>> -- m3000
>>
>
> I remember when you could chat online (in my case, Compuserve) with
> intelligent people... Umm.. And you only got 20 hours a month. :(

There are still intelligent people on IRC and other chat systems. It's
just very hard to find them. I gave up on IRC for many years, until I
discovered #perl on EFnet (which has since moved to Magnet). I learned a
lot about perl there, met some very cool folks. We have that ellusive
"community" that the 'net was supposed to give us.

But I agree that most of IRC is painful.

-Philip
Received on Fri Aug 17 2001 - 12:26:21 BST