Election day watch / Real Time Chat on IRC

[telemann.livejournal.com]

If any of the community are interested, I've created an EfNet IRC channel called #talk_politics. IRC clients include mIRC (PC), IRCle (Mac), and BitchX (Unix on shell accounts). If that's all Greek and too geeky for you, go to and on the left pane there is a webchat java client. Change the alias in the field to what you want (there is I believe an 8 character limit for aliases), then change the channel to #talk_politics and hit enter. There is no software installed, so it's completely safe. Feel free to join the chat!

Comments

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Gee, I forgot IRC even existed.

You... you mean it still exists?

Must check it.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Where else would I get my *cough* movies and television episodes :P I just hope there is a server you can log onto, I would guess that efnet.org would let you.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

You guys sure have lots of spare time on your hands. Fingers. Minds... Whatevs.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

I idle most all the time on IRC, and have scripts to grab things as I need them.

[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

From Usenet, like intelligent people. ;)

[telemann.livejournal.com]

haha :P

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

What's this newfangled usenet thing? What # do I dial to? does it use telnet?

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Ha

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

I thought everyone was using torrents these days.

[badlydrawnjeff.livejournal.com]

I'm constantly on efnet, irc.blessed.net works wonders.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

well join #talk_politics bubba! :P

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Wait, is blessed.net still on Efnet, or did they leave a while back?

[spaz-own-joo.livejournal.com]

This channel is full of noobs. :D

[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

This is true of all of irc these days.

[the-rukh.livejournal.com]

I'll probably check it out when I get home from class today.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

IRC! Oh how I miss thee, those were the halycon days of the 1990s for me. Once everyone got social networky the conversation stalled.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

Actually it was a lot of fun, about ten folks showed up.

[anfalicious.livejournal.com]

boo, no one is there. Damn you people and your timezone.

[telemann.livejournal.com]

I've thought of making that channel a perm one. I think there would be interest ;)