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[Al]

i know its a bit geeky but i wouldn't mind lurking around a irc channel for navara.asia lol

 

[Al]

[20:14] * Now talking in #navara.asia


bawahaha

 

[digbyj]

Al, I've got no idea what you are talkin bout Willis.
Please fill me in...

 

[KraftyPg]

Not so much geeky as old school geeky, I gave up IRC 10 years ago.

IRC = Internet Relay Chat. Chatrooms on many different servers where people log on and talk crap endlessly or sit idle for hours on end waiting for people to join to give them someone to talk too.

 

[Al]

sorry mate not sure irc is even still going these days it was popular back 10-15 years ago... a lot has changed now that every man and his dog has the net

 

[Al]

i rememeber when i paid for internet access by the hour

 

[KraftyPg]

The Undernet is still going, so is Dalnet I believe. I know guys that still leave their machines logged on 24/7 with bots in channels of 3 people making sure no one swears and no one picks on them while they aren't around.

In many ways forums and Bulletin Boards have taken over which is pretty much a full circle situation since before IRC chatrooms, private chat rooms and meets of 50+ people all having a huge party getting pissed and sleeping together (or picking on those who did sleep together) it was all done on BB's at 14.4K dial up speeds.

 

[Biscuits]

wow, IRC what a flashback

 

[KraftyPg]

Yeah a flashback, but not always a good one.

 

[Biscuits]

I'm supriseits still going. But if people still use Ham Radio then i guess Irc would be the same.

Wasn't there one called ICQ, like an early messenger

 

[KraftyPg]

Yeah I believe that's still going too, although it was always very unreliable connection wise.

What suprises me is how many forums have atleast 1 thread asking about or talking about members who used to be on irc.

 

[Leprechaun]

Isn't the chat feature the same??

 

[KraftyPg]

pretty much

 

[ONLOCK]

geez definatly a flash back. havent been on for at least 10 years i reckon. cant say i miss it lol

 

[terryc]

it was all done on BB's at 14.4K dial up speeds.

Luxury!.

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[Krankin]

IRC, ICQ......primative/earlydays facebook.

 

[tweak'e]

IRC was a bit to powerfull. to many bots etc.

ICQ,AIM,MSN,Jabber etc are all still going. has advantages over facebook etc as its private chat, can send files etc. theres a few muiti chat programs like trillian that handle a lot of the different chat networks.

 

[KraftyPg]

IRC was also quite dangerous for the uninitiated, you could take down a person from the other side of the country (world if lag didn't kill you first) before they knew what was happening, it was personal hacking at it's easiest.

Many of today's script junkies cut their teeth hacking IRC users, but it's the ones who were stopped in their tracks by someone who was smarter than them that always made me laugh. Most of my old channels from 10 years ago still have 3 or 4 of the old school l33t mob sitting there with bots in channel, only talking to tell the few remaining souls who wander into channel how failure to keep to the rules will result in attacks from bots.

IRC was fun for the wannabe hackers alone.

 

[Aussie Frontier]

I used to spend hours on the Trivia Channels

yeah long long time ago

I even remember the net when it was no graphics and online gaming was all in text

"step 1 pace west"

etc etc etc

 

[KraftyPg]

Strip poker and porn was always great is ASCII art