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IRC Basics ..
What
is an IRC Channel?
#Politics
is a channel (a virtual room) on EFnet IRC. When you enter
our channel you may engage in live political discussion
with others from all over the United States, Europe,
Canada Asia and other foreign countries.
People from all political persuasions are welcome. We have
no political affiliation and no specific political
viewpoint. We have an open forum and you are free to
join into any discussion taking place. Please accept this
as a personal invitation to join our channel. We would
certainly like to have you visit us and hopefully, become
a regular.
If
you want to install your own software
..
The
first thing you will need to do is to download the
appropriate software that enables you to connect to IRC.
The software you use to connect to IRC is called your
"client."
Windows:
The
best client program is mIRC . You can get mIRC
here,
Mac, os9, mac osx:
SNAK
can be found
here.
Mac classic, mac osx:
IRCLE can be found
here.
Shell account *nix:
BitchX can be found
here.
IEpic can be found
here.
ircII can be found
here.
Xchat can be found
here.
I
Chat
Lingo ..
We
would like to explain some things that are peculiar
to IRC. If your comment is directed to a particular person
in the channel, always start the post with their nick.
Otherwise nobody will know who you are talking to. For
example, if you want to direct a comment to Joe, type
something like this:
Joe, it won't be long before we are cloning
human organs for transplant.
Faces
are frequently used in posts. A smiley (:-))
is often used to greet someone in a friendly manner. Posts
to the channel can sometimes appear harsher then intended,
so it is a common practice to soften a sentence with a
smiley. Again, we have an example below.
Joe, that response was utter nonsense! :-)
There is a
language used which is unique to IRC and is often used to
save keystrokes. It is basically a convenience and some
use it more than others. Following are some common ones
used in #politics:
| :-)
happy face |
IMHO
- in my humble opinion |
| :-(
sad face |
BRB
- be right back |
| ;-)
winking face |
BBIAB
- be back in a bit |
| LOL
- laughing out loud |
WB
- welcome back |
| ROFL
- rolling on floor laughing |
NP
- no problem |
| LMAO
- laughing my ass off |
K
- okay |
| BTW
- by the way |
RE
- short for (re hello) or hello again
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In any case, if you
don't know what it means .. just ask.
Channel
Courtesy ..
Spelling
and punctuation are not strictly observed and pointing
these errors out, is considered lame. Also, do not type in caps,
use colors, or special scripts when posting to the
channel. In #politics, these actions are considered rude. Better you should emphasize
something by enclosing it like *this*.
Posting to the channel over-and-over, taking several
separate lines of text, is called flooding. Color, aciii
art and wav files will not be well received.
If you are looking for
Sex you came to the wrong place, and if you participate in
any type of behavior that is non-productive and
distracting to the channel, you will be warned by a
channel op (operator) to quit. A channel op is
designated by an @ beside his/her nick. #politics
also utilizes VOP's (Voice Operators) and HOP's (Half
Operators). Their names are announced as you enter
the channel.
I hope you enjoy coming to our channel
and that you will become a *regular* visitor.
Sincerely,
CometBaby
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