Alan Dayley wrote: >> On 7/31/06, Alan Dayley wrote: >> >> Most people in the #plugaz chan are idle a large portion of the time. > > This is true. However, if you arrange to meet someone in the channel to > hash out an issue, it doesn't matter if the others are idle since you > brought your own chat partner. > > Joe explained why this does not work for him in this case, and that is > fine. I'm just trying to encourage people to use the IRC more often so it > will be less idle. It is an excellent resource that is highly underused > by the group. > >> On >> a >> side note, the same IRC network also has distro-specific channels eg. >> #fedora_core,#debian,##slackware,etc which are quite full and are usually >> very helpful. > > Absolutely! I solved a VPN issue with help from the #ipcop channel this > last week. IRC is a great way to get and give help. > > Alan > Thanks for the reminder, Alan. IRC *is* a great way to do this sort of thing. I'd be there if Joe could get there easily. -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss