IRC? (Was:Re: How to install lilo to the MBR?)

[Eric "Shubes"]

Alan Dayley wrote:
>> On 7/31/06, Alan Dayley <alandd at consultpros.com> 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.

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-Eric 'shubes'