Um Bill even IRC client have the ability to log whats happening and save
them to text files each file has only what you have discussed privatly with
another user such as a querry it also saves channel conversations
in you options look for loggin and set a log root folder and it should log
everything logs are good incase some one was causing trouble or if you
explained to some somthing and they didnt quite get it you can DCC them the
log and they can re read it
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: Bpreece <bpreece1@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] IRC - Questions
> Before this turns into a war and goes to the open list forum.
>
> Again we can be a little more respectful then to blast someone's work to
> help us
> have a real-time conversation. Also I do not know that your back ground on
> IRC is
> how ever I can tell you that I have used IRC for over 8 years. Times have
> changed.
>
> Linux.com has IRC chat server so does Slashdot and OSDN and The Linux show
> to make it work takes a few things. As to the fact of someone being rude
> that is one thing
> hard to impose unless we have the person who set this up make the SLUG
> officers OP's
> so if we are on we can kick and suspend the people who are acting up. This
> is not hard.
> I use to be a SYSOP for a BBS that had over 120 user not a hard thing.
>
> Yes most of us have to work and we can not do this while working however
> IRC works 24-7 so it is not hard to drop in to the channel when you have
> time or at the
> house. If you have a question then 3 seconds to bring up IRC if no on is
one
> then post it to the list.
>
> Next if someone is new they can drop in the channel and see if they can
get
> answers and a chance
> to chat live. Trust me IRC gets busy after 6:30pm till midnight. Next
again
> we all should put on our
> best behavior while represent our selves and slug to others. Even in here
> again this is not the
> page to start shredding on people take 3 deep breaths all is fine.
>
> Any ways back to the IRC about the following
>
> >1) People don't have the time
> Perhaps after work or on the weekend they do and maybe some do not know
yet
> how to use IRC or
> do not know we have this.
>
> >2) People don't get to really know one another like they do at meetings
> Not true if someone is planning to move in our area or hits our pages
before
> a meeting then they can drop in IRC and chat.
>
> >3) Email is much easier and faster
> Umm Not true If you have to bring up your email create a topic then post
the
> message then send it then wait till it is read.
> IRC once the settings are in place for the channel and server click open
and
> chat and get real time answers not delay to hit
> a server and wait to get answers. However there is some other advantages
to
> e-mail. However this statement is not 100% true.
>
> >4) A vast majority of people like to lurk and that is harder to do in IRC
> Umm you never been on Linux.COM's IRC then have you with over 70+ channels
> with over 100+ on the debian channel alone 24-7.
>
> >5) And personally, I'm less likely to expose my little brother to people
> cursing and acting like idiots if I bring him to a meeting instead of
> getting him on IRC.
> That is something a little bit of courtesy can fix however again though it
> gets nasty sometimes on here and we
> have to tell them take it to the politics and open war list.
>
> >6) Emails can be saved into a searchable archive unlike IRC where you end
> up answering the same question over and over again.
> You can cut and paste the chat in IRC I have done this for years and
paste
> it in to a text editor and save it.
> You can for instance save how do you change the background in KDE take
the
> answer and save it in the text editor as KDE backgrounds.txt or rtf. and
you
> can open it and cut paste the answer or dcc the file to the person asking
> the question.
>
> That's a few ways to make this work as I have replied to these situations.
I
> can say that thanks to IRC and yes especially our list I get answers and
> knowledge. IRC just allows us to do this live rather then 30 and 40
minutes
> later a lot of times. With our talent in SLUG we can make this yet another
> way to make IRC work for us. How we use it well only you can control your
> self. I would also like to add that our special guest Robin ROBLIMO
Miller
> from Slashdot has done IRC chats live with Lugs. So perhaps we can get
> special guest to chat with us if they can not be present at our meetings
> perhaps we could launch a live IRC conversation with them and type and ask
> questions. Think about it. This can be a good tool
> and yes it can be abused too. I ask this of the people who are going to
get
> on there please let's all act with respect. I know most of our people and
> even the younger ones can act very well. We need not bash age , knowledge
,
> or anything else. We are better then this.
>
> Thanks
> Bill Preece
>
>
>
>
>
>
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