How dare you fill my screen with one more line of useless non-linux-expert garbage. Nevermind the 30 people you helped earlier. If you're neck deep in the middle of writing something in Perl and just think "hey, i'm hanging out in here, I'll ask someone there," Durtro is almost destined to kick you. Depsite how much time you spend there and how much time you help others, you still get hounded for everything. For a long time I understood why "new" user questions were annoying. *may not be the same on your favorite server/network, but I'm fairly sure a similar option does exist. As an American I know first hand how dumb we can be, but I also know that every other nation has equal proportions of "lusers" to deal with, so I do the smart thing and treat the situation in the way that gives me the best experience I can muster, regardless of circumstance. Rather than being frustrated with an individual or even a group of individuals you choose to stereotype, let it go and move on.
If you have a problem with an individual on irc, you have all of these fun tools to use to change your space and make it more comfortable. These include /ignore, /silence*, &channels*, +mblispknt modes*, and the all-time favorite /quit. IRC has a number of extremely friendly functions that can keep your poor eyes from seeing such sores as "h4x0r k1d5", "l4m3rz", and most importantly the "an0nym0u5 c0wardz" of IRC. Not to attack your post specifically, but more the general tone of "irc-flaming" I've encountered in this poll. There's just something inherently fun (in an elitist sort of way) about using an OS/chat protocall/discussion forum/file transfer widget/command line instead of GUI/whatever that you know most people would probably have no hope of (or just couldn't be bothered to) figuring out. But c'mon, you've got to admit that a lot of people try it just to be a "cool geek" and stick it to the man.
I'm not saying that's true for everybody, and I'm not saying it's the only reason one might prefer Linux. To some extent, this is the same phycology that many prefer Linux over MS too. On the internet, it seems like there is an old geek standard and a new and improved, but generally not as "geek cool" version. Now, don't get me wrong, I actualy use AIM and Yahoo! myself. Or even one by a company as cool as Yahoo! They are (though it's rapidly becoming "were") like the Netscapes and Googles of the world.īut still it's slightly sad that people new to the internet are first turned on to a branded service like AIM. They're not a krudgy corp, they're "fun" "new" "hip" whatever. In fact, Yahoo! is the best example here. Or at least it is far more so than Yahoo! Chat is. I'm not anti-corperate at all, in fact, I've even been known to stand up and defend Microsoft from time to time.īut I *am* a bit edgy about an entire communications network that is under one umbrella. Now, first off, let me qualify that statment: check my post history. Why is it a shame? Not because the techlology is new, but because it's corperatly controled.
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