Posted by Joe Ross at 02/27/2001 12:53 PM EST
Engineer on team #330, Beach Bot, from Hope Chapel Academy and NASA/JPL , J&F Machine, and Raytheon.
In Reply to: FIRST has a new chat (yay, Lora!)
Posted by Erin on 02/27/2001 7:32 AM EST:
Like Lora posted earlier this is an IRC chat, but you don't need to know IRC to use the java client that Lora set up.
If you do know IRC and would like to use your own IRC client, the server is irc.webmaster.com and the channel is #firstrobotics
There are just a few things to know that you should keep in mind.
When you first enter the channel your nickname will be FIRSTnut. Lora is asking that everyone use their real name followed by their team number. to change your nickname type "/nick newnickname". Spaces are not allowed so use an underscore (_) instead.
On the right side of the screen you will see a list of people. The ones with an @ sign before their name are the channel operators. They have the ability to ban you and/or kick you out of the channel. Please remember gracious profesionalism when you are in the chat room. A good rule to use is ask your self "Would I say this same thing to my father, grandmother, pastor or post it on chiefdelphi?".
If you have any other questions about the chat room, direct them to Lora. If you have any questions about IRC in general there will probably be a few people who can answer your questions. both myself (JoeRoss_T330) and Tom (TomBOBCAT177) can answer your questions (Plus some other experienced people will probably drop in).
BTW, thanks Lora!!!
