There is a new and nicely established IRC channel for the discussion of all things FIRST. If you are familiar with IRC the channel can be found at:
** irc.freenode.net - #firstrobotics**
If you drop by these you’ll notice they have been devoid of any notable activity for ages.
So how is this better than previous attempts?
We’ve got quite a few admins, a well written bot or two, and most importantly it’s on a real IRC network (freenode).
Why was this created?
(As it has been explained to me) There had be many quasi-organized AIM-based chats and they were simply to hectic due to AIM’s lack of moderation features and it’s general inferiority to IRC.
What do you have to do with this?
Uh, I just want more people around to talk to. (We have about 10 steady users now)
Yeah, phrontist’s wrote a nice bot in perl, and I’m attempting to write one in PHP, so it should start to get fun when we get the bots talking to each other =P
um… is there any reason we are using freenode compared to a more used IRC like quakenet!?! cause im on quakenet 24/7 for gaming on MIRC… so its hard for me to switch inbetween networks =/
Freenode is one of the more popular networks, beaten out by EFnet and DALnet. I’d be suprised if quakenet were more popular
If you have a good client, you can be on multiple networks at once. I do not know of any clients that do not support this. Get a better one if yours does not, there are plenty of them.
UPDATE: mIRC definately supports multiple networks! You can’t even tell the channels are on different servers for crying out loud! :rolleyes:
If you’re wondering how to do multiple networks on mIRC, the way I do it is by going to File --> Recent Servers --> New Server Window. This will give me a second server window, which I can connect to a separate network than my first server window.
I mean, its awesome that you guys are trying to get everyone to chat and into because not everyone uses AIM.
But, I happen to be an active AIM chatter, but, I have tried IRC that you gave mulsiple times, and my computer just likes to be well, how can I put this, it just doesnt work. Internet explorer has issues on my computer and Firefox seems not to support many things.
So now I am very sad, and yes, I have tried many things to fix my computer, I am good with computers.
yeah i am still having problems configuring a good IRC client. Though I use AIM all the time when I am not on vacation. Always looking for new buddies.
It’s been a long while since I’ve tried to join one of these FIRST chats and I’ve never seen this problem. I’ve tried it with the web based chat, x-chat, and mirc.
On a related note, Xchat now officially sucks. I loved it back in the tigerbolt days, but now you have to pay $20 for it. I also hate the new interface.
Uh, this xchat? Pay? It’s OSS as near as I can tell. I don’t mind the “new” interface, what specifically bothers you about it? You could always get the old version.
You may use X-Chat for Windows for free for 30 days. If, after this time, you would like to continue using the product, you are required to register. Registration is a one time fee of $20 USD (United States Dollars) which can be paid using the PayPal service below.
Q. Why isn’t the Windows version free?
A. Building X-Chat for Windows is a difficult process, it requires quite some skill and expertise to accomplish. It takes time, and is by no means automated.
Clark, DJ, Ive run into that error before…the time I had it either the server network was down, or I was behind a firewall with a particular port blocked. I dont know if this will help you or not though.
