On Tue, Dec 15, 1998 at 06:10:14PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Right now #debian seems to be busy bagging NT; why should I be interested? > I don't really go for the c00l d00d handles thing either. THE CHANNEL ISNT MODUR8D BY SUM K1NDA TOPIC COP. BECAUSE MOST UV THE D00DZ THEY'RE VALUE HAV1NG THE FREEDOM 2 DISCUSZ WUTEVUR TICKLEZ THERE FANCY. THE GENURAL TREND UV CONVURSASHUN 1Z GUIDED BY A K1NDA SUMI-VOLUNTARY NATURAL SELECSHUN PROCESZ -- 1F U DONT LA1K WUTZ BEING DISCUSSED. BR1NG UP SUMTHING MORE C00L. IF FOLKZ ON THE CHANNEL ARE JUST BASH1NG MIKROSOFT THEN IT PROBABLY MEANZ THE1R STARVED 4 SUMTH1NG MORE ENGAGING 2 1NTERFACE ABOUT, WHY NOT BRING UP SUMTH1NG URSELF??? ADDISHUNALY. THE PURPUZE UV HANDLEZ IZ TO 1DENTIFY D00DZ + AVOID COL1SIONS, THEAR R LOTZ OF D00DZ CALED "JOHN" OR "STEVE". 4 INSTANCE. SO WHY NOT LET THUMN USE A HANDLE?? AND ONCE UVE DONE THAT. WHY NOT LET THUM P1CK WUTEVUR HANDLE THEY WANT?!?1?!? FOR D00DZ WITH PROPURLY CONFIGURED 1RC CLIENTS. A SIMPLE /WHO1Z NICNA1M WIL REVEAL THERE REAL 1DENTITY. IF THEY GOTNT DEL1BUR8LY TRIED 2 CONCEAL IT, BECAUSE UV UR SHALOW + 1GNORANT CHARACTURIZASHUN UV THE PURPUZE UV IRC N1CNA1MS. TH1S MESSAGE IZ BROTTA U BY B1FF. <original follows> The channel isn't moderated by some kind of topic cop, because most of the people there value having the freedom to discuss whatever tickles their fancy. The general trend of conversation is guided by a kind of semi-voluntary natural selection process -- if you don't like what's being discussed, bring up something more interesting. If folks on the channel are just bashing Microsoft then it probably means they're starved for something more engaging to talk about; why not bring up something yourself? Additionally, the purpose of handles is to identify people and avoid collisions. There are lots of people called "John" or "Steve", for instance, so why not let themn use a handle? And once you've done that, why not let them pick whatever handle they want? For people with properly configured IRC clients, a simple /whois nickname will reveal their real identity, if they haven't deliberately tried to conceal it. Because of your shallow and ignorant characterization of the purpose of IRC nicknames, this message is brought to you by B1FF. -- G. Branden Robinson | We either learn from history or, Debian GNU/Linux | uh, well, something bad will happen. branden@ecn.purdue.edu | -- Bob Church cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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