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- From: alm@doc.ic.ac.uk (Alexander L McLintock)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: IRC session
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.134058.26472@doc.ic.ac.uk>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 13:40:58 GMT
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- zoetl@isa.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Gunnar Zoetl) writes:
- >s047@SAND.SICS.BU.OZ.AU (Jeremy Lee) writes:
- >>
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- >> >Invite to an Archimedes IRC-Session:
- >> >When: Friday, August 21 9.00am AEST (+10 hrs GMT)
- >>
- >>
- >> It's surprising.. I've rarely seen anyone from the UK on IRC. Can anyone
- >> suggest why?
- >
- >Maybe because of the 10 Hrs time difference? Just think of it: when you
- >go home at 7.00pm, the folks in england just start to wake up (9.00am).
- >The suggested IRC session starts at 02.00am MEST, but nonetheless,
- >I'll try to be there... (if I manage to get up, that is ;-)
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- I have seen more brits on irc than aussies, so there !
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- >> Could I get some sort of response to the number of people
- >> who have access to IRC. If there is enough interest, I might set up a
- >> bot and make #acorn a semi-permenant channel.
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- Not many in britain. but the numbers are doubling quickly.
- If you create an irc bot, could you allow posting of notices such
- as "IRC session on Thursday nn of mmm 199x nn:nn GMT," so that
- we don't clog up the news network.
-
- do you see what I mean.
- >> Jeremy
- >Gunnar
- AlexMC
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