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Offline Razor

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on: October 19, 2003, 09:53:45 am
I know it stands short for Internet Rally Chat right? But I want to know a few things. Is chating it's only purpose? What benefits do I have from it? Is it risky to use it and what kinds of risks are we talking about? I am new to this so I need some info on it first.
 

Offline diamondgeezer

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Reply #1 on: October 19, 2003, 10:05:58 am
The R stands for Relay, and while chatting is indeed its actual point there are other features to be had these days. I'm no expert but you can transfer files via an arcane process called DCC. As for security risks, if a guy tells you that you're being hacked and you must rip your modem out immediately, ignore him :nod:
 

Offline kasperl

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Reply #2 on: October 19, 2003, 10:10:25 am
DG pretty juch summed it up, security is always a problem, but it's safer then IE, as long as you don't accept anything from anyone but those you really, really know. DCC does indeed work, and on some servers there are bots functioning for file downloading, mostly warez.
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You cannot defeat Windows through strength alone. Only patience, a lot of good luck, and a sledgehammer will do the job. --StratComm
 

Offline an0n

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Reply #3 on: October 19, 2003, 10:42:19 am
Use mIRC 5.91
"I.....don't.....CARE!!!!!" ---- an0n
"an0n's right. He's crazy, an asshole, not to be trusted, rarely to be taken seriously, and never to be allowed near your mother. But, he's got a knack for being right. In the worst possible way he can find." ---- Yuppygoat
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Offline kasperl

OT-Need info on IRC
Reply #4 on: October 19, 2003, 10:51:43 am
mIRC is good.

and don't accept anything from an0n, ok?
just another newbie without any modding, FREDding or real programming experience

you haven't learned masochism until you've tried to read a Microsoft help file.  -- Goober5000
I've got 2 drug-addict syblings and one alcoholic whore. And I'm a ****ing sociopath --an0n
You cannot defeat Windows through strength alone. Only patience, a lot of good luck, and a sledgehammer will do the job. --StratComm
 

Offline heretic

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Reply #5 on: October 19, 2003, 11:15:28 am
IRC is the best form of chat, and also you can get....shareware.....easily.

mIRC is perfect, because it does everything without all the stupid bells and whistles.
VBB survivor: June 1999 until the end. Only banned 2 or 3 times (I think)
 

Offline Kamikaze

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Reply #6 on: October 19, 2003, 11:31:59 am
mIRC blows, mainly because of all the security problems. If you're in for masochistic simplicity, use a text based client like ircii, epic or *****x. For a graphical client I suggest virc or xchat.
IRC security depends on the server you use, also make sure not to click any random spam links if you're on windows.
Science alone of all the subjects contains within itself the lesson of the danger of belief in the infallibility of the greatest teachers in the preceding generation . . .Learn from science that you must doubt the experts. As a matter of fact, I can also define science another way: Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. - Richard Feynman
  

Offline an0n

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Reply #7 on: October 19, 2003, 11:33:58 am
mIRC is pretty much the only option for Windows peeps. X-Chat is experimental at best and vIRC is hard to screw around with.

mIRC is clean and simple and as long as you disable DCC's you're fine.
"I.....don't.....CARE!!!!!" ---- an0n
"an0n's right. He's crazy, an asshole, not to be trusted, rarely to be taken seriously, and never to be allowed near your mother. But, he's got a knack for being right. In the worst possible way he can find." ---- Yuppygoat
~-=~!@!~=-~ : Nodewar.com
 

Offline Kamikaze

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Reply #8 on: October 19, 2003, 11:40:15 am
Kvirc (with a powerful scripting language, the site says you can do oop) is available for windows, as is xircon and bersirc (scripting in object pascal).
Science alone of all the subjects contains within itself the lesson of the danger of belief in the infallibility of the greatest teachers in the preceding generation . . .Learn from science that you must doubt the experts. As a matter of fact, I can also define science another way: Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. - Richard Feynman
 

Offline an0n

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Reply #9 on: October 19, 2003, 11:45:27 am
Xircon sucks balls.

mIRC is all anyone needs.
"I.....don't.....CARE!!!!!" ---- an0n
"an0n's right. He's crazy, an asshole, not to be trusted, rarely to be taken seriously, and never to be allowed near your mother. But, he's got a knack for being right. In the worst possible way he can find." ---- Yuppygoat
~-=~!@!~=-~ : Nodewar.com
 

Offline kasperl

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Reply #10 on: October 19, 2003, 01:19:15 pm
for this one time, i agree with an0n, mIRC is pretty good, and very useable. and it comes with a good helpfile.
just another newbie without any modding, FREDding or real programming experience

you haven't learned masochism until you've tried to read a Microsoft help file.  -- Goober5000
I've got 2 drug-addict syblings and one alcoholic whore. And I'm a ****ing sociopath --an0n
You cannot defeat Windows through strength alone. Only patience, a lot of good luck, and a sledgehammer will do the job. --StratComm
 

Offline diamondgeezer

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Reply #11 on: October 19, 2003, 03:13:31 pm
As has been mentioned, it is possible to obtain huge ammounts of warez and pirate movies via IRC. But these are obviously illegal and you must take care not to download them, if you see what I mean.
 

Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #12 on: October 19, 2003, 03:22:14 pm
I'm using mIRC even as I write this. Admittedly I'm not actually using it, but I'm there in a channel.
 

Offline diamondgeezer

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Reply #13 on: October 19, 2003, 03:22:52 pm
I'm sorely tempted to log on and start a spam race
 

Offline kasperl

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Reply #14 on: October 19, 2003, 03:24:08 pm
go to irc.sorcery.net #nodewar
or #hardlight , but most people hang out in nodewar.
just another newbie without any modding, FREDding or real programming experience

you haven't learned masochism until you've tried to read a Microsoft help file.  -- Goober5000
I've got 2 drug-addict syblings and one alcoholic whore. And I'm a ****ing sociopath --an0n
You cannot defeat Windows through strength alone. Only patience, a lot of good luck, and a sledgehammer will do the job. --StratComm
 

Offline diamondgeezer

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Reply #15 on: October 19, 2003, 03:27:51 pm
Do you have more than people than me, Maeg and Darkage online these days?
 

Offline kasperl

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Reply #16 on: October 19, 2003, 03:29:31 pm
i never visit #hardlight, but in #nodewar we have Shi/Kam, Tiara, an0n, darkage, DM, Zeronet, Icy,  and some other people online regulary.
just another newbie without any modding, FREDding or real programming experience

you haven't learned masochism until you've tried to read a Microsoft help file.  -- Goober5000
I've got 2 drug-addict syblings and one alcoholic whore. And I'm a ****ing sociopath --an0n
You cannot defeat Windows through strength alone. Only patience, a lot of good luck, and a sledgehammer will do the job. --StratComm
 

Offline diamondgeezer

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Reply #17 on: October 19, 2003, 03:30:46 pm
Will one of them make me dinner? I'm hungry...
 

Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #18 on: October 19, 2003, 03:31:06 pm
Well I count 4, including myself.
 

Offline kasperl

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Reply #19 on: October 19, 2003, 03:32:47 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Well I count 4, including myself.


what server/channel?
just another newbie without any modding, FREDding or real programming experience

you haven't learned masochism until you've tried to read a Microsoft help file.  -- Goober5000
I've got 2 drug-addict syblings and one alcoholic whore. And I'm a ****ing sociopath --an0n
You cannot defeat Windows through strength alone. Only patience, a lot of good luck, and a sledgehammer will do the job. --StratComm
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