do you want a chat section in this forum?

firubbi · Post by **firubbi** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:47 pm

maybe we don't need any but it might be more helpful

..... what do you think?
Thanks.

next to nothing · Post by **next to nothing** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 11:56 pm

Well, if you dont mind IRC you've always got #pulsarmusic on EFnet

nprime · Post by **nprime** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:26 am

Gee, and I thought the whole forum was my own personal chat room!

I dunno, do we need a chat room? Good question...

How difficult is it to implement?

R

at0m · Post by **at0m** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:12 am

There's browser plugins for that, like the one used at the bottom of http://www.adern.com/forums/ . That link leeds to #pulsarmusic on EFNet where we reside.

The [edited] JIRC tool is not free for the hosting server, if you want to put that one here also it will cost a little. Or you could just use the one from Adern

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Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:38 am

Is IRC considered reasonably safe these days?

I haven't used IRC or ICQ etc. for years as you used to be able to drive a school bus through the gaping security holes.

Royston

valis · Post by **valis** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 5:50 am

Atomic, the one on Adern.com is JIRC and its a commercial app, but I actually know of a free one that is better called pJIRC (gave it to Red a while back, Adern should see an upgrade soon). Planetz could easily use it for a page (I'm familiar with customizing it too so could setup the colors etc.)

I've got one at kief.net/irc/ but that is tied to my channel so here's a version that will dump people into the right channel:

http://www.kief.net/irc/planetz.html
there's a nickname box in the lower right or you can change nickname by doing: /nick (nickname)
This client supports multiple channels AND multiple servers.

Counterparts: asking if IRC is safe is a bit like asking if web browsing is safe. There's always going to be security holes in computing. With reasonably up-to-date software and some forethought about your actions you're usually (hopefully) fairly safe. In #pulsarmusic you should be fairly safe assuming you don't wander around EFnet clicking links randomly and use one of these clients:
mIRC (Shareware with no expiration: windows)
X-Chat (Free except the windows version: windows, linux, bsd, OS X [aqua & X11])
AKWA IRC (Shareware: MacOS X)
Snak (Shareware: MacOS X)
ShadowIRC (FREE-MacOS X)
IRCle (Shareware: Classic 68k, Classic PPC, and Carbon/OS X)
BitchX (FREE: Command line app - many OS's supported)

[ This Message was edited by: valis on 2004-11-18 05:57 ]

Counterparts · Post by **Counterparts** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 7:42 am

valis wrote:

Counterparts: asking if IRC is safe is a bit like asking if web browsing is safe.

Tell me about it!

I connected to the internet from home for the first time in about 2 years yesterday. Within 5 SECONDS of my IP address appearing on the network, somebody tried to port-rape me! Fortunately, I'm not a complete dummy and was sitting behind a firewall.

'tis a jungle out there! :-/

Coming back to the thread's topic, I'd personally welcoms a chat page at PZ and would be happy to make a donation towards any set-up costs which John may incur (assuming he's up for it!)

Royston

BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 9:58 am

You can all use mine, I just put it up because it came precanned with the website.

http://oliversb.net/

There isn't much there, maybe I'll have more time to fill it up.

[ This Message was edited by: BingoTheClowno on 2004-11-18 10:03 ]

valis · Post by **valis** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 10:37 am

Bingo, the links that at0mic and I posted go to a channel that has been established for several years and referred to on these forums several times before. It also has quite a few long-term permanent members lurking around. Not that I want to denigrate your personal channel but its a lot more likly to find someone in #pulsarmusic i think...

[ This Message was edited by: valis on 2004-11-18 10:40 ]

BingoTheClowno · Post by **BingoTheClowno** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 11:52 am

I know, I just posted it because it was related to the topic.