MarkW

Spoke to JonH and EdOwen last night but had to 'leave' about 10ish, as getting in in the neck from the Mrs for being a 'computer saddo' :D

Maybe we should arrange a 'virtual' meet for a certain day and time once everyone has the technology to do so?

BlueAdept

Wow, a computer saddo AND a car saddo all at the same time... well I'm sure we've been drive to it by all these delays... ;-) Tell her to complain to Mazda... ROFLOL.

rael

Without wishing to come across aggressive, is this forum and interchange not enough without starting another (be it) faster forum?

As a non-IT old fart perhaps I am missing the advantages.

rael

Titanium Grey

Because it's interactive, it becomes a lot more like a chat down the pub. Things tend to go off at a tangent, but it's also great not having to wait for a reply.

So it's a different experience, not as focused as the forum but more open to finding out more about your sad fellow RX-8 ownwers-to-be.

sixspeed

Shall we make a date for another time then - maybe give us a few days to arrange a few hours leave from the other halves? :D


-andy-

AndyPearce

As Titanium Grey say's it's much more of a dialog and you also get a much better feel for the personality of the others (anyone on last night now knows Renegade_si is someone who shouldn't be allowed near a keyboard after 3/4 of a bottle of wine! :p

I can't connect through the work proxy so evenings after 10:30 are best for me.

It was good to chat to the guys on last night - shame I had to go so soon - the joy's of being a parent!

BlueAdept

I appreciate that it may be a pain to install software to use this... and I certainly don't advocate it as an "alternative" forum... More as another poster pointed out as the digital equivalent of a "chat down the pub"... I decided to do this after getting about 10 P/M's in a 30 minute period, and waiting literally for the next response... this is a much more instant media.

I will endevour to find a web based JAVA IRC client and install it somwhere... hopefully that will make it a little easier for the uninitiated.

oilman

Managed to get on it, spoke to Titanuim Grey.

Will be on this evening around 10pm

Cheers
Oilman

RobDickinson

Cant do it at work, baaad firewall (understandable).

May try thursday night if I'm not playing Dark age all night

sixspeed

Seee you there!

-andy-

MarkW

If you're reading the forum now - download mIRC and get your asses in here now to join the party!!!

Titanium Grey

There are a few of us in tonight, Renegade_si (pissed again ), Oilman, MarkW, jon H and myself.

Come on in for a chat.

renegade_si

1) go to www.searchirc.com and thats got a java based irc client
2) I'm not pizsded. I'n sowba.

crabacle

Chaps,

For those with firewalls and broadband routers, IRC is a pain to configure.

Anybody fancy using Yahoo messenger instead? Again its free and its V Good.

RobDickinson

I'm already on yahoomessenger.

so give me a yell!

sixspeed

I meant to ask a similar question about MSN...

Anyone else on MSN Messenger?


If so - add me! andycohen@hotmail.com



-andy-

BlueAdept

Yes, I'm on MSN (Until 15'th of October) when Microsoft is likley to lock a load of people including me out.

I'm moving to Jabber, along with a lot of other people I know.... take a look at the Exodus client.

http://exodus.jabberstudio.org/

There's lots of info and other clients at:-

http://www.jabber.org/

All that said, I'm also on AIM, ICQ and Yahoo... What can I say, I use GAIM which can do ALL the protocols.

http://gaim.sourceforge.net/

But beware, the Windows version is reported to be a little flaky.

Edit: See my profile for my account details on various protocols.

BlueAdept

I agree that with a firewall you might have problems, although the same applies potentially to any protocol.... Not sure why you could have problems with a "broadband router" though.

I picked IRC specifically becasue it IS available to everyone, or should be at least at home... Not sure if you can create a "Chat" on Yahoo, but it's certainly not supported in any of the clients I have... they don't make an official client for ANY of the computers I use either at work or at home!

simrjor

What protocol are we going to pick? Stick with IRC or Jabber.

What about another poll to amuse us. :D

sixspeed

Why are Microsoft likely to remove a load of people from MSN on the 15th Oct?


I think we should stick with IRC for our scheduled chats - the MSN Messenger bit I was just interested in as people tend to use this anyway for general online contacts, so wondered if anyone else had it. It's more useful for one-to-one conversations than group meetings/conferences etc.


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BlueAdept

Well, they stated that as of that time, non Microsoft "3rd Party" clients would be blocked... as would those people using earlier MS clients.

Since I, and a lot of my contacts are not in a position to use "Microsoft Messenger".... partly because I have contacts on 5 different IM networks, but mainly because MS do not make a client for non MS operating systems such as Linux"

So, I've migrated everyone I can to Jabber and I guess I'll loose the rest.

MarkW

Is there anyone around tonight, if so I'll look in if I can stay awake?

Did a big network upgrade last night got home at 02:45 and was up again 06:30 so feeling a bit tired today.

sixspeed

I'll be around from about 9....

-andy-

BlueAdept

Going carting tonight... so I won't be on.. at least not until gone Midnight.

Titanium Grey

Probably.