I met my wife on IRC, many many moons ago. No delay, that's actually pretty
funny. Probably things have changed but lag was the major feature of IRC
back in those days. : )
Didn't Vanagon.com have a straight-up web-based chat app once upon a time?
Something like that might be easier for the um.... 'old people' here than
getting used to IRC.
I sent Mike the Squirrel a chat invite thru Gmail to see how it worked but
the chucklehead ignored me. Yes I took it personally.

Cya,
Robert

On 8/29/07, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Basically, it is a different way of communication between list members.
> IRC is to our mailing list, as placing a conference call is to a mass
> mailing.
>
> A no-delay method of communication that can be used by anyone with a
> computer.
>
> Here is the IRC wikipedia entry:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
>
> I hope this clears up any confusion.
> Sudhir
>
> On 8/29/07, Anthony Egeln <regnsuzanne@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Sudhir,
> >
> > What does this mean in old people language?
> >
> > Thanks, Anthony
> > '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
> >
> >
> >
> > Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> >  I was browsing the archive from the early `90's, and found mention of
> > a vanagon IRC channel.
> > Would anyone be interested in restarting one?
> >
> > If so, I would like to recommend the server irc.wasteland.org , channel
> > #type2
> > note: the channel already exists, and has people talking.
> >
> > The inhabitants of the channel currently, are 1 bus, and 2 vanagon.
> >
> > Sudhir
> >
> >
> >
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