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IRC as a World-Changing Medium

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the tell-mom-you-are-changing-the-world dept.

khaladan writes "Wired has an interesting article titled Chat Room That Built the World that talks about the power of developers helping each other on IRC. The article covers the case of #winprog on EFnet, where people such Justin Frankel (creator of Winamp), John Johansen (DVD Jon), and Shawn Fanning (of Napster fame) have come to chat, hang out, and get help. Many from Microsoft visit the channel as well. Ben Knauss calls it 'innovation in its purest form, without ego, money or fame as its goal.'"

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  1. Re:Uh oh... EfNET is going down.... by Zone-MR · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    eeeek... it's worse.

    [12:49:55] * malkav (lollercaus@CPE-69-76-168-158.kc.res.rr.com) has joined #winprog
    [12:49:56] * delete[] sets mode: +v malkav
    [12:50:04] * jadeboy (~ok@S01060013464029fb.cg.shawcable.net) has joined #winprog
    [12:50:05] New channel peak: 285
    [12:50:06] * delete[] sets mode: +v jadeboy
    [12:50:10] About GNAA:
    [12:50:11] GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the first organization which gathers GAY NIGGERS from all over America and abroad for one common goal - being GAY NIGGERS.
    [12:50:13] Are you GAY?
    [12:50:14] * buf[0] (~gnu@stjhnf0122w-142162051215.nl.aliant.net) has joined #winprog
    [12:50:14] New channel peak: 286
    [12:50:15] Are you a NIGGER?
    [12:50:16] Are you a GAY NIGGER?
    [12:50:16] * delete[] sets mode: +v buf[0]
    [12:50:17] hahhaa
    [12:50:18] If you answered "Yes" to all of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for!
    [12:50:19] Join GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) today, and enjoy all the benefits of being a full-time GNAA member.
    [12:50:21] GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the fastest-growing GAY NIGGER community with THOUSANDS of members all over United States of America and the World! You, too, can be a part of GNAA if you join today!
    [12:50:21] * Agony (~Jay@AFontenayssB-151-1-58-188.w83-114.abo.wanado o.fr) has joined #winprog
  2. Re:and it was a great place to score chicks by darkitecture · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    I "met" my wife on irc in 1993. It wasn't totally nerdy though because we were both on #drugs.

    Are you sure? One time a friend met the Dalai Lama on #drugs, traded home brew beer recipes with him and over the course of the next three months, befriended him, resulting in receiving a ride on the Dalai Lama's personal flying dragon and a thousand lifetime's worth of enlightenment.

    But then he woke up hungry with a broken bong in one hand and the TV remote in the other. Oddly enough he hadn't even left his dorm room.

    You sure that's not just your buddy pretending to be a chick?