Almost all features described already exist in Trillian. I've been using Trillian Pro for quite some time now and i'm very content. Especially since some of the features mentioned in the parent post are very usefull.
Another IM client noone mentioned is Skype. Skype has some obvious advantages:
Stable connections (where I work now I have a redundant load-balanced ADSL line and MSN keeps dropping the connection every once in a while)
Secure communication (voice, chat and file with strong encryption)
Messages are delivered properly on a flaky connection (while MSN drops a lot of messages then). Even when a user goes offline the message will be delivered when he comes online again!
File transfers actually work! Always and behind any firewall i've encountered so far. And relaying through an intermediate is secure since the transfer is encrypted.
So for now i'll keep using Trillian and Skype simultanious, well until someone writes a plugin for Trillian using the Skype API...
I wrote a bot as an experiment years back. It was for other online games at MSNs Ca$h site. It worked perfectly, but unlike the author of the poker-bot I found it unethical to continue. It was just a proof-of-concept for myself and I only cashed $100 and then stopped completely.
But while playing I noticed that others have also written bots and are exploiting them full time, there were nicks like 'john005' and 'john006' etc. competing with my program at a pace that no human can keep up.
These online playing bots are nothing new. But as always people who bet should expect their money to be gone and never count on winning. I guess that counts even more for online betting.
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Another IM client noone mentioned is Skype. Skype has some obvious advantages:
So for now i'll keep using Trillian and Skype simultanious, well until someone writes a plugin for Trillian using the Skype API...
I wrote a bot as an experiment years back. It was for other online games at MSNs Ca$h site. It worked perfectly, but unlike the author of the poker-bot I found it unethical to continue. It was just a proof-of-concept for myself and I only cashed $100 and then stopped completely. But while playing I noticed that others have also written bots and are exploiting them full time, there were nicks like 'john005' and 'john006' etc. competing with my program at a pace that no human can keep up. These online playing bots are nothing new. But as always people who bet should expect their money to be gone and never count on winning. I guess that counts even more for online betting.