IRC log for #bzflag-chat on 20130911

00:10.51*** join/#bzflag-chat spldart (~user@bzflag/contributor/spldart)
00:17.46blast007alpha1-2: because nick changes for going away and global away notices are annoying
00:20.29allejothat ^
00:20.47allejoand it's just irc etiquette... people are always away
00:21.16blast007some IRC clients have colors... doesn't mean we should use rainbow colored text all day long
00:21.41blast007some IRC clients have support for DCC... doesn't mean you should do DCC chat and file transfer requests to everyone...
00:21.43allejosome clients show people marked as "away" others don't
00:22.35blast007and why do you care if someone is away?  just send them the message and wait
00:23.04allejoblast007, are you away?
00:23.13blast007wanna know one pet peeve of mine?  people who ping people and then wait to ask the actual question until you 'pong' back at them
00:23.33blast007if they had simply asked the real question from the start, I could have answered right then instead of sending 'pong'
00:23.43allejoblast007, ping
00:24.08blast007now that person is probably gone and I have to wait for them to return, and in the mean time, I'll probably go off somewhere else
00:26.03blast007~bzfrag allejo
00:26.03infobotACTION makes allejo feel the effects of a shockwave
00:27.58allejo:P
01:12.15alpha1-2for example, can you see this message?
01:12.34alpha1-2done
01:14.21alpha1-2I think no
01:16.33alpha1-2"and why do you care if someone is away?  just send them the message and wait" <-- because some peole like me are not 24 hs connected and they want a reasonable quick response, if yuo don't see nobody "on", then you should not ask
01:18.25alpha1-2"and it's just irc etiquette" <-- that is what I am against, if you have IRC etiquette, use it. "some clients show people marked as "away" others don't", I know, fo example web one, but then use a better client
01:25.25alpha1-2"wanna know one pet peeve of mine?  people who ping people and then wait to ask the actual question until you 'pong' back at them.  if they had simply asked the real question from the start, I could have answered right then instead of sending 'pong'. now that person is probably gone and I have to wait for them to return, and in the mean time, I'll probably go off somewhere else" <-- I agree with reasonable quick response, then, if you
01:25.26alpha1-2could see any person "absent", then put the question and wait
01:25.45alpha1-2but the chat is for quick responses, if not, use the Forum. Then, if you could see "absent" and not "absent" persons, you could have a good idea of the time of your potential answer. But if you see 90% of persons being "?" (undefined), then you need to know their schedule for knowing the response time. I just purpose an improvement of the IRC use.
01:27.30allejoalpha1-2, just because a client doesn't support "away" status it doesn't mean you need a better one
01:28.16allejoand if you have a question, you just ask it. if you're not connected all the time then like you were saying that IRC has cool features. there's memoserv ;)
01:29.24alpha1-2please, before this, could you see the previous message when I went from absent to not abs.?
01:29.53allejonope
01:29.55*** join/#bzflag-chat DTRemenak (~DTRemenak@about/essy/CrazyCoder/DTRemenak)
01:29.58alpha1-2ok, :)
01:30.59alpha1-2can you explain it shortly?
01:31.21allejoexplain what?
01:31.26alpha1-2memoserv
01:31.39allejo/msg memoserv help
01:32.14alpha1-2ok, registered only
01:32.41allejoif you use IRC on a regular basis you're probably registered unless you're snake
01:32.52alpha1-2I am not
01:33.15allejothen why not register?
01:33.20alpha1-2yuo can't say that... for BZ, yu don't need too
01:33.41allejoit's the same logic though. if you're not registered you can send PMs on the forums
01:34.03alpha1-2ok, I am not against that
01:34.14alpha1-2Forum are very useful
01:34.21alpha1-2Forums*
01:34.30alpha1-2but the chat too
01:36.02alpha1-2"alpha1-2, just because a client doesn't support "away" status it doesn't mean you need a better one" <-- what (popular) clients are you talking about, apart of the web one?
01:37.04allejowhat real clients* :P
01:37.10allejoand there are multiple
01:37.23alpha1-2"absent" feature is something *necesary* or basic for all clients in general from the start of IRC I think
01:37.29allejoi personally use quassel though i've used xchat aqua and textual before
01:37.47allejoyou don't make anything necssary
01:37.58alpha1-2and web implementation is just a (new) easy way for non very experienced users
01:38.14allejoI can make my own IRC client and not include the away feature but it'll still be an irc client
01:38.40alpha1-2let me check those...
01:38.52allejoexcept for quassel, those were for mac
01:39.14allejoidk what people use for irc on windows. i know blast uses irssi on his box
01:45.57alpha1-2oh, help me, search too if you want what is the feature of showing live status (abstent)
01:46.21alpha1-2I am here right now http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients
01:46.29alpha1-2bu many features
01:46.31alpha1-2but
01:46.52alpha1-2(absent)
01:48.12blast007I run irssi on Windows too
01:48.43blast007so glad they have a build for Windows now... was able to get rid of XChat
01:53.44alpha1-2ah, it is hard to find the right name of "absent" feature, but I think that it is an old, if not "from start", one
01:56.18alpha1-2but tell me if all those clients were capable of using it, you that know them?
01:56.38blast007yes
01:57.48alpha1-2ok, irssi, XChat, yes. And quassel, aqua and textual?
01:58.21blast007three
01:58.44alpha1-2ok, and what is the right name for that feature if you know?
01:58.57blast007saturday
01:59.02allejothat ^
01:59.31alpha1-2oh I thought monday
01:59.58alpha1-2well, just 2 days of difference...
02:01.04alpha1-2and I was asking to allejo, not yu, but you wanted to answer, blast
02:01.15blast007superfluously
02:03.08alpha1-2see, allejo, all those clients seem to have the feature, what do you think now?
02:03.30blast007riboflavin
02:04.04alpha1-2blast has some cups more tonight
02:04.11allejowhat blast007 said
02:04.16blast007laserjet 4P
02:04.31alpha1-2ah ok you are serious tonight :)
02:06.58alpha1-2I think that you guys are bad losers ;)
02:07.00alpha1-2ha!
02:07.30allejoI know for a fact textual didn't have "away" status when I used it
02:07.39allejoneither did xChat aqua
02:07.47blast007it's mostly a worthless feature
02:07.56allejoLimeChat didn't either iirc
02:08.06blast007the sooner that people realize that, the sooner they can properly use IRC
02:08.17alpha1-2what years are we talking about allejo?
02:08.24blast0072073
02:08.40allejojust last year :P
02:08.42alpha1-2I like how blast is "always present" he he he
02:08.55allejoomnipresent*
02:09.02allejoblast007, ping
02:09.05alpha1-2you are no God, blast, did you know it? :)
02:09.06blast007allejo: gr
02:09.25blast007alpha1-2: I'd hope not
02:09.25allejohehe
02:09.50allejoi don't think anyone would trust blast as a deity
02:09.56alpha1-2he he
02:10.20blast007if I was immortal, I'd probably kill myself
02:10.27alpha1-2he he
02:10.54alpha1-2you know what you need?
02:11.01allejoblast007, if you were immortal, killing yourself would be a hobby
02:11.25alpha1-2you need some female love, I think ;)
02:11.38alpha1-2you are too hard, dude!
02:11.44alpha1-2he he he
02:12.08blast007not sure if I should /kick you for that comment or if that was just a poor translation
02:12.20alpha1-2or some rest I don't know, relax a little :)
02:12.22allejoblast007, what he really meant was "motherly love"
02:12.31blast007no, the line after that
02:12.39allejooh
02:12.42allejoyea i was thinking that too
02:13.01alpha1-2what? dude word is bad? :O
02:14.38alpha1-2I am trying to use right my manual dict now, and I don't find it there, so... maybe it is not a niec word
02:14.54alpha1-2s/right/just/
02:15.02allejodude is slang it won't be in the dictionary
02:15.29blast007nor was that the issue
02:15.29blast007but I'll assume just poor choice of words
02:15.42alpha1-2ah hard then...
02:15.49alpha1-2let me see...
02:16.36alpha1-2ok, harsh better?
02:16.57blast007better
02:16.58allejothat works
02:17.19alpha1-2ok :) thanks I want to improve my english
02:18.18blast007I'm just very sarcastic
02:19.03alpha1-2he he
02:19.24allejoblast007, I'd say facetious is the better word :P
02:19.48alpha1-2well, but I think that you don't have *always* the resposability of answering *all*, true?
02:21.40alpha1-2I don't understand/know all of this community neither still, but just commenting what I see, and I have already some time in...
02:22.45alpha1-2just commenting, not spirit of offense anybody, I have said thanks to you too for all your work online
02:23.25alpha1-2and I don't say anymore now :X
02:34.04alpha1-2I found /AWAY command, allejo, could you try it in any of those clients please?
02:42.12alpha1-2for example, http://imgur.com/75578f1
02:42.23alpha1-2(textual)
02:43.46allejoohhh textual looks so much cleaner now. it only it could connect to a quassel core
02:43.59allejoand i don't have any other clients anymore
02:44.40alpha1-2the twitter message says "3.1.1 news: Away status added to user info popover. It also appears instantly on hover:" 2013-07-21
02:44.47alpha1-2https://twitter.com/textual/status/359079258041225218
02:46.34alpha1-2then they are relating IRC with instant messaging or I am missing it?
02:46.54alpha1-2(hover, etc)
02:47.04allejowell IRC is instant
02:47.10allejoand it does consist of messaging
02:47.25alpha1-2you know what I mean
02:48.08allejo?
02:48.25allejoflatulence
02:48.35alpha1-2I mean like MS Messenger, or ...
02:48.40alpha1-2Live
02:48.42alpha1-2or
02:49.02alpha1-2some VoIP services , with presence features, etc....
02:49.10allejohttp://bash.org/?85514
02:49.32alpha1-2ha ha
02:50.17alpha1-2yeah, the first peer to peer service was IRC!
02:50.44alpha1-2(in comunication)
02:50.51alpha1-2(of persons)
02:51.23allejotorrents a new hard drive
02:52.06alpha1-2then you don't have textual now?
02:55.33allejouses quassel
02:56.27alpha1-2yes, I read it, but textual not more now?
02:57.23alpha1-2the last asking, this s long already :)
02:58.32allejoi don't use it anymore since it can't connect to a quassel core
02:59.46alpha1-2ah ok, I have xchat here, maybe I can install it, thanks, and continue if I was being annoying :P
03:00.16alpha1-2uses Konversation on KDE

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