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    • CommentAuthorHarry Gindi
    • CommentTimeDec 2nd 2009 edited
     
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    I'm not at all familiar with IRC, but I have no objection to such a thing. I think I've successfully started a channel, though I feel like my client (kopete) is making things more confusing for me by trying to make them easy. Please let me know if there's something else I need to do.

    verne.freenode.net

    #mathoverflow

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    I'm pretty amenable to this idea -- I'll join that channel in a moment.

    Two big questions:

    • How familar are mathematicians with IRC?
      • I suspect the answer is "very little".
    • How would this be formally associated to MO?
      • If it proves useful amongst the "meta crowd", then I'd suggest adding a link along the topbar at MO, next to meta.
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    We could all try Google Wave :)

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    There is some mathoverflow discussion happening on wave, but it's been mostly replaced by meta. That said, if anyone wants invites or links to the existing waves, let me know.

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    blergh! I've installed irssi, and it seems quite reasonable, but freenode now says that I'm not the channel operator. I should be able to solve this tomorrow.

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    Okay, once upon a time (15 years ago?) I knew and loved IRC, but now it's just lame and awful, and I want nothing to do with it.

    • CommentAuthorjonas
    • CommentTimeApr 18th 2010
     
    For those users that are _not_ familiar with irc, you probably should tell to use (javascript-based) web irc clients, eg.

    http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=%23%23mathoverflow