I agree that face to face is better.  My argument was just that IRC was
better than nothing.

Tim

mro wrote:
> 
> But.... to eat and drink beer and make attempts to partake in an IRC can be
> quite much for some. It doesn't have that social geek atmosphere either. Nor
> may some newbies be able to set up IRC. The joy of the LUG is getting out of
> the house once a week to mingle with others of similar interest. I like the
> idea of bombarding my place here in Springfield but a few probably couldn't
> or wouldn't want to make it here. I allow beer and food :-) My next door
> neighbor doesn't care. I don't care about the downstairs neighbors. We're not
> loud or obnoxious so who would we bother? I'm trying to get my hands on any
> desks that could be used for workstations. Currently I can make room for at
> least two more computers. I've mentioned before, I've got cable, dhcp, and
> coffee. What more does a geek need? Field your questions, fuel my ideas.
> Later all.
> 
> Who owns the fish?
> 
> On Tuesday 17 July 2001 09:24 am, you wrote:
> > Well, somebody said there is already a euglug channel on the openprojects
> > network.  At the moment, I am the only person in that channel, so it seems
> > to have died... So I will once again suggest Webbnet.  I always use
> > irc.webbnet.org, but there are other servers.  I found a list here:
> > http://netsplit.de/networks/WEBBnet/servers.shtml
> >
> > I think we would start Thursday at 5:30 or 6 and go until people have
> > nothing left to say.  Nice thing about IRC is that you can eat and drink
> > beer in the comfort of your own home...  It would probably be helpful if
> > people chose nicks that resembled their real names.
> >
> > Tim
> 
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