If your family and friends are far flung and mostly all online, it's a
great thing. Unfortunately, different sects of my family/friends have
each discovered, and only use one different IM standard (can't we all just
get along?). For the longest time this meant running AIM, Yahoo, MSN and
ICQ in the background at all times. This was particularly bothersome back
when the only Linux clients were Java based. Until I discovered the
plugins for GAIM, that is! I can now run one client that speaks all of
these protocols. Life is beautiful once again!
Now if I could just keep GAIM from running away with all my memory
periodically. Grrrrr...
On Thu, 3 May 2001, Jeffry Smith wrote:
> I don't use IRC, AIM, Jabber, or any of that too much, but I can see one
> good use for it (out of probably many, but this is one I have experience
> with): education. I took an on-line course a while back, seminar type.
> Once a week, the entire group (all across the US) got together on an
> IM-type system, and would discuss the week's lesson. The real-time nature
> of it made the discussion, I thought, better than the standard e-mail
> discussion. And, as a bonus over a phone-type conversation, at the end of
> the discussion, the hoster would post a transcript of the chat session -
> instant class notes!
>
> So, there are some uses, there are other things which are better with
> e-mail, others that are better in person. Each tool to it's use.
>
> jeff
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> Thought for today: FITNR // adj.
>
> [Thinking Machines, Inc.] Fixed In The
> Next Release. A written-only notation attached to bug reports.
> Often wishful thinking.
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