Markus wrote: > >> You can easily reach IRC with zero installation through this Web > >> client: > >> > >> http://irc.telascience.org/cgi-bin/irc.cgi > >> - select reasonable nick name > >> - select #osgeo > >> > >> Then they can check immediately what's going on.
Eric: > > A lot of irc protocols are blocked or forbidden behind corporate/ > > government firewalls for some of us (big brother is always > > watching), so that isn't always an option. Michael: > I second that. Overall, my university is relatively decent on this > (Skype, iChat, and other services are available). But IRC is blocked > and I cannot use it from there. the whole point of http://irc.telascience.org/cgi-bin/irc.cgi is that you interface with the IRC channel over a web page, not using the IRC protocol. Therefore if the IRC protocol/port is blocked by your service provider you can still connect through the above webpage bypassing the block. IRC's file transfer functions etc don't work over that AFAIK so I think the web interface is not prone to the type of abuse that a non- authoritarian IT dept would be worried about. Now if the "forbidden" policy is written as the activity not as the protocol/port, well then you take your chances of getting caught doing something naughty. Otherwise try it, as long as you can access web pages it'll probably work. Hamish ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping _______________________________________________ grass-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev
