Re: IRC discussions for those that live in different timezones

2010-05-14 Thread Ryan Rawson
Sorry guys I am very -1 on this issue. IRC is inherently a very casual discussion forum and logging it might discourage people from "thinking aloud". Not saying that we have things to hide, however it is important to have a "private" space. I fear if IRC becomes logged, then conversations will b

Re: IRC discussions for those that live in different timezones

2010-05-14 Thread Lars George
Hi JD, I am doing a similar thing but I have switched machines and lost history many times that way. But some times it would be good to go back in time and search for a topic, like in the mail archive. Because otherwise you could also argue "why do we need an email archive, I have an email program

Re: IRC discussions for those that live in different timezones

2010-05-14 Thread Jean-Daniel Cryans
I know there's one bot in the channel that logs everything, but the logs aren't public and I don't remember who set this up. Personally I use irssi+screen so that people can I even talk to me when I'm offline. Stack, Ryan, Todd and some others do the same. J-D On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 5:49 AM, Pa

Re: IRC discussions for those that live in different timezones

2010-05-14 Thread Ram Kulbak
+1 On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Lars George wrote: > +1 on bot plus archive! We Europeans have the same issue often. > > > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > > is there an online IRC log of the #hbase discussions someone can point me > to.. ? is it logged? > > > > I feel I

Re: IRC discussions for those that live in different timezones

2010-05-14 Thread Lars George
+1 on bot plus archive! We Europeans have the same issue often. On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > is there an online IRC log of the #hbase discussions someone can point me > to.. ? is it logged? > > I feel I miss out on lots either overnight or during my work day, and I can't