RE: IRC tutorial

Thanks Ralph,  this helps, and I was amused by your comment about
"great" meaning "big".  I looked at the tutorial and it was too 
much for the time I had or for what I need, which is a cheat sheet
or quick reference card.

Joanne
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-semweb-lifesci-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:public-semweb-lifesci-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of 
> Ralph R. Swick
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 11:51 AM
> To: Brian Gilman
> Cc: public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org
> Subject: Re: IRC tutorial
> 
> 
> At 04:59 PM 1/18/2006 -0500, Brian Gilman wrote:
> 
> >Hello Everyone,
> >
> >   Here is a great IRC tutorial:
> >
> >   http://www.ircbeginner.com/ircinfo/tutorials.html
> 
> "great" as in "big", apparently :)
> 
> One of the things that distinguishes communities is in how 
> they use the tools available to them.
> 
> In the W3C community we don't tend to use irc abbreviations 
> or colored irc text.  We use plain language (well, plain Web 
> geekeze :).
> 
> We have developed over time some additional conventions that 
> help to make the log of an irc channel more useful as a 
> permanent record of a conversation.  We've tried to document 
> the [1]important irc conventions.
> 
>    [1] http://www.w3.org/Project/IRC/#TeamIRCConventions
> 
> -Ralph
> 
> 
> 
> 
>

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