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1) What's IRC? 2a) What are servers? 2b) What servers should I use? 2c) What's lag and how do I avoid it? 2d) What is this ping thingy I keep seeing on my screen? 3a) How do I get to IRC (what program do I use?)? 3b) How do I join the #JetC channel?And the rules and How do I join the #JetCjr channel? 3c) How do I change my nick? 3d) How do I quit the damn thing? 4) Why is there a #JetC Channel? 5a) Who can join the channel? 5b) Who is usually on the channel? And when? 6) Who's this X person? 7a) What's that @ in front of some people's names? mIRC Users 7b) Why are some people's names red? IRCle Users 8) What does an Op do? 9) How can I become an Op? 10) What are the channel rules? 11) How do I send something privately to someone else and not the whole channel? 12) How do you do those action things? So, here now, are the answers... 1) What's IRC? IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. There are several different IRC Networks, each composed of servers (see the next question for a description of servers). Some IRC networks are: the EfNet, DALNet and the Undernet. We'll be dealing with the Undernet. 2a) What are servers? Servers are the things that you connect to to get onto the IRC network of your choice. Using your IRC program, you can select different servers to connect to. 2b) What servers should I use? The one that you JetCers should try to get on is the Undernet server in Dallas City. The server name is: dallas.tx.us.undernet.org (the port number is 6661) /server server.name.whatever.undernet.org portnumber So if you're trying to get to dallas, do: /server dallas.tx.us.undernet.org 6661 2c) What's lag and how do I avoid it? Lag is the delay between what someone types and when you see it. If the delay is more than a couple of seconds, one is said to be LAGGED. The delays have been known to exceed more than 10 minutes if people are on really lagged servers. For this reason, to AVOID lag, do not use the following servers: lowell.ma.us.undernet.org los-angeles.ca.us.undernet.org saltlake.ut.us.undernet.org vancouver.bc.ca.undernet.org toronto.on.ca.undernet.org montreal.qu.ca.undernet.org washington.dc.us.undernet.org 2d) What is this ping thingy I keep seeing on my screen? Ping is a way for people to measure the lag. Don't be surprised if you get a bunch of ping things on your screen. You can ping someone by typing /ping nicknameofpersonyouwanttoping or the whole channel by typing /ping #channelname. Pings are generally measured in seconds. 3a) How do I get to IRC (what program do I use?)? First of all, I'd like to say that I've used both an IBM and a Macintosh. By far, the best IRC program for an IBM (or compatible) is mIRC. You can download it from http://www.northco.net/files or from the official homepage, http://www.mirc.co.uk. IRCle is the best one for the Mac, IMHO, and you can get that at http://www.xs4all.nl/~ircle/. As well, you can get either program from www.tucows.com. Look under either Win3.x, Win95 or Mac (depending on your system) and select Text Chat. 3b) How do I join the #JetC channel? THE RULES: A new rule has been created. JetCjr members (that are under 18) may not enter #JetC between 7pm EST and 7am EST due to seniors that wish to speak freely and potty mouth at this time. That's why it was decided that a #JetCjr channel was to be created! Juniors can come in #JetC outside that time... they are more then welcome! JetC Once connected to the server, type in /join #JetC and you'll be thrown into the channel. :) JetCjr Once connected to the server, type in /join #JetCr and you'll be thrown into the channel. :) 3c) How do I change my nick? /nick newnick If I wanted to change my nick from Nebula to Celia, I'd do: /nick Celia Be warned, there are THOUSANDS of people on the Undernet at once. You may not get your first choice of a nick as it might be taken. 3d) How do I quit the damn thing? Just type in /quit :) 4) Why is there a #JetC Channel? Katane and I registered the channel because we were JetCers and we wanted to meet more. Katane's the list mommy of JetC5 and I'm JetC1234 and jr1. We wanted to meet all the members of the JetC from all the email list. IRC is a medium for all the Ponds to get together and talk about J/C or anything else you can think of. 5a) Who can join the channel? 5b) Who is usually on the channel? And when? Well, there's always X (see below). Then there's generally me Celia (Nebula) and most of the time Katane. Generally, we're on in the evenings 6) Who's this X person? X is our bot. That's short for robot. X was given to us by the Undernet Channel Service because we registered our channel with them. X is the thing that ensures our channel won't be overtaken by non-JetCers. He recognizes the Channel Operators (Ops) and ops them if they're not opped. X is nice. X is good. X is our friend. We are not to do anything bad to him. :) 7a) What's that @ in front of some people's names? mIRC Users That means the person is an op. 7b) Why are some people's names red? IRCle Users That means the person is an op. 8) What does an Op do? Basically, an Op maintains channel order. Generally, Katane and I do most of the Op stuff, but Ops can also change the topic and stuff like that. They can also kick a misbehaving person out of the channel, and if it was bad enough, can ban them from the channel, thereby not letting them come back in. If Katane or I are in the channel, we'll deal with weirdos, but if we're not, and you're an Op, it's up to you. 9) How can I become an Op? First, you have to prove to us that you're familiar with IRC. Then, you have to be around for awhile. We don't want to make you an Op one day and then never see you again. :) That's about it. 10) What are the channel rules? The only real rule is that there are no flame wars on the channel (unless it's friendly-like between friends). Play nice, folks. Also, the channel is closd to non-JetCers. 11) How do I send something privately to someone else and not the whole channel? You can type in /msg nicknameofperson message If I wanted to tell Katane something, I could do: /msg Menoly Hey, this FAQ is getting really long, isn't it? :) 12) How do you do those action things? You can type in /me and then your action. Your nickname replaces the /me so note that it's all said in the third person. A proper action would be phrased like this: /me thinks that you should really come on IRC now. It would look like: * Nebula thinks that you should really come on IRC now.. If you have any other questions, comments, criticisms, please write them to me at celiab@total.net.  To go the main page click here The JetC homepage I have to thank Julie Martin, first because it was her idea to create that kind of page(which was created for the group BonC) and then I must thank her for letting me use her page and make some modification! |
