From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon May 1 22:55: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from jade.chc-chimes.com (jade.chc-chimes.com [216.28.46.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B05E737BAB2 for ; Mon, 1 May 2000 22:55:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from billf@jade.chc-chimes.com) Received: by jade.chc-chimes.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id D30F31C4D; Tue, 2 May 2000 01:55:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 01:55:01 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola To: Sean Kelly Cc: Jeremiah Gowdy , Ron Rosson , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD and IRC Message-ID: <20000502015501.T86725@jade.chc-chimes.com> References: <20000501183644.A75942@lunatic.oneinsane.net> <000901bfb3f8$c6d6f220$5a5d0418@vista1.sdca.home.com> <20000502005033.A68966@edgemaster.zombie.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <20000502005033.A68966@edgemaster.zombie.org>; from smkelly@slashnet.org on Tue, May 02, 2000 at 12:50:33AM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 12:50:33AM -0500, Sean Kelly wrote: > You have to understand that it's not the users' fault that the names are so > undescriptive and generic. If it really bothers you that much, make some sort > of bot that sends a notice to people when they join that warns them that they > will be banned and refers them to #FreeBSDHelp. The topic 90% of the time is a wiseass remark about how #freebsdhelp cares and we (#freebsd) don't. It could be named #freebsdnewbiehelp and we could still kick people who ask questions. That's the neat thing about IRC. Anarchy with rules. -- Bill Fumerola - Network Architect Computer Horizons Corp - CVM e-mail: billf@chc-chimes.com / billf@FreeBSD.org Office: 800-252-2421 x128 / Cell: 248-761-7272 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message