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Internet Relay Chat. I do not know the name, thus I will call it the Tao |
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of Internet Relay Chat. |
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If the Tao is great, then the IRC is running ceaselessly. If the IRC is |
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great then the server is running without ever stoping. If the server is |
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great then the client will always be the server. The luser is then pleased |
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If the Tao is great, then the IRC is running ceaselessly. If the IRC is |
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great then the server is running without ever stoping. If the server is |
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great then the client will always be the server. The luser is then pleased |
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and there is Chat in the world. |
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The Tao of IRC squits far away and connects on returning. |
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The genetic potential of birth, a lot to know, yet unknown. |
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In the begining there was nothing. |
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In the begining there was nothing. |
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Out of nothing the Tao gave birth to tolsun.oulu.fi. tolsun gave birth to |
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OuluBox. |
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OuluBox. |
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OuluBox gave birth to rmsg. |
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rmsg was not Tao, so MUT gave birth to IRC. |
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No one knows when IRC came into existance, the mighty master WiZ have it |
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No one knows when IRC came into existance, the mighty master WiZ have it |
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to be at the end of the eight month in the year of the Dragon. |
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Yang of IRC. Each channels has it's place within the IRC. |
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In the beginning there was only channel 0, thus channel 0 is the soil of |
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IRC. |
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IRC. |
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Channel 1 to channel 10 then was open as the sea. Channel 11 to 999 was the |
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Channel 1 to channel 10 then was open as the sea. Channel 11 to 999 was the |
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trees and forests of IRC. Channels above 999 should not be mentioned, and |
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channels below 0 were unborn and contained many secrets. |
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This was not the right Tao, so IRC gave birth to +channels. |
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This was not the right Tao, so IRC gave birth to +channels. |
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+channels had the yin and yang. Mode does not. |
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This was not the right Tao still, so IRC gave birth to #channels. |
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This was not the right Tao still, so IRC gave birth to #channels. |
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#channels have the yin and yang. |
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There was a great dispute among the Broom-Walkers of the Relay. Some of them |
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wanted neither yin nor yang. Out of this Eris came into existance. Some of the |
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Broom-Walkers then created Eris Free-net. |
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Broom-Walkers then created Eris Free-net. |
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This was the right Tao. |
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Kind Gentle and Boring Net was another wrong path to the Tao of Internet Relay |
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Kind Gentle and Boring Net was another wrong path to the Tao of Internet Relay |
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Chat. |
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Some time later there was a quantity of some lusers who wanted to be |
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Broom-Walkers also. The Eris Free Broom-Walkers did not agree with them, |
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thus a new IRC was born. This IRC is called the Undernet. |
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Some time later there was a quantity of some lusers who wanted to be |
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Broom-Walkers also. The Eris Free Broom-Walkers did not agree with them, |
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thus a new IRC was born. This IRC is called the Undernet. |
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But this is not the right Tao, either. |
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Lusers that do not understand the Tao is always using the yang of Mode on |
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Lusers that do not understand the Tao is always using the yang of Mode on |
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their channels. Lusers that do understand the Tao are always using Ignore |
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on their channels. |
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The wise sage luser is told about the Chat and uses it. The luser is told |
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The wise sage luser is told about the Chat and uses it. The luser is told |
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about the IRC and is looking for it. The flock are told about the Tao and |
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make a fool of the IRC. |
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The master says: |
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"Without the Tao of Internet Relay Chat, life becomes meaningless." |
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The Relay of the old time was mysterious and sacred. We can neither imagine |
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The Relay of the old time was mysterious and sacred. We can neither imagine |
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its thoughts nor path; we are left but to describe. |
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"I don't know whether I am Wumpus dreaming that I am a client, |
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or a client dreaming that I am Wumpus!" |
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So was the first Automata born. |
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So was the first Automata born. |
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The master Nap then said: |
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"Any automata should not speak unless spoken to. |
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Thus replied the master Gnarfer: |
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"The lusers shall keep in mind that a automata can be either good or |
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bad. Create good automata, and the IRC will hail you and you will |
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gain fame and fortune. Create bad automata and people will start to |
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bad. Create good automata, and the IRC will hail you and you will |
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gain fame and fortune. Create bad automata and people will start to |
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hate you, and finaly you will be /KILLed to ethernal damnation" |
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Many lusers have fallen into the clutches of ethernal damnation. They where |
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Many lusers have fallen into the clutches of ethernal damnation. They where |
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not following the Tao. |
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There once was a luser who went to #BotSex. Each day he saw the automatons. |
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There once was a luser who went to #BotSex. Each day he saw the automatons. |
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The luser decided that he also would have such a automata. |
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He asked another luser for his automata. The other luser gave his automata |
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away. |
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Master BigCheese gave birth to master Troy; his duty clear. Master Troy gave |
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birth to master Phone, for the Tao of Irc must be eternal and must flow as the |
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Master BigCheese gave birth to master Troy; his duty clear. Master Troy gave |
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birth to master Phone, for the Tao of Irc must be eternal and must flow as the |
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ceaseless river of Time itself. |
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Master Phone once said about the ircII client: |
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"public_msg is for a message from someone NOT on the channel |
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public_other is for a message on a channel that doesn't belong to |
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a window. public is for a message on a channel that belongs to a |
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a window. public is for a message on a channel that belongs to a |
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window!" |
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Out of this raised the mighty chaos. |
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The sage luser came to the master who wrote automata without the help of |
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master Phone. The sage luser asked the master who wrote automata: "Which is |
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easiest to make. A automata with the help of master Phone or an automata |
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The sage luser came to the master who wrote automata without the help of |
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master Phone. The sage luser asked the master who wrote automata: "Which is |
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easiest to make. A automata with the help of master Phone or an automata |
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made with the help of a language ?" |
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The master who wrote automata then replied: |
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A client should be light and be used for communication. The spirit of a good |
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client is that it should be very convinient for the luser to use, but hard |
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for the luser who want to create automata. |
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There should never ever be too many functions or too few functions. |
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There should never ever be too many functions or too few functions. |
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There should always be a ignore. |
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Without ignore the client is not within the Tao of Chating. |
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The client should always respond the luser with messages that will not |
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The client should always respond the luser with messages that will not |
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astnonish him too much. The server likewise. If the server does not, then it |
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is the clients job to explain what the server says. |
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should it always work ? Only a fool would expect such. But, clients are made |
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by humans, and humans are not perfect. Only Tao is. |
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The IRC is solid. The IRC is floating, and will always be dynamic. Live with |
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The IRC is solid. The IRC is floating, and will always be dynamic. Live with |
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that or /quit." |
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"Is the Tao in irc ?" asked the luser. |
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"It so is" replied the masters of #IrcHelp. |
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"Is the Tao in the ircII, Kiwi, rxirc, vms, rockers and msa ?" asked the |
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"Is the Tao in the ircII, Kiwi, rxirc, vms, rockers and msa ?" asked the |
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luser. |
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"In all of them and in the TPC, irchat, zenirc, zircon X11-irc and even the |
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"In all of them and in the TPC, irchat, zenirc, zircon X11-irc and even the |
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dos irc has the Tao" said the master quietly. |
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"Is the Tao in a telnet connection directly to the server ?" |
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"Is the Tao in a telnet connection directly to the server ?" |
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The master then was quiet for a long time and said. "Please leave, such |
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The master then was quiet for a long time and said. "Please leave, such |
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questions are not within the Tao of IRC". |
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There once was a luser who used the ircII client. "ircII can do anything I |
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ever need for using IRC" said the emacs client user, "I have /ON's, I have |
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assignments, I have aliasing. Why don't you use this instead of the huge |
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There once was a luser who used the ircII client. "ircII can do anything I |
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ever need for using IRC" said the emacs client user, "I have /ON's, I have |
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assignments, I have aliasing. Why don't you use this instead of the huge |
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emacs client, which also has a messy screen?" |
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The emacs client user then replied by saying that "it is better to have a |
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scripting language that is the client instead of have a client that has |
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The master Wumpus said: "Time for you to leave. I did, now I'm happy." |
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The master Gnarfer replied: "Use, but never overuse IRC, then you will also |
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The master Gnarfer replied: "Use, but never overuse IRC, then you will also |
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be happy within IRC" |
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A luser came unto the masters of #EU-Opers and asked, "How can I be, yet not |
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A luser came unto the masters of #EU-Opers and asked, "How can I be, yet not |
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be, a user@host within the IRC?" |
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The masters of #EU-Opers replied: "To be Tao is to be ones true self. To hide |
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ones self is not Tao, and is not IRC, you have much to learn before you shall |
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ones self is not Tao, and is not IRC, you have much to learn before you shall |
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be at rest within the Flow of Irc. Please leave" |
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