It’s not that bad to warrant a pit thread, but I’m QUITE ANNOYED with MiRC over the the past few minutes. I’ve tried for like a 1/2 hour to get on, so I might be chatting with my fellow dopers.
ARGH! Someone IM me, I’m LocaLPanda. I want to talk to the dopers dammit!
Calm down, Totoro… it’ll be OK, really 
Robin
who loaded SDMB threads faster than she got on IRC today
Ah, hell.
I have yet to be able to get on that thing
Whew
At least I’m not the only one. mIRC has run through the server options 3 times already…now starting attempt #4.
I tried on Sunday, and never got on. My IRC client showed 396 tries before I got frustrated. I hate Undernet. Perhaps we should change servers.
(#Straightdope is not affilated with SDMB or the Chicago Reader)
My cat just stepped on the power button on the keyboard, shutting the entire thing down. Now I can’t get on at all.
Robin
I’d just like to add a big, hearty, EAT ME, UNDERNET! to all this.
Okay, I’m done now.
/me has been having good luck connecting through London. 
This is good news for me, actually. I really need to write this paper…