#StraightDope Webchat Update. 31337 Clique Members Only!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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:smiley: Just kiddin’.
For those of you who haven’t visited chat because you don’t want to or know how to use a regular IRC client, Undernet now has a Java applet for Webchat.

Go to http://www.undernet.org/webchat.php and click “connect”. You will then be prompted to download and install the java applet. Choose a username. In the bottom window type /join #straightdope and that’s it.

Easy enough? I thought so. You’re welcome.
Someone will be along shortly to add the boilerplate info, I’m sure.

#StraightDope is not affiliated with blah blah blah…

One more thing. I’ve tested the java applet and the connection seems to work great.

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What is this “chat” you speak of?

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Woo! I am 3|33+

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Well, if you don’t know, then you’re not ELEET, yo.

:wink:

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I click “connect”. It tells me “You are not connected”. So I click “connect”. It tells me “You are not connected”. I click “connect”. It tellse me…

Say, this isn’t one of those “How to keep an idiot busy” things, is it?

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Ok - I didn’t see where to type in /join#straightdope.

Can someone please help?

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well, I hosed up something royally - I have no idea how to find #straightdope… grrrrrr

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It tells me that /join#straightdope is not an available command.

I htink this is a late April Fool’s joke. :slight_smile:

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Whoa! It worked!

I’m stunned.

There’s an actual space between join & #

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Where the heck do I type the ‘join’ command? It just keeps dumping me in something called ‘#newbies’.

And that’s a little hard for me to take…

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Did I look like I needed another distraction???
::grumble grumble grumble::

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When you’ve joined a channel, there is a slim window near the bottom where you can type. That is where you should type /join #straightdope.

If you are not connecting, try another server from the drop down menu on the first page. All those servers are Undernet servers and will allow you to connect to #straightdope.

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Okay, so I tried this, and I have a question/problem.

I try to log in, and I get a “java.net.NoRouteToHostException:Host unreachable” error. It’s happened on about 4 different servers. Is this a problem with my machine? (Which would SUCK, since I need to talk to someone who’s only on IRC during the day…)

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Come to chat…

Join us…

You’ll like it, I guarantee…

[sub]muahahaaaa…

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I just downloaded IRC again yesterday but I didn’t go to #straightdope because I didn’t know which server to use. I’ll have to try this out later. :slight_smile:

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Please join us in chat. I will try not to creep you out (but no guarantees; just ask ValerieBlaise, tiggeril, porcupine, chique, Falcon, Sapphire Bullet, SeaDiver, Nymysys, etc.)

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Nothing to add, just wanted to post under my main man, Joey. :wink:

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well, looks like I need to give it a try again…

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Ditto.

::grumble grumble grumble::

Now I have to figure out how to get away from the newbies.

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As the Official Chat Addict, 2001 I would like to welcome any and all present or future “newbies” to #straightdope. It’s fun, I assure you.