magi@polaris.utu.fi (Marko Gronroos) (12/31/90)
Archive-name: internet/talk/irc/1990-12-30 Archive-directory: funic.funet.fi:/pub/unix/irc/ [128.214.6.100] Original-posting-by: magi@polaris.utu.fi (Marko Gronroos) Original-subject: Re: On-line neural net telesymposium. Reposted-by: emv@ox.com (Edward Vielmetti) Mark William Hopkins writes: > answer: a TELESYMPOSIUM. > It's not just an idle question either. Software to accomplish this task > is relatively easy to obtain or write. I've done this kind of thing before. > I'd like to hear some feedback on the general idea. There are two interactive talking (/chat/conference) systems; IRC (Internet Relay Chat, on Unix machines) and DRC (Decnet, on IBMs, etc.). IRC is propably more common and faster-developing system. Currently there are not many people using these systems seriously and there are very few scientific conference meetings. The meetings on IRC can be moderated, invite-only, etc.. I don't think any translation from English to other languages is possible; it would be too slow or too inaccurate. If some IRC/DRC people are reading this, they might like to make suggestions about meeting schedules. Propably some time around 7pm GMT on one day in week would be suitable for most people. The meetings would be quite (if not very) informal, I think. For more info about IRC join the newsgroup alt.irc or ask me. Warning: Most people on IRC are NOT talking about anything useful :-) The irc software can be obtained with anynymous FTP at least from: funic.funet.fi, directory: /pub/unix/irc/ There's also a VAX/VMS version of the client, but it doesn't work too well.. ------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: I didn't send this message, some system cracker did, I don't know anything about this, and no one else here does. I couldn't even have sent this becouse we are not allowed to use netnews via modem lines. Any negative comments on this are forwarded directly to KGB (our system admins).