There are lots of things that Undernet has not thought of. So many areas that could be covered.

Undernet has more then 100.000 users. Okay not all are active, lots of drones and bots, but I'd still say that there are at least, i repeat AT LEAST 10.000 active users. That's only 10%, I'm sure there are more, but still, let's say just 10.000 . What can 10.000 do ? Ouf so many things.

Undernet has a website, currently the remake of the whole website has been announced, I do not know how many people are trying this, but maybe for start ideas could be gathered. Like what kind of ideas ? Let's see.

I'm thinking that the IRCops could give a little bit more info about themselves, maybe some small blogs, or a small part where Undernet IRCops write some things once in a while, would bring the users much closer to them. I'm sure that lots of users are asking who are these guys, are they looking after us on this network. Yes, they are, but no one sais a word about this.

A planet.undernet.org could be done. What is a planet.*? Just check http://planet.ubuntu.com or http://planet.fedoraproject.org/ or http://planet.gnome.org, these are just a few planets I know. Planets are made with the linking of blogs, where people write about one theme. Here it could be Undernet. Those users, ircops, helpers who are writing something about Undernet could be linked on one website, and everyone could read theire writings.

My ideas are scattered, but I'm sure that everyone has ideas. This gathering should be user-com's job, I don't know how much are they doing, or doing anything at all, but there is magic, the head of UUC, who is looking after this committee, and he does make his words heard. Okay, everyone has a life, but you still see the open source projects evolving, they are people who are not getting payed for what they do, they do it out of fun, so why can't Undernet be the same ? Okay it's a chat network, so what ? Gathering the users on it would show that it cares and do wants to build a community. Showing the users what to do, and where. Giving some trust to the unofficial projects that run on the network would be a start. Have a talk with the admins of these projects, give them some trust, assign someone from user-com too look over them, no need to make them user-com projects, but if they are here on Undernet, at least care about them, give them some support to do their jobs.

Just some slight thoughts, I do not intend to start any flaming, I'm just writing what my thoughts are.

IRC stands for “Internet Relay Chat”. It was originally written by Jarkko Oikarinen (jto@tolsun.oulu.fi) in 1988. Since starting in Finland, it has been used in over 60 countries around the world. It was designed as a replacement for the “talk” program but has become much much more than that. IRC is a multi-user chat system, where people convene on “channels” (a virtual place, usually with a topic of conversation) to talk in groups, or privately. IRC is constantly evolving, so the way things to work one week may not be the way they work the next. Read the MOTD (message of the day) every time you use IRC to keep up on any new happenings or server updates.

IRC gained international fame during the 1991 Persian Gulf War, where updates from around the world came accross the wire, and most irc users who were online at the time gathered on a single channel to hear these reports. IRC had similar uses during the coup against Boris Yeltsin in September 1993, where IRC users from Moscow were giving live reports about the unstable situation.

From that first client today we have the popular mIRC client that we all use, for chating and stuff.

I thought about a half an hour how to write this post. I finally deleted all my presentation tags, and decided to post this video (with lyrics) to the ones that still have a belief in God. Sounds funny, yes.
Still, I couldn't say more about this video, and song...

Can't pull yourself away? Forgot what it's like to see the sunshine? Spend more time worrying about how you're going to be an OP in a channel than worrying about your social life? Well, first off, you're IRC addicted. Secondly, that may not be a bad thing, if you can structure some balance between real life, and IRC life.

Many people find themselves glued to IRC, and it seems no matter what time of day it is, you can always find these people active. It's a scary thought. However, if you can't seem to pull yourself away from the monitor, those with less IRC experience should heed some very important advice about how to conduct yourself, and make your IRC experience a pleasant one.

Step 1. Learn about the channel you're joining. Don’t expect to be the center of attention in the channel. Trying to be will make you an unpopular chatter from the start. Spend time watching and learning what are the accepted practices of the room. Remember, the object is to become an accepted member of the community, not the channel trouble maker.

Step 2. Don’t be the channel police, or better yet, don't be the channel snitch. A busy chat channel always has several OPS as well as appropriate channel bots to maintain order. If someone is out of line, let the OPS handle it. Acknowledging an out of line chatter only encourages them. This is reminiscent of throwing gasoline onto a small fire.

Step 3. Direct comments to individuals by name. A busy channel will have discussions on several topics going on at once. To make sure your comment is directed to the correct topic and person, start the comment out with that persons name. Ie: Crayon, yes I do love drinking beer.

Step 4. Don’t private message someone without asking first. I compare this to stopping by a friends house uninvited.

Step 5. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, Be yourself. It is very easy getting caught up in the world of being something your not. People assume that since it’s online, it’s not real. They figure that they will never meet anyone here so what does it matter. This world we live in has become much smaller with technology. The stories you tell in one community may come back and bite you square on the butt when exposed in another community. Remember, the folks on the other end are real, treat them as you would the friend down the street and your circle of real friends will become much larger.

Now, that being said, enjoy IRC! Over the 5+ years that I've had the pleasure of being on Undernet, I can honestly say that I've met quite a few great friends, carried on some EXCELLENT conversations, and had a LOT of fun just relaxing and experiencing the wide variety of life, and cultures out there.

Oh! and one other thing.... sometimes it's great to unglue your butt from the chair, and get out and share some experiences with other people OFF of IRC. The way to gauge if you've been on IRC too long, can simply be summed up with a few quick, but funny, excerpts from "You know you're IRC addicted when..."

1. there is an IRC channel named after your nick

2. people call you by your IRC nick than by your real name

3. you've said "LOL" when someone at school/work told you a joke

4. you look in the mirror and you think you look like

5. you discover that most people in your address book are from IRC

6. you laugh you say hehehehehehe

7. you get to know someone new in RL. you answer "/me" when they ask who you are

8. you watch T.V. with the closed captioning turned on

9. you have more than three private message windows going simultaneously

and finally...

10. you've caught yourself saying to someone "drinking on irc is better than drinking alone"

Enjoy life. It's very colorful

Hi everyone once again.

It has passed some time since i posted here, so this time let me tell you something about me.

I'm Puck, my real name is Akos. I'm 20, and i was born in Romania, in Campia-Turzii, it's a small city 64 km's from Cluj. I love that place, doesn't matter where i go in this world, that place will remain my home, and it still is. I left Romania 6 years ago, in 2002 april i came to Hungary. Yes, Hungary because I am hungarian, most people think that if i'm born in Romania that makes me romanian, nope, i'm still hungarian. There was a funny part when i cam here (to Hungary), i attend my 1st day of school right on my b-day, so that was one heck of a birthday suprise (: .

Since then i finished highschool here, and i started my university studies in Budapest, at Kodolanyi Janos university. I'm currently in my 2nd year, studying media and communications, my big dream is to become a radio presentator, yeah i know, that's something big, but you have to put your aims somewhere high (: .

I started IRCing back in 2000 with some friends in Romania. I kinda hanged around random channels, usually i loved to join english speaking channels, and i loved to chat in english with other people round the globe. I made friends really quickly. I didn't join the "official" channels for some time, actually the first time when i joined an official channel, wasn't even official , that was back when #translate wasn't give the user-com tag. Jancsy invited me in, we shared some channels together, and back then I helped him lots, even if he wouldn't admit it now . Since then long time has passed, and i'm happy that i joined IRC, and i love to be there, i love to talk to unknown people, and get friends from around the globe. I love to brag to my RL (real life) friends about my connections in different countries, and i like it how they get amazed

So that's about me, want to learn more, you can ask at any time in private, i answer everyone, i'm quite outgoing, so don't be afraid (: