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[hypatia]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by drakh:

Originally posted by hypatia:
(I was hypatia and hypatia2, since for some reason I am always kicked off the chat at some point<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Just in the interest of accuracy - "kicked" has a specific meaning on IRC, namely that one of the channel operators threw you out of the channel, something I doubt you want to be implying. Saying you were disconnected is better.

Thanks for the info, Drakh. I admit I do not know the lingo of the internet very well.

I'm suddenly offline.

I don't know why. I try to get back, and it says "Dupnik" or something like that (double). As horrid as my ISP is, I dont' think I'd ALWAYS GET cut off during a B5LR-related chat.

I think something is funny in the chat of scifi.com

And I am eternally grateful to Lyta! I always can see very quickly what I missed when I got "disconnected"!

Thanks, again, Drakh. I'll choose my words more carefully.

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has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."—Galileo

hypatia@b5fan.b5lr.com

 

[drakh]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by hypatia:
I try to get back, and it says "Dupnik" or something like that (double).<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>That's a ghost - the result of the server not relizing that you're gone. It should disapear after a minute or so when the server gives up, alowing you to reclaim it.

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"Nonono... It's an omen. It's a higher power trying to tell me through bunnies that we're all gonna die! Oh god!" (hear it)
-- Anya, "The Gift", Buffy the Vampire Slayer

drakh@spamcop.net

 

[bakana]

Enie, never say never when talking about JMS. He's one Sneaky Vorlon.

Just be VERY Careful if the temptation to play a practical joke on him rises.
JMS is the King of "Paybacks are Hell!"

Ask Andreas about that next time you see him.
JMS waited SIX Months to take his revenge for a joke Peter & Andreas played on him at a convention.
Let them think "all is forgiven".

Then, he tossed Londo & G'Kar into BED together. To have SEX. After giving G'Kar a Sex Change, of course.

Seriously, jms wrote an entire Script, a complete episode, and passed it out to the whole crew as if it were the next episode to be filmed.
Assured everyone that he was Serious.
Let Peter & Andreas stew for several days before he said, "GOTCHA!"

Never annoy a Vorlon.

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Do not ascribe your own motivations to others:
At best, it will break your heart.
At worst, it will get you dead."

[This message has been edited by bakana (edited January 14, 2002).]

 

[Lyta]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by hypatia:
I think something is funny in the chat of scifi.com

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Well, I am no expert in IRC (gave that up so many, many years ago) but I have heard complaints about SciFi's chat server many times. A knowledgable friend of mine thought they were using an old version of IRC server. So, it may not be your ISP that has the problem but instead the IRC server and some incompatibility with your client. It is just an idea so don't feel bad Hyp ... they just use crappy software.

Maybe an IRC expert can give a better explaination ...

PS: You are eternally welcome and I am glad to be of service.

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There is nothing to fear in the dreaming, only that which we bring with us. --Dukhat

 

[drakh]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lyta:
A knowledgable friend of mine thought they were using an old version of IRC server.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>It's from 1996, quite ancient by todays standards. <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>So, it may not be your ISP that has the problem but instead the IRC server and some incompatibility with your client.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>The first thing everyone should do is to dump the web/java interface, and switch to a dedicated client like mIRC. Should give you a much more stable connection, especially if your computer is starting to show its age.

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"Nonono... It's an omen. It's a higher power trying to tell me through bunnies that we're all gonna die! Oh god!" (hear it)
-- Anya, "The Gift", Buffy the Vampire Slayer

drakh@spamcop.net

 

[**DONOTDELETE**]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by drakh:
The first thing everyone should do is to dump the web/java interface, and switch to a dedicated client like mIRC. Should give you a much more stable connection, especially if your computer is starting to show its age.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I usually use mIRC but sci-fi's channel never seems to work anymore, so I am stuck with their java client for now. Which is as stable as Normon Osborn. Just started using Trillian though, which incorperates IRC... no idea if it works though.

Anyone know if there is gonna be another cast chat before the premier, or perhaps Doug and Joe?

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"From chaos, order came. As was inevitable." -Summoning light

 

[channe]

I would pawn my right eyetooth to go to a chat with JMS.

Well, ok. I wouldn't pawn my right eyetooth. I wouldn't want to pawn my right eyetooth. That's painful.

But, hey. It would be cool.

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channe@[url="http://cryoterrace.tripod.com"]cryoterrace[/url] | "I wonder," said Frodo, "but I don't know. And that's the way of a real tale."

 

[RW7427]

Channe I wonder if JMS would think of you as a daughter or something after he finds out about your "being the next JMS aspirations".

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[bakana]

I've heard JMS encourage new writers before.
He's of the opinion that there are never enough Good writers to go around.

He had a regular column in Writer's Digest for years offering advice on how to Write Better.

And his "Complete Book of Scriptwriting" is Revision 2. I understand it's one of the best received book of the sort around.

I know I found it very Easy to READ. Always a good sign in a "how to" book.
It doesn't really focus much on how to write scripts other than some advice about Formats.
It's more about the Business of scriptwriting and what is "usual and customary" in the Biz.



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Do not ascribe your own motivations to others:
At best, it will break your heart.
At worst, it will get you dead."

 

[channe]

LOL, RW - that's the last thing that's going to happen! At best, I think he'd get a good laugh and send me on my way. But I'd still love to pick his brain for five minutes.

I've read JMS' book, and one of the primary things it did for me is really motivate my lazy self into action. I'm not a starry-eyed dreamer when it comes to the business of writing...

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channe@[url="http://cryoterrace.tripod.com"]cryoterrace[/url] | "I wonder," said Frodo, "but I don't know. And that's the way of a real tale."