Re: Yawohl!

I saw the transcript of your debate with Tim, which I really enjoyed. Let me know if you have any questions or would like to see some materials, and feel free to come by during further IRC meetings.

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:

Okay, here's a guide someone wrote. No, it's not secret at all and we keep transcripts and everything, just open by invitation only.

Thanks to Campbell Vertesi, we now have an IRC channel in which we congregate throughout the week to plan and implement our objectives. Vertesi has also composed a guide for those who aren't familiar with IRC, which I'll just leave here for your potential perusal:

IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat, and it is one of the oldest communication methods on the 'net. As such it's an appropriate venue for our talks, and to some extent, an appropriate example of a successful distributed information system (it was IRC networks that reported through media blackouts during the 1991 Soviet coup attempt and the first Gulf war). Basically, it's a network of chatrooms all across the world. You connect using a special IRC client, just like you used to have to have an email client to use email. You connect to a public IRC server (in our case, irc.freenode.net), which hosts thousands of "rooms" and users jumping around between them. Once you're connected to freenode, you join our room, which is called #projectpm (all IRC rooms start with a #).

Here are some specific instructions for those of you who are new to IRC, on either a PC or a Mac:

1) Download and install the Firefox (http://getfirefox.com) web browser if you haven't already.

2) In firefox, navigate to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16/ and install the Chatzilla plugin. Chatzilla gives you IRC within the browser. Firefoxwill prompt you to restart the browser.

3) Once the browser comes back, navigate to irc://chat.freenode.net . Note the irc:// at the beginning of the URL! This is what tells firefox that you are connecting to an IRC server, instead of a website. A new window will appear. It takes a few seconds to connect, and it will give you a lot of text while it does so. Once it gets to

End of /MOTD command.
Congratulations, you're connected to an IRC server!

4) Now join our chatroom, by typing
/join #projectpm
into the bar at the bottom of this new window, and hitting enter. Note the "/" at the beginning: this is what identifies it as a command for your IRC client instead of just a regular message. Your screen will display:

[INFO]Channel view for #projectpm opened.
And that's it! You're now in chat. Type hello and hit enter. :)

If you're brave, you can try this yourself with some more full featured clients. Really what you need to know is that you want to connect to Freenode (irc.freenode.net or chat.freenode.net), and join the channel #projectpm. For PC: I would recommend Xchat or mIRC. For Mac: I recommend Colloquy, hands down.

On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 5:23 PM, <tony@tonycomstock.com> wrote:

Roger. I haven't been on IRC for something like a decade so I might be
rusty. Guide very apprecaiteed!

Also, is this top secret?

> Okay, we'll be at freenode.net #projectpm
>
> Freenode.net is the network; #projectpm is the chat channel. I'll send you
> the guide in a sec.
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 8:12 AM, <tony@tonycomstock.com> wrote:
>
>> I don't think you invited, sent instructions, etc; but yeah, sure.
>> Sounds
>> like fun!
>>
>> > Also, can't remember; did you say you wanted to check out our IRC
>> meeting
>> > tomorrow night, and do you need instructions on logging in? Let me
>> know
>> > when
>> > you have a moment.
>> >
>> > On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Explanation of LOOG, etc.
>> >>
>> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6i5eBpYWcs
>> >>
>> >> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6i5eBpYWcs>Will send links in the
>> >> morning, I'm off to the bar for well-deserved beers.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 4:11 PM, <tony@tonycomstock.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Links please?
>> >>>
>> >>> Also, what the fuck happened at LOOG?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> > Click the link to the wiki and it will give you a written and
>> >>> somewhat
>> >>> > more
>> >>> > detailed account of what we're doing.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 3:31 PM, <tony@tonycomstock.com> wrote:
>> >>> >
>> >>> >> If you mean the video with you and the the small white board, yes
>> I
>> >>> saw
>> >>> >> that, but missed the link to the wiki!
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> > Hey, Tony, sorry for the delay in getting in touch. Did you
>> see
>> >>> the
>> >>> >> video
>> >>> >> > I
>> >>> >> > made about the schematic and the link to our wiki describing it
>> >>> >> further?
>> >>> >> > Let
>> >>> >> > me know and I'll make sure you get some basic info for you to
>> >>> >> evaluate.
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:05 PM, <tony@tonycomstock.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJpGZtLiq5g
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >>
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > --
>> >>> >> > Regards,
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > Barrett Brown
>> >>> >> > 512-560-2302
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > --
>> >>> > Regards,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Barrett Brown
>> >>> > 512-560-2302
>> >>> >
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Barrett Brown
>> >> 512-560-2302
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Barrett Brown
>> > 512-560-2302
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Barrett Brown
> 512-560-2302
>

--
Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302

--
Regards,

Barrett Brown
512-560-2302