Chatbane!
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- peter
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Chatbane!
I don't know how long I have been a member of the Watch now, but in all that time I've never ....ever....ever......found anyone else in the 'Chatbane' area. I've visited a couple of times just to hear my footsteps echoing back at me across the empty room - I've even chated to myself a few times just to try and get it going, but all to no avail. Damn it's a lonley place down there at the bottom of the home page, Can we do anything about this, like get a group meeting together or something.
ps. I have this idea that the room should be re-decorated to make it more inviting - that peeling green paint might just be the problem. Any ideas?
ps. I have this idea that the room should be re-decorated to make it more inviting - that peeling green paint might just be the problem. Any ideas?
The truth is a Lion and does not need protection. Once free it will look after itself.
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
- Fist and Faith
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chatbane...
You know, I remember a time...
*gets a far away look - lost in thought*
*laughs loudly*
*lost in thought again*
But, of course...
*smiles sadly*
No, I'm not sure I can stand it. Seriously, what would you have us do?
Bloody Hell, I'm only human!!
You know, I remember a time...
*gets a far away look - lost in thought*
*laughs loudly*
*lost in thought again*
But, of course...
*smiles sadly*
No, I'm not sure I can stand it. Seriously, what would you have us do?
Bloody Hell, I'm only human!!
All lies and jest
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest -Paul Simon
Re: Chatbane!
peter wrote:I've even chated to myself a few times just to try and get it going
Awww... I would go there and chat with you. And, how great would it be to chat with the Null? It could be an entire screen filled with random numbers and birds.
Monsters, they eat
Your kind of meat
And they're moving as far as they can
And as fast as they can
Your kind of meat
And they're moving as far as they can
And as fast as they can
- Savor Dam
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Aye, there was a time when Saturday Night Watcher Chat lit up the intertubes. Like Neo, those days are gone...but not forgotten.
Of course, ChatBane is primitive compared to venues like Messenger...but it is not about the tools, it is about getting participation.
Of course, ChatBane is primitive compared to venues like Messenger...but it is not about the tools, it is about getting participation.
Love prevails.
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Change is not a process for the impatient.
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A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul.
~ George Bernard Shaw
~ Tracie Mckinney-Hammon
Change is not a process for the impatient.
~ Barbara Reinhold
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul.
~ George Bernard Shaw
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Chatbane? That's so 2004.
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
High priest of THOOOTP
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Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
High priest of THOOOTP
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- Savor Dam
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2004? In terms of interface elegance, it is more like what we were using on ARPANET in about 1984. Chatbane is ugly and clunky...but y'dance with the one that brung ya. When chatting with someone who does not use Messenger, it will do.
Love prevails.
~ Tracie Mckinney-Hammon
Change is not a process for the impatient.
~ Barbara Reinhold
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul.
~ George Bernard Shaw
~ Tracie Mckinney-Hammon
Change is not a process for the impatient.
~ Barbara Reinhold
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul.
~ George Bernard Shaw
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How do you think it got the name? It really is terrible.Savor Dam wrote:2004? In terms of interface elegance, it is more like what we were using on ARPANET in about 1984. Chatbane is ugly and clunky...but y'dance with the one that brung ya. When chatting with someone who does not use Messenger, it will do.
there are some free apps that could replace it if it's so bad. would be fun to discuss a chapter in chats during dissections, I think. using some messenger app is fine if you want to talk one to one with someone, but it is not so easy as a multichat that anyone can join.Murrin wrote:How do you think it got the name? It really is terrible.Savor Dam wrote:2004? In terms of interface elegance, it is more like what we were using on ARPANET in about 1984. Chatbane is ugly and clunky...but y'dance with the one that brung ya. When chatting with someone who does not use Messenger, it will do.
Monsters, they eat
Your kind of meat
And they're moving as far as they can
And as fast as they can
Your kind of meat
And they're moving as far as they can
And as fast as they can
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I remember those existing, and me always hoping I could somehow show up. *snap*Savor Dam wrote:Aye, there was a time when Saturday Night Watcher Chat lit up the intertubes. Like Neo, those days are gone...but not forgotten.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
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Windows Live Messenger has group chat. That's what was used for the Saturday Night Watcher chat all the time.Ananda wrote:there are some free apps that could replace it if it's so bad. would be fun to discuss a chapter in chats during dissections, I think. using some messenger app is fine if you want to talk one to one with someone, but it is not so easy as a multichat that anyone can join.Murrin wrote:How do you think it got the name? It really is terrible.Savor Dam wrote:2004? In terms of interface elegance, it is more like what we were using on ARPANET in about 1984. Chatbane is ugly and clunky...but y'dance with the one that brung ya. When chatting with someone who does not use Messenger, it will do.
- Savor Dam
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So why don't we do it anymore?
Seems like since around the time Furls was called home and Matrixman vanished, there have been no weekly chats. Misses them, we does!
Seems like since around the time Furls was called home and Matrixman vanished, there have been no weekly chats. Misses them, we does!
Love prevails.
~ Tracie Mckinney-Hammon
Change is not a process for the impatient.
~ Barbara Reinhold
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul.
~ George Bernard Shaw
~ Tracie Mckinney-Hammon
Change is not a process for the impatient.
~ Barbara Reinhold
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul.
~ George Bernard Shaw
- peter
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Clearly there are a few for whom the rememberence of 'Chatbane' causes a moistening of eye, a trembling of lip, a brief stifled sob - but relative 'newbies' such as myself never got there so how are we to know.
I've never been a massive fan of chat rooms because all of the ones I've ever visited (and thats very few) have been banal and pointless in the extreme (e.g. Peter: Hi folks, how r u 2day - Fist: Good, how r u? - Peter: Good, How r u Avavtar - Avavtar: I'm good 2 Peter - Peter: Good! How about..... ad infinitum).
Can't somehow imagine that this was how Chatbane went though - not from what I know of you guys
The technical stuff is a bit beyond me - I don't think the 'ugly clunky' bit would bother me, but I wonder; If I was all of a sudden chatting with a bunch of you guys in real time, would I suddenly be exposed as the shy recluse that I really am and stand in the corner casting furtive glances at all around me and saying nothing of note or interest to anyone. Hell at least this way I get to defer my embarrasment and ineptitude untill the next time I visit the Watch by which time it's usually diluted a bit
I've never been a massive fan of chat rooms because all of the ones I've ever visited (and thats very few) have been banal and pointless in the extreme (e.g. Peter: Hi folks, how r u 2day - Fist: Good, how r u? - Peter: Good, How r u Avavtar - Avavtar: I'm good 2 Peter - Peter: Good! How about..... ad infinitum).
Can't somehow imagine that this was how Chatbane went though - not from what I know of you guys
The technical stuff is a bit beyond me - I don't think the 'ugly clunky' bit would bother me, but I wonder; If I was all of a sudden chatting with a bunch of you guys in real time, would I suddenly be exposed as the shy recluse that I really am and stand in the corner casting furtive glances at all around me and saying nothing of note or interest to anyone. Hell at least this way I get to defer my embarrasment and ineptitude untill the next time I visit the Watch by which time it's usually diluted a bit
The truth is a Lion and does not need protection. Once free it will look after itself.
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
....and the glory of the world becomes less than it was....
'Have we not served you well'
'Of course - you know you have.'
'Then let it end.'
We are the Bloodguard
peter chatbane was like a cocktail party at the watch.
(we really started going in there when we got hacked
but then we kept on hangin out in there for a while and
it was pretty fun.)
i like real time chat. i'm sorta used to it now because i play
world of warcraft and there's realtime chat in game but i never
think to go to chatbane on here anymore unless drew or balon
pop on and holler at me to come down there.
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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- Savor Dam
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Those are Watch-incarnations of the spiders (automated search-and-index agents) of the Bing (formerly MSN) and Google search engines. Yahoo has one too, but it is less frequently seen...and I forget the name used for it. They count as online pageviewers, but since they do not have humans behind their interaction with the Watch (and since we know what they are), they have their own Watch-themed user category.
Love prevails.
~ Tracie Mckinney-Hammon
Change is not a process for the impatient.
~ Barbara Reinhold
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul.
~ George Bernard Shaw
~ Tracie Mckinney-Hammon
Change is not a process for the impatient.
~ Barbara Reinhold
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul, can always count on the support of Paul.
~ George Bernard Shaw
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Yeah, we get crawled a lot. Fresh content, don'cha know.Savor Dam wrote:Those are Watch-incarnations of the spiders (automated search-and-index agents) of the Bing (formerly MSN) and Google search engines. Yahoo has one too, but it is less frequently seen...and I forget the name used for it. They count as online pageviewers, but since they do not have humans behind their interaction with the Watch (and since we know what they are), they have their own Watch-themed user category.
--A