RE: [cobalt-users] Cobalt user chatroom????

["Dan Kriwitsky" <webhosting@xxxxxxxxx>]

> BUT for the simple
> reason that is impossible to get QUICK help from this most usefull of
> lists here on a TIMELY basis FOR ME.

Some people on the list do sell support services, if problems are urgent and
answers can't be found in a search.

>
> Call me selfish but I average 3 days in seeing my posts.  I have LIVED
> on this list for 90 days straight <sad aint it?? lol>!!!  Only the last
> 30 have I tried posting as I watched to make sure I was posting properly
> <whatever that term actually means based on a silly *other* thread>.  I
> can't participate because by the time my posts show up it's way too
> late.  I dont ask because I dont want to waste any member's time
> answering my post from last week when I had to find a solution
> elsewhere.
>

Seems to have improved in the past week. I'm seeing my posts show up in
minutes instead of days now.

> Chat is live and therefore provides a great benefit that MOST OTHER
> mediums can't even come close too.  I'm sure there are a few other
> people glued to their monitors that would have no problem helping in a
> chat room!  Anyone?? Anyone?? Beuller?? Beuller??  Tell me to shove it??
> Whatever, Im just so dayum frustrated that I cant use this list
> interactively!  Lucky you <to all the people who consistanly show up in
> 30 minutes from posting and even get a 2nd quick correction/addendum to
> their first post>.

Some people might. I don't know how many. Some people might prefer to use
AOL's AIM program with the chat it has. A link to your own AIM chat could be
placed in your post to the list for anyone who has the AIM program. e.g.:
aim:gochat?roomname=screenname+Chat

Yes, I know, it's from the evil giant AOL (666 etc.), but it's a fairly
simple program to deal with and has pretty much a zero learning curve for
everything from having a chat room to doing file transfers. No problems with
anyone's ISP getting banned, (like @Home was from most IRC servers), so they
can't connect, no worries about "finger", and all the other techie stuff us
RaQ administrators aren't supposed to know about. If someone on the list
wanted to, and has an always-on PC running on a home network, they could
create a screen name cobaltraqusers. Although, I've discovered typing
aim:gochat?roomname=cobaltraqusers+Chat into my browser opens a chat room
called cobaltraqusers with the AIM program. Sorry qube users, get your own
chat! ;-)

Just my 2 cents.
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Dan Kriwitsky