Phelps, Matthew wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 12:38 PM, Alice Wonder <alice at domblogger.net> > wrote: >> On 04/12/2017 09:36 AM, Phelps, Matthew wrote: >>> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Nux! <nux at li.nux.ro> wrote: >>> >>> To be honest Freenode is nice and I'd be sad to see it replaced with >>>> anything.So cool to be a "/join #project" away from getting help. >>>> >>>> IRC is a problem for those of us behind government/corporate >>>> firewalls. IRC is perceived as a hacker haven and is usually blocked. >>> >> I seem to recall some web-based IRC clients existing. >> > True. It isn't a problem that can't be solved :) > > Just inconvenient; plus the powers that be don't take kindly to > circumventing restrictions they put in place, even if it is for real work. > Heh. That, and that to paraphrase Todd's disclaimers, I do not speak for the US federal gov't, or for my company... and that's why I use my own "professional" email account, rather than my federal work one, on this list. mark