The Oolite chatroom

[PhantorGorth]

LOL, corny but very funny

[CommonSenseOTB]

That's an expensive cheesburger! Let me see....3 cheeseburgers or a ton of food....

[DaddyHoggy]

How did it go last night - sorry I couldn't drop in - I was on a RL(tm) mission

[PhantorGorth]

It went well. You should have been there, man!

[drew]

Just found my way onto this..!

Cheers,

Drew.

[Wyvern Mommy]

the IRC link on the oolite links page is wrong

it misses the # in the room name

irc://irc.oftc.net/oolite


should be

irc://irc.oftc.net/#oolite


also, for peeps without dedicated IRC client, or connection problems

http://wbe04.mibbit.com/?server=irc.oft ... rTab=false

[PhantorGorth]

Wyvern,

Both links work for me.

The IRC URI protocol is unofficial but the IETF Draft found here is usually implemented. It states:

While it is discouraged, channel names prefixed with the "#" (U+0023)
character may be specified without encoding the character (as "%23")
in the URL. Implementers MAY accept this, despite it being an
exception to Section 2.4.3 of [RFC2396], because channels of this
type are currently very common, and will remain so in the foreseeable
future.

Clients SHOULD attempt to determine valid channel name prefix
characters from the server it has connected to, such as via an
"RPL_ISUPPORT" reply. If the client is unable to determine valid
prefix characters for the server it is connected to, the client
SHOULD attempt to join the channel without modifying its name. If
joining the channel failed, the prefix character "#" may be used.

If the client discovers the channel name given is considered to be
invalid because it is missing a valid prefix character, the client
SHOULD prepend a default prefix character to the name.

Since default prefix characters for channels may differ between IRC
servers, the client SHOULD try to determine the default channel
prefix for the server it is connected to, such as the first prefix
character given by "CHANTYPES" in "RPL_ISUPPORT". If the client is
still unable to determine a prefix character, a prefix character of
'#' (U+0023) MAY be presumed.

The earlier draft (1996) says "Since most IRC channels begin with the '#' character which is unsafe in a URL, it must be encoded."

From the above I think without the hash is more "correct".

Regards,

PG

[Dragonfire]

Incidentally, I'm in there now, but its dead quiet. When is it usually active?

[PhantorGorth]

That obviously varies. But the best times are European and US evenings. So from about 5 or 6pm GMT(BST in Summer) to about 1 or 2 am (same time zone). And also we get some during the European/US mornings and afternoons particularly at weekends. Seeing your arrival and leave times last night you hit the point when there are usually fewest.

Regards,

Paul

[Smivs]

It varies as you'd expect. Yesterday for example was a funny day as the 'room was quite busy during the day (UK time) but was quiet during the evening until around 11pm.
Look in and say 'hello', and see who's around.

[Fatleaf]

Impromptu music show. Now on!

[Okti]

And very interesting and Enjoyable

[Cody]

DS's Seedy Space Bar, in association with Radio Sombrero, is pleased to present:

[DaddyHoggy]

Every time I see a variation on this announcement I get the urge to do a ship that looks like a Sombrero...

[CommonSenseOTB]

Every time I see a variation on this announcement I get the urge to do a ship that looks like a Sombrero...

Mexican Thargoids!