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IRC Hacks
Paul Mutton
$8.45

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IRC ( Internet Relay Chat) may very well turn out to be the world's most successful hack. In 1988, Jarkko Oikarinen wrote the original IRC program at the University of Oulu, Finland. As he says in his forward, IRC started as one summer trainee's programming exercise. A hack grew into a software development project that hundreds of people participated in, and then became a worldwide environment where tens of thousands of people now spend time with each other. I have found many of my friends through IRC and learnt a significant part of my present software engineering knowledge while using and working with IRC. That would not have been possible without learning from code examples and hacks from others.

IRC has continued to grow in popularity since its inception. Millions of people from all over the world now use IRC to chat with friends, discuss projects and collaborate on research. With a simple, clearly defined protocol, IRC has become one of the most accessible chat environments, with clients written for a multitude of operating systems. And IRC is more than just a simple chat system it is a network of intercommunicating servers, allowing thousands of clients to connect from anywhere in the world using the IRC protocol.

While IRC is easy to get into and many people are happy to use it without being aware of what s happening under the hood, there are those who hunger for more knowledge, and this book is for them. IRC Hacks is a collection of tips and tools that cover just about everything you'd need to become a true IRC master, featuring contributions from some of the most renowned IRC hackers, many of whom collaborated on IRC, grouping together to form the channel #irchacks on the freenode IRC network (irc.freenode.net).

Like all of our Hacks books, there are many different ways to use IRC Hacks. You can read the book from cover to cover, but you might be better served by picking an interesting item from the table of contents and just diving in.

If you're relatively new to IRC, you should considering starting with a few hacks from each progressive chapter. Chapter 1 starts you off by showing you how to connect to IRC, while Chapter 2 acquaints you with the everyday concepts you'll need to use IRC effectively. Chapter 3 is all about users and channels, and introduces the first pieces of code. Chapter 4 shows you how to make useful enhancements to IRC clients.

Chapter 5 is where you will learn the basics about creating IRC bots, with Chapters 6-12 introducing more complex bots that can be used for logging, servicing communities, searching, announcing, networking, managing channels or simply for having fun. Chapter 13 delves into the IRC protocol in more detail, and Chapter 14 demonstrates some interesting alternative methods for connecting to IRC. Finally, Chapter 15 will move you on to new pastures by showing you how to set up your own IRC server.

This book presents an opportunity to learn how IRC works and how to make best use of some of the features that have made it the most successful, most scalable, and most mature chat system on this planet. IRC Hacks delves deep into the possibilities.

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The Book of IRC: The Ultimate Guide to Internet Relay Chat
Alex Charalabidis
$6.00

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ICQ and other new-fangled chat applications may get most of the press, but Internet Relay Chat (IRC) remains the Wild West of real-time online conversations. Populated by the most diverse collection of characters this side of the Mos Eisley cantina scene in Star Wars, IRC will keep you up late chatting with people all over the world. The environment can be intimidating to newcomers, though, so Alex Charalabidis has written The Book of IRC, a fine guide to the products, procedures, and customs you need to understand in order to participate in IRC.

The book is marvelously comprehensive, touching on aspects of IRC technology (such as IRC assistance for vision-impaired people and IRC clients for the Amiga computer) that have to do with only small parts of the community. He emphasizes things you'll want to do (selecting and connecting to a server, kicking out unwelcome users, and managing your own channel) and the tools and procedures you'll need to get them done. He's also big on commands (common and obscure), so if a task can be accomplished in IRC, you're likely to find out how in these pages. Though he doesn't really explain how to program your own bots, Charalabidis documents a few of the popular ones that already exist. --David Wall

Topics covered: Using and enjoying Internet Relay Chat (IRC), with emphasis on the software you need to get connected from a variety of platforms. Lots of space goes to IRC commands and their appropriate use, plus the ins and outs of IRC safety. There's coverage of more technical stuff too, including Client To Client Protocol (CTCP) and Direct Client Connection (DCC).

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Internet Relay Chat as a tool in the autonomous development of ESL learners' English language ability: an exploratory study [An article from: System]
R. Wong
$5.95

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This digital document is a journal article from System, published by Elsevier in 2004. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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This pilot study explores the use of Internet Relay Chat facilities such as ICQ in an independent-use mode, as a vehicle for potential English language enhancement. In a small-scale study, a number of Hong Kong secondary school students (Grades 7-10) agreed to participate in an on-line `chatting' programme (in a text-only mode) for a minimum of 20 h over a one-month period. Participants could talk to anyone and discuss any topic. They were not asked to record their conversations, but only to bear in mind whilst they `chatted' a point of English grammar (previously identified as a common error) - the concept of `one finite verb per main clause'. Samples of written work were collected pre- and post-study, and analysed for the error specified. The same was done for a small control group. Participants completed questionnaires, detailing demographic data and computer-familiarity. In terms of motivation, the study emerged as having been stimulating to and beneficial for subjects who participated. Although the preliminary data indicated a lack of quantitative difference in error rate between the experimental and the control groups, a qualitative analysis revealed diverging patterns of environments where errors occur between the two groups, suggesting that the experimental group were more ready to use complex sentences or sentences involving auxiliaries beyond their interlanguage grammar levels.

BOOK
Irc & Online Chat
James Powers
$4.85

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Comprehensive books on online chat are too rare. Fortunately, James Powers has written an excellent one. Very little of it is technical, since chat systems tend to be relatively simple to use--even for beginners. Therefore, Powers doesn't waste a lot of time and space discussing arcane controls and commands.

Instead he examines the main online options for chatters, including the chat rooms of proprietary services such as America Online, free areas such as Internet Relay Chat (IRC), and role-playing game areas. He looks at bulletin-board systems, Web conferencing, and virtual places. Video-enhanced chat also gets its moment in the spotlight as Powers discusses CUSeeMe and VideoPhone. However, the bulk of his efforts goes toward discussing the things beginning online chatters often understand least and need most--the social aspects and nuances of interaction by modem. He looks, for example, at the considerations that should go into screen-name selection and the elements of online etiquette. Powers shows how a lack of knowledge of both written and unwritten rules can lead to embarrassment and explains how to avoid accidentally making mistakes. The chapter ":How Not to Be an Online Embarrassment" is excellent, as is the examination of how to identify and cope with different types of online pests. Enclosed is a CD-ROM full of software to expand and enhance online chat. --Elizabeth Lewis

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Internet Relay Chat-Irc (Norwegian)
Kvanum

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BOOK
The Irc Survival Guide: Talk to the World With Internet Relay Chat
Stuart Harris
$109.48

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Explore the uncharted, uncensored, and interactive places on the Internet--with Internet Relay Chat. The IRC Survival Guide unlocks the secrets of Internet Relay Chat. The book takes the mystery and the difficulty out of IRC and shows how to get the most out of this amazing new communication tool, from getting started to mastering the command set.

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The Irc Survival Guide: Talk to the World With Internet Relay Chat
Harris Stuart
$56.84

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