Now the dictionary meaning for the word “Geek” is :

A knowledgeable and obsessive computer enthusiast

Well, I was made to think by my college-mates that I was somewhat of a geek. But all my geek-ego came crashing down late one night when I was up chatting through the IRC.

First of all, even though I like to think I type at a decent speed, I had a hard time catching up with these guys. And I managed to land up randomly on this channel while going through a list of 4000+ IRC channels. Here are some funny excerpts from the chat:

1. On female geeks


hitboxx always witnesses girls >:)
lol
lol
LOL
lol
ok ok...never heard of
would be the right thing to say
probably
if you mean the same
Rules of the internet : #20934 : no lol' ing twice at the same thing!
Go to #python and say lol
they'll kick ya
pick up line : "help me setup linix on my computer plz"
lol yea!


2. On Windows


I just found this channel in a list
on Mirc
off 4000 other channels?
OMG
leave my IP alone
HE USES WINDOWS
HE IS AN OUTCAST
don't kick me out for that
TOTALLY
Devil's cape for the Win
BURN
CRASH
THROW HIM IN SOME VOLCANO
AND BURN

Really, so much love for Windows?

These were the couple of parts I felt the general person might be able to understand. I refrain from posting the more unusual.

So well, this is one reason, I have started liking IRC. Especially the channel #wordpress is cool where I am able to get my queries answered and one can find lots of like-minded people who are capable of helping you out.

IRC can be very useful to hang out with people working on the same open source project and answer/get your queries answered. And so, IRC is much more than just idle chatter.

The following couple are examples of IRC clients that can be used on Windows:

1. mIRC:

I find it easy to use. Though I was warned by the geeks that it is a ” hotzone for malware, trojans, etc. to enter one’s pc” since it uses p2p. Presently, I use this one but I will definitely crossover in little time.

2. x-chat 2:

This was the one that was suggested to me by them as the replacement for mIRC. I will definitely try it in a couple of days since I have already installed it. Its just a matter of letting go of mIRC.