[02:40] <_diablo> hey, is anyone familiar with irc?
[02:41] <tonyyarusso> _diablo: relatively, what's up?
[02:41] <_diablo> tonyyarusso: http://pastebin.com/m5fa6f2d2
[02:41] <_diablo> that's what happens over and over when I try to connect to irc.gnome.net
[02:41] <_diablo> sorry, I mean irc.gnome.org
[02:42] <_diablo> and yet http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell#building says that that's the right server
[02:43] <_diablo> any clue?
[02:43] <tonyyarusso> reading
[02:44] <_diablo> kk, sorry. :)
[02:45] <tonyyarusso> Are you using _diablo or ~_diablo as your nick there?
[02:45] <_diablo> _diablo
[02:45] <_diablo> I assume the leading ~ is the way it connects or something
[02:46] <tonyyarusso> Try without the underscore - I suspect their server is just configured not to allow it.
[02:46] <tonyyarusso> (or their server software can't handle it)
[02:46] <_diablo> ah, okay
[02:46] <tonyyarusso> It's not a limitation of IRC itself, obviously :)
[02:47] <_diablo> yeah. :)
[02:55] <_diablo> tonyyarusso: ah, thanks :) that's so weird, they accept the nick with a leading underscore, but not username
[02:55] <tonyyarusso> huh
[04:16] <Takyoji> It's in the IRC specification that first character of a username must be a letter.
[04:16] <Takyoji> http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/rfc/chapter2.html#c2_3 Section 2.3.1
[04:20] <_diablo> Takyoji: it actually does not say that it must be so. It does say that "Most protocol messages specify..."
[04:20] <_diablo> also, it says "many server commands", not all
[04:35] <Takyoji> Anyone have thoughts on http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9144221/Google_attack_part_of_widespread_spying_effort ?
[05:04] <_diablo> Takyoji: I'm worried
[05:06] <_diablo> Takyoji: I'm proud of google for finally leaving it though
[05:07] <Takyoji> yea
[05:08] <Takyoji> I wonder if/when countries may turn against China for such
[05:10] <_diablo> it's not easy. China trades a lot. Trade stops wars, but trade also stops condemnation
[05:18] <Obsidian1723> F China
[05:18] <_diablo> lol
[05:20] <Obsidian1723> I do admire their firewall though.
[05:20] <_diablo> it's a Great Firewall
[05:20] <Obsidian1723> I wonder what they use? SonicWall? a Gentoo series of PCs? heh
[10:30] <_diablo> mr_steve: ping