IRC

By coincidence of misfortune, similar communities sometimes start channels on different IRC networks. When they realize they share the same interests but exist on different networks, it's not an easy task to get everyone to migrate to the same ...

Joining more networks inevitably means joining more channels, and, before you know it, you've run out of space on your screen. The problem here is that you might end up missing out on discussions with people who have similar interests on the ...

You can check up on the amount of memory it's using, keep an eye on the amount of free disk space, delete files, and so on. Unix/Linux users can get remote access to their systems using Telnet, SSH, or even graphical tools such as VNC ...

If you have direct access to the filesystem, you can tail these files in real time using tail -f filename. This allows you to see the latest lines being appended to the log file every second. Most IRC bots generate log files so you can keep...

Usually, they are set up so that they create their own database of information nuggets—known as factoids—by monitoring conversations in channels. You can also add, delete, and update factoids manually. An infobot configured like this quickly ...

This hack will show you how to make a simple IRC bot that will tell people what files the bot has to offer, as well as letting them download any of those files. This bot will respond to the commands !files and !get. The !files command wi...