irc.aimless.us

_____Deployment of the network is complete. Development of the web site has started. This will take some time; for the time being here is a guide to get connected to IRC.

#add

_____An attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) chat room is hosted on this network. The channel for the ADHD chat is #add. We'll guide you through the process of connecting to the server and joining the channel, and teach you some basic IRC commands.

Chat

_____Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is one of the Internet's oldest, if not oldest, methods of real time communication. It uses a single computer (server) to connect users (clients) much the same as web browsers connecting to yahoo.com. Messages are sent by clients to the server and relayed to other clients. The message can be specific and sent to a a specific user, multiple users, and what is known as a channel, in which all those in the channel recieve the message. On IRC you get to pick a nick name that identifies yourself to other clients. As a client, you'll need to know some commands to get the server to set the nick name, to join channels, and configure other information and settings about yourself. Commands are prefixed with a forward-slash (/) telling the client to send a message as a command. Below is a basic list of some important commands.

To set or change your nickname:	/nick <nickname>
To join a channel:	/join #<channelname> (note: channels are prefixed with '#')
To leave a channel:	/part #<channelname> (note: channels are prefixed with '#')
To send someone a private message:	/msg <nickname>
To get a list of channels:	/list
To read the message of the day (MOTD):	/motd
To get information on someone:	/whois <nickname>
To block messages from someone:	/silence +<nickname> (note: the positive sign prefix (+))
To undo a block on someones messages:	/silence -<nickname> (note: the negative sign prefix (-))

mIRC

_____mIRC is one of the most popular and easy to use Windows IRC clients available. You'll need to download and install it in order to connect to irc.aimless.us and participate in the #add chat room. Where do you get it? We'll help you find it, of course. mirc.com is the official website to download and get support, but we also have our own mirror here at aimless.us (click here to download).

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