Abusive IRC operators are responsible if the server they are an operator on is ddosed.

I've heard all too well of oper abuse coming from irc.nac.net.

what does connection origin have to do with anything? the law is intended to stop personA from creating an account on facebook with the name personB and posting libel. whether they accurately portray personB (eg - incorrect spelling on address, originating IP matches personB's real IP) has nothing ...

I call attention to http://sfappeal.com/news/2010/12/online-impersonation-law-goes-into-effect-jan-1.php and http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/analysis-californias-online-impersonation-law-effective-january-1/15322 While EFnet's policy, in general, is that nicks are not owned, this law and a similar...

Awesome! Thanks for the update

Great :)

Sad to see IGS go.

What do the logs say?

You would assume something like this would only happen with IE.

I appear to have the same problem, I think it's just that some servers only accept connections from some regions to save bandwidth. 22* 22Looking up irc.homelien.no 22* 22Connecting to irc.homelien.no (195.159.0.90) port 6667... 21* 21Connection failed. Error: Connection timed out I can connect to i...

Hm, a server in Australia would be ideal.

I use ShroudBNC myself, mainly because it's simple to use.