IRC and Security

[scott machaffie]

pmartin at uceng.UC.EDU (Paul Martin) writes:

>In article <NAPO.91Mar13202006 at vipunen.hut.fi> napo at vipunen.hut.fi (Hannu Napari) writes:
>Sorry but IRC appears to be SOLELY used for entertainment.  This is a
>poor example of how to spend the students and taxpayers money.

We first found out about the San Francisco earthquake over IRC.  Also, some of
my friends found out that their friends down there were okay through IRC.