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Some General Information
For all who have webpages:
Don't forget you can join the webring by going to www.starlink-irc.org
or can ask questions concerning it in #WebRing :)
All channel owners:
If you happen to change ISP's or have a change of email address please
let someone in #channels know.
If for any reason cservice needs to get in touch with you in regards
to your channel we need a valid email address. You can also let cservice
know by sending an email to slirc-register@starlink-irc.org
Gameers: Great word game
channels: #Trivia, #Scramble, and #WedNiteTriva.
As you enter #Trivia or #Scramble, a message comes up asking for new
puzzles or trivia questions and where to send them. If you have any that
you would like added, please check out the email addresses in each of these
channels and send them in.
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THIS MONTH'S CELEBRATIONS
- Let's party!
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by lois
January
- 22 bdub birthday (#just4fun)
- 31 Wiseowl birthday (#just4fun)
February
- 2 Groundhog Day (Will
he see his shadow?)
- 5 Chinese New Year
- 6 Ramrod birthday (#just4fun)
- 6 majick birthday (#just4fun)
- 7 Wullie's birthday (#babyboomers, CService)
- 12 Lincoln's Birthday
- 14 Valentine's
Day
- 20 lois birthday!
(#norwich/#OldRadio)
- 22 Amazing birthday (CService)
- 22 Washington's Birthday
SPECIALS
Belated wishes to Deer (#crittercat) and Robin
on their 40th Wedding Anniversary on January 16
(If we do not have your birthday or anniversry date,
let us know so we can celebrate with you. Tell us which channels you are
on, please)
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HORRORSCOPE
(a new feature for Jan 2000)
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by Lois
Jan 20 - Feb 18 Aquarius
Aquarians' ability to count and plan is low. Humor
and creativity are the main points which make them stand out. Aquarius
people are often chatterboxes and their phone lines are always busy.
Feb 19 - Mar 20 - Pisces
Pisces people are generally very unrealistic and
their self-image is blurred. Thus, most posts by Pisces people stink, even
though they thought everyone would shower them with congratulatory emails.
(Note: NOT the opinion of Ye Editor)
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AMAZING AND LESSER THINGS!
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by Amazing
Y2K! ITS OVER Well,
we all seemed to have survived the Y2K 'crisis', thank goodness!!
StarLink-IRC celebrated its 3rd birthday on Jan 1, 2000!
Whobear and the color team put on a wonderful birthday color show in #Townhall
for all of us to enjoy. Thanks!!
Thanks to Dane35 who made a great SL-IRC 2000 logo for
the New Year: Check it out http://www.starlink-irc.org/index.graphics.html#S2KLogo
Channels that have been here from the start of
StarLink-IRC and also celebrated their third anniversaries on Jan 1st,
2000 are:
- #30/40plus (Lacey^)
- #Beaches_Playground (Beaches)
- #cops (Lt_Ed)
- #crittercat (treecat)
- #HorseWorld (denlore)
- #icehawk
- #idajo (idajo)
- #Itsy (Itsy)
- #OldRadio (lois)
- #pennsylvania
- #Winecellar
and of course
Congrats to our longstanding channels!!
#DIABETES
Hi I'm Daphne and I would like to announce a new support
channel. It's #diabetes and it a support channel for anyone experiences
the trials of living with diabetes be it themselves or a loved one.I opened
it November 8th 1999 because I, too, am diabetic. I invite anyone who is
interested to drop by.
#Norwich
#Norwich's old-time member and friendly op, Deano, who
is also the Roving Reporter for the SLIRC Newsletter, spent some major
time in the hospital, not allowed to eat, and begging for just a cup of
coffee!!!! Luckily he is home now and feeling better. His friends all wish
him a speedy recovery!
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#BEAULAHLAND
Jamela and Sparhawk of #Beulahland hope for the year
2000 to be the happiest year of their lives: seems they met here on StarLink-IRC,
and this past Christmas they became engaged to be married.
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WHO'S DOING WHAT?
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by lois and amazing
- No real gossip this month.
(Tell us what's happening on your channel - send
info to newsletter@starlink-irc.org)
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FOGWEB FOLLIES
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A short column of made-up facts and
non-information brought to you by your friendly neighborhood arachnid
Well, as kou can see, due to the diligence and skills
of kour friendlk spider, the y2K problem was a non issue all over the world.
As we all know, it would have been LOTS worse if I
hadn't personallk fixed all those bugs! Course this means I will have to
nap more to make up for it... zzzzzz
On a more serious note, we actuallk DID have a k2k
bug of sorts.. those who were on earlk the 1st mak have noticed that /time
gave January 1 19100 .. not 2000. Now, while I'm sure we'll all be here
18,000 years from now (and still waiting for the good help to show up)
.. it was a bit inaccurate.
Thanks to the diligent work of sinbad, g-force and
our other admins, the problem was fixed in a few hours. kak US !! More
follies to come in the round numbered kear of 2000 .. soon as I rest up.
Happk chatting!
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NEW CHANNELS
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New Stars in our Link by Treecat
A warm welcome to this month's new channels and their
owners.
If you have a chance, do stop in and give these folks a friendly Hi!
- #ArTsY_StuFF - ivy
- #Chili_Fries - DangDuck
- #Dark_Addiction - DarkSaber
- #Diablo - Kara
- #Dot-Pops - DotMatrix
- #DragonBallZ-RPG - tex
- #FSG-Email - FCaptSTS
- #heartgraphics - Barrie-CL
- #KIBBLE - Indians
- #mirc_colorteam_ops - Leggs_
- #songbirds - aMystery
- #spiderweb - Ircaddict
- #troom - Sertok
- #WedNiteTrivia - ellegon
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TRAVEL and TECH TALK
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Places to go and things to look out
for on the net
We have a new link to About.com (that used to be the mining co.) on
the main page www.starlink-irc.org .. you might want to check it out.
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THE MEETING ROOM
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by Amazing
COLOR
SHOWS
Saturday Feb.5 at 9:00pm
EST in #mIRC
The Color Team presents very special show for the
art lover in you! 4lovers.mrc/show StarlinkIRC. File will be released after
the show Come early for a good seat, and bring all your friends!
TRIVIA!!: Running all the time in #Trivia
and #Trivia-Pro with a junior version in #Kidzchat
SCRAMBLE: The word game .. in #Scramble
of course.
OUTBURST: Occurs randomly (mostly Fridays) in
#Just4Fun
Hosted by somebody, this is a fun and exciting game
you have to try.
Regular
Network Event Schedule
Note: All times are Eastern US
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SUN
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9:30
PM
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#TownHall
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Network
Wide User Meeting **
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MON
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9:00
PM
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#TownHall
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User
Classes and Seminars
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TUE
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WED
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THU
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8:00
PM
9:30
PM
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#OldRadio
#TownHall
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Fans
of Old Time Radio
Network
Wide User Meeting **
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FRI
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9:00
PM
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#Just4Fun
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Now
and then. Outburst Game! Fun for All
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SAT
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Unpaid Advertisement
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NET MEETINGS:9:30pm EST Sun/Thu in #TownHall
Hosted by Amazing, SL-IRC Net meetings are now held
Sunday and Thursday nights, 9:30 ET in #TownHall. Everyone is invited to
attend!
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Unpaid Advertisement
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RESERVE TOWNHALL FOR YOUR MEETING!
#Townhall can be reserved for parties or meetings.
Send an email to slirc-register@starlink-irc.org
if you are interested in reserving the channel for an event. An email will
be sent back, confirming the reservation. Put #townhall in the SUBJECT
of the mail, and date, time and reason in the BODY.
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Yet Another Unpaid Advertisement!.
there has to be some way to make a buck here
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IN MEMORIAM
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Those who have moveed on
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THE LIBRARY
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contributed poems, humor, and stories
DR.SEUSS' COMPUTER ADVICE
If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port, and
the bus is interrupted as a very last resort, and the address of the memory
makes your floppy disk abort, then the socket packet pocket has an error
to report. If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash, and the
double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash, and your data is corrupted
'cause the index doesn't hash, then your situation's hopeless and your
system's gonna crash!
If the label on the cable on the table at your house,
says the network is connected to the button on your mouse, but your packets
want to tunnel on another protocol, that's repeatedly rejected by the printer
down the hall, and your screen is all distorted by the side effects of
gauss, so your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse, then you may
as well reboot and go out with a bang, 'cause as sure as I'm a poet, the
sucker's gonna hang!
When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the
disk, and the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk, then you have
to flash your memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM. Quickly turn off
the computer and be sure to tell your mom.
Lois
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