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From: Toby Hutton <thutton@cybec.com.au>
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Subject: Re: ICQ numbers
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 10:26:47 +1000
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Robert Swan wrote:
> 
> I've always wanted a faster communication mode than these newsgroups,
> just for trivial chat, and comparing just how much caffeine we've
> imbibed these days, so seeing as no-one responded to the #yaroze
> channel on irc, I thought I might put up my icq number, which is -
> 
> 9353855
> 
> Anyone who doesn-t know what icq is, 'tis a program that will notify
> you if anyone else you want to keep an eye on comes on to the
> internet. Its fairly cool. For more info, try
> 
> http://www.icq.com
> 
> perhaps if the timing is right, maybe one of you might get the 10
> millionth icq number. wow

I'd use it, except I get shocking connections.  I have about a dozen
servers listed in my preferences, and sometimes it'll be weeks before I
can connect.

Seems to be a crappy system, there must be a better way of doing it,
rather than 'logging in' every time and continuously polling the
server.  It should be more server-less, more peer-ful.

Toby.