Posted by Savant on September 06, 1999 at 17:00:02: In Reply to: Re: OG chatrooms posted by Peter 'Rattacresh' Backes on September 06, 1999 at 15:56:09:
: That's not completely correct. Some networks offer you to own the
: channel as a server feature -- you only get operator status if you
: authenticate yourself with a passwd.
I disagree. The use of the word 'own' being used here. You can certainly
'own' a web-site name, but you can't 'own' an IRC channel name. You can have
'control' of it, but you can never 'own' it. Any company that says that you
can 'own' an IRC channel is misleading you. IRC channels can no more be
'owned' than an IRC nickname can be owned. When you register a COM name with
Internic, you 'own' that name for 2 years, until you renew. As long as you
keep making renewal payments, you'll always have that name.
With IRC channels that is not the case.
There is always the possibility that you can lose a channel, regardless of
any bots or server control. The chances are slim but they do exist. The
bottom line is that channels are assigned on a first come first server basis,
and if you don't keep the channel active at all times you'll lose it.
Let's put it this way, if your server where your bot is went down completely,
then someone could set up a bot on another server and take the name. Then
when your server came back up you would be unable to create the channel, and
thus you would no longer control it. The bottom line is that no matter what
you do there is no 100% foolproof way to keep the channel to yourself. That
is the point I am trying to make.
: We have protected our IRCNet channel with a bot -- too many people
: misunderstood the 'Girl' part of the channel name and annoyed the
: chatters.
Yeah, I can imagine that many people lookingh for 'cyber' would be attracted
to any channel with 'girl' in the title.
Regards,
Savant