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         ICQ Chat Log File
 Started on Sat May 16 17:12:57 1998

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<&Omri> send focus
<&Omri> that is what puts your name in italics when you go to another window
<ruth-> So I unchecked send focus - now what
<greta> mine is always unchecked 
<greta> now its checked
<&Omri> I will not be able to tell that you are not in the chat window on your computer
<&Omri> you know
<&Omri> how your name goes into italics when you are in another windo
<greta> yes
<greta> right now we are all appearing as if we are all here
<&Omri> well this makes it so it wont do that
<greta> and I assume that we have ALL unchecked focus lol
<&Omri> rotfl
<&Omri> I am still waiting for some brave soul to become a chat master
<ruth-> How does one become a chat master
<&Omri> if no one respoonds it is because i just told them how to stop
 from having the nicks Italicized
<&Omri> lol
<greta> how many names can one have on one ICQ account ?????
<Jayne> do you have to save the list of servers on each user
<&Omri> one
<&Omri> no
<possum> No Ruth
<possum> just looks like mIRC
<&Omri> no preferences remain the same far as i know jayne
<Jayne> ok thanks.
<possum> That is what was so funniy about somebody doing the who is command 
the other night
<possum> ruth said she is not who
<&Omri> it could lead to some problems
<ruth-> such as
<&Omri> if you have a chat room
<greta> I don't see how I can add another nick
<&Omri> open with for people
<&Omri> and I have mine with 5 people
<possum> It is hard to stop your self from doing IRC commands eve when you know better :)
<Jayne> what could create problems??
<&Omri> and I join your chat we could vote to kick all of you out of your own chat
<possum> That is a problem:)
<greta> omri... you did not change your nick then ? only got a new number ?
<possum> In IRC we often just op everyone
<possum> then you can repel invaders
<&Omri> thats why i think the chat master should be in some kind of contro.l
<possum> me too Omri
<&Omri> icq say it should be democratic
<&Omri> sats
<possum> Of course we recognize you as the chat master
<&Omri> says
<possum> BUT that won't work if someone else just comes in
<&Omri> I really am not talking about our group
<&Omri> but some others once they find out they can cause trouble
<possum> Well Omri but is it that easy to find the chat room
<&Omri> no
<possum> In IRC you just do a list command
<&Omri> n
<possum> Then ppl can see what channels are in use
<possum> but you can't do that in ICQ can you??
<greta> no
<&Omri> yes
<greta> what ?
<possum> What??
<greta> only on the registered channels then ?
<&Omri> if you know the page on the www
<possum> Gee omri If you ask me that is kind of a downfall with ICQ
<&Omri> it would be a lot harder than IRC
<possum> I think there should be channel ops
<&Omri> they are building this program as I am learing it
<possum> Course some channel ops are power mad but you can always just go somewhere else
<&Omri> by the seat of my pants
<greta> right
<possum> I don't mean that all channel ops are in a power trip
<greta> I still think it is easeir for eveyrbody to join in a chat like this when you can enter via a ch-master
<&Omri> see you cant please everyone
<possum> cause in lots of channels they ops everyone except newbies
<possum> well so far ICQ seems to be a pretty friendly environment
<&Omri> true
<&Omri> everybody is a newbie
<possum> Of course I've never had any trouble on IRC
<&Omri> well most
<possum> mostly I just hang out in genealogy channels
<mamabear2> i like icq but since im learning alittle about mirc thats been fun too
<&Omri> your not going to have too many problems on those channels
<greta> you really need and want both lol
<mamabear2> yes your right about that greta
<Ess44> Hi &Omri, I have tried to change my nick to ess44, for "privacy" reasons
<mamabear2> do any of you have the tab that saids icq 
<&Omri> dont blame you
<mamabear2> instead of menu
<greta> where ?
<mamabear2> at the bottom next to the green flower
<Jayne> yes i did possum.
<greta> mine says ICQ
<Ess44> yes, next to green flower, my tab says icq
<mamabear2> mine keeps changing back and forth one time it saids icg next time it saids menu
<&Omri> I didnt have you on my list so when I did an info on you your old info came up Ess
<Ess44> Does anyone play games on icq?
<&Omri> never tried
<Jayne> not i
<mamabear2> i dont know how
<&Omri> what games
<Ess44> lesson 5 covers "games" and there seems to be quite a few that one could play
<Ess44> oops, I don't know how either, I was hoping some of you would know...
<&Omri> I look at that word zap but it would get boring fast and they want 20 bucks
<Ess44> the url in lesson 5 <http://www.mirabilis.com/games.html#games
<Ess44> $20, that
<&Omri> yes
<&Omri> they let you play 20 times for free
<Ess44> I could try the free play out just to see how it works
<&Omri> it is not bad
<Ess44> I sent my email too, your "flower" will flash, right?
<Ess44> Do any of you use a "persona" like that discussed in less 5
<greta> what is a "persona" 
<eagelCQ> Well Ess44 just about everytime I am on I do:-)
<Ess44> I a little confused about the use of one (persona)
<&Omri> the Name Omri is my GGGGreat grandfather who fought in the revolutionary war
<greta> gosh 
<&Omri> my real name is Chuck
<greta> so what has that to do with "persona" ?
<&Omri> thats what they are talking about
<eagelCQ> and I couldn't fly around campus like I do if I weren't an eagel
<&Omri> plus I am not a really nice guy
<&Omri> LOL
<Ess44> have you developed a separate personality for your online persona?
<possum> Omri are you a genelogist???
<Ess44> I think you must be a nice guy, &Omri
<&Omri> no not really what you see is what you get with me
<Ess44> only problem being, i can't see you
<possum> Since you are usig your ancestor's name
<Ess44> does anyone belong to an online community (ICQ)
<greta> no
<&Omri> besides this one
<possum> No I don't belong to an online community
<Ess44> yeah, besides this one
<Jayne> no but have chatted in one,,once..
<possum> but I do mean to read up on them
<Ess44> could members of a family belong to online community?
<Ess44> and what would be benefit?
<possum> kind of skimmed that part of lesson
<&Omri> I think what is meant by that is a online group
<&Omri> I belong to a group of international woodcarvers for a while it was quite nice
<greta> I belong to a group of Bouvier owners in mIRC and the Internet
<possum> I belong to an Irish studies group
<possum> but we are mostly VU students
<possum> At least that was how we started out
<greta> and a Communicator group
<greta> started from VU
<&Omri> as you could nver find that many ppl with the same interest locally
<possum> Right omri but sometimes it is hard to distinguish between an online community and an interest list
<greta> whats the difference
<possum> I guess I once belonged to aan online miniaturist group
<&Omri> there is no difference
<possum> I thought of it as belonging to a list but it was a little more than that
<Ess44> will ICQ download email from your server
<greta> I wish there was a way of knowing just how many nicks on has on one's list !
<&Omri> as a community is a group of people who come to gether  with simular interests
<greta> a counter somehow lol
<&Omri> or have a common bond
<Ess44> I have outlook express as default mail now with filters, don't want to mess that up
<ruth-> filters???
<greta> I don't mess with ICQ and emails
<Ess44> yeah, you know, ones that direct my mail to different mail folders
<greta> oh we use Communicator for htat
<greta> the Preferences
<&Omri> Thats the way VU is going to go - Mail lists
<Ess44> wow, my eyes are crossing with the different conversations in the window lol
<eagelCQ> thats why I like not override cause then I can follow the colors
<Ess44> ok will try not over ride
<possum> Who's honking???
<ruth-> How come I just heard a horn blowing - but I see no messages
<greta> one of us must have blown the horn lol
<possum> Look under other ruth
<possum> You can beep ppl
<greta> ctrl-G
<possum> click on beep rtuh
<possum> You have to have enable sounds checked too
<possum> although ruth as blossom said in the update you can't make sounds 
in ICQ like in IRC but you can beep
<ruth-> so how do I change it
<ruth-> the sound I mean
<&Omri> in preferances
<&Omri> events
<&Omri> sounds/configure
<&Omri> defaul,t Beep