import socket as cow
NICK = "@"
USER = "@"
PASS = "@"
HOST       = "irc.freenode.net"
PORT       = 6667
IN_CHANNEL = False
CHANNEL    = '##hairybot'
s = cow.socket()
s.connect( (HOST, PORT))
s.sendall('USER %s %s server :%s' % (NICK,HOST,NICK))
s.sendall('NICK %s\n' % NICK)
s.sendall('msg NickServ :IDENTIFY @ %s\n' % PASS)
while not IN_CHANNEL:
    line = s.recv(500);
    if "Welcome to the freenode Internet Relay Chat Network" in line:
        s.sendall('JOIN %s\n' % CHANNEL);
        IN_CHANNEL = True
while True:
    line = s.recv(500)
    if 'PING' in line:
        line = line.rstrip()
        line = line.split()
        s.send('PONG %s\n' % line[1])