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<MadBob> Keep meaning to ask, what is ABOOK.LINK!
<jeliy> go to the link and find out :D
<MadBob> Ya think, :b
<jeliy> lol
<MadBob> Been there a few times since I first saw the link in the info, nada
<jeliy> say hello
<jeliy> someone will eventually answer
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<jeliy> and make sure to read their topic
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<jeliy> but i suggest you fix your connection first :P
<MadBob6> yeah I know, I keep getting asked to login, and it gives me anothe nik
<[Shrek]> lol
<MadBob6> fecking IRC
<[Shrek]> you can do /join #abook.link
<[Shrek]> in chat
<jeliy> are you using your phone for IRC?
<MadBob6> used to use it years ago, can't remember why
<MadBob6> PC
<jeliy> hmm
<jeliy> web chat?
<jeliy> or client
<MadBob6> web, how the feck do i log these out
<jeliy> if you use a web chat and close that window you will disconnect
<[Shrek]>  I brought you to the channel
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<[Shrek]> :/
<jeliy> stop logging in with other names and the old ones will eventually die
<jeliy> that is easiest
<jeliy> i think for you :P
<MadBob6> bollocks closed the wrong one
<jeliy> so pick one and stay there
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<jeliy> just one
<jeliy> :D
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<MadBob> funny how a number after my nik freaks me outX-P
<jeliy> lol
<[Shrek]> does it make you mad
<jeliy> well you make us dizzy with the out and ins
<jeliy> now don't close the window
<MadBob> well it doesn't make me bob
<jeliy> and do what shrek said
<jeliy> you will go to the link channel
<jeliy> and stay here too
<[Shrek]> type /join #abook.link in chat
<jeliy> you just have to click on either name to stay in that channel
<jeliy> you will not see both at once
<[Shrek]> they are in now
<jeliy> okay, just make sure to keep it simple for a change
<[Shrek]> Thanks, I'll try
<jeliy> lol
<jeliy> well you forget most times
<jeliy> and confuse them
<[Shrek]> I know
<[Shrek]> Is there any reason you don't hang out in the other channel also?  Is it a loyalty thing?
<jeliy> atm there is no reason
<jeliy> i just don't
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<jeliy> lmao
<jeliy> get that man a client!
<[Shrek]> alright, I didn't know if you thought of everyone there as a traitor and were not in there out of principle
<jeliy> oh no
<jeliy> not at all
<[Shrek]> if he's he's on long enough we will get him on a client
<[Shrek]> :p
<jeliy> never thought of them as traitors
<jeliy> lol good luck
<jeliy> most can't find their own books and i understand that
<jeliy> maybe it has grown enough now that the ones who annoy me are the main ones there :D
<jeliy> i just haven't added that channel to znc yet
<jeliy> are not*
* jeliy is easily annoyed
<jeliy> especially after the abook.to forum... :D
<[Shrek]> I understand, I waited for quite some time before joining the site, but that was mostly because of my traveling and hoping the old site would come back
<[Shrek]> I'm concerned for buck, he hasn't responded to some of my other contact forms
<jeliy> i just saw too much whining and complaining about the old forum and rules in here
<jeliy> and bragging
<jeliy> yeah, he hasn't responded to me either on other sites
<jeliy> not good
<[Shrek]> I have seen a little of that, but not too much
<jeliy> well i was here more than you
<jeliy> it got to be too much
<[Shrek]> oh definitely, you were a machine
<[Shrek]> take a break, do what you've put off
<jeliy> and funny now that many of the same rules, etc are in place at the new site :D
<[Shrek]> I'm probably going to be on and off again soon, I'm starting up travel in a few days
<jeliy> this right now is enough for me
<[Shrek]> yeah, the biggest thing I like is the m4b format is not blacklisted
<jeliy> i can get my own books
<jeliy> right
<jeliy> when buck said no to that because it was associated with apple
<jeliy> and many could not afford that
<jeliy> but now most phones play m4b including android
<jeliy> buck started the site for people who could not get books for free
<jeliy> the foreign translations were not the same as the english ones
<jeliy> and many did not have access or did not have $ to get
<[Shrek]> I appreciate all he did, I wish he was around more. When I had first joined in 2013 he was active, but by the time I came back to be active, I could mostly only contact him though other means
<jeliy> yes he was active when i joined in 2015 too
<[Shrek]> oh, I thought you joined in 2014
<jeliy> taught me a lot
<jeliy> no
<jeliy> at the time hardly anyone came to chat
<jeliy> when i started to invite i made sure to get peeps in here
<jeliy> told them they had to come to chat too :D
<[Shrek]> it helped create more of a sense of community for regulars to interact with new members
<jeliy> yes it does
<jeliy> peeps sometimes just don't get that
<jeliy> the older members anyway
<jeliy> i saw quite a few of them whining in the usenet group at first about not being able to get to chat
<jeliy> pissed me off at the time, since i always said to learn how on the forum
<jeliy> now i just don't care, it was their loss
<[Shrek]> even if you gave the complainers everything they wanted, someone else would complain about that, you can't please everyone
<jeliy> yeah i know
<jeliy> i still say some should learn how to upload better
<jeliy> the usenet group now is a big mess and some of the upload are too big of files for many
<jeliy> but again, what do i know
<[Shrek]> Are you talking about duck not archiving his uploads
<jeliy> :D
<jeliy> nunya
<jeliy> whoever that is, puts the book in one large file
<jeliy> pull the headers and you will see
<[Shrek]> that annoys me when looking at the headers seeing 90 ungroupable threads because of non-common subject
<jeliy> and yes duck and a few others
<jeliy> he does me too
<jeliy> it*
<jeliy> not he
<jeliy> and no vpn and in the open
<jeliy> that just attracks attention to it
<jeliy> not good
<jeliy> peeps have to realize that not everyone can afford the best usenet provider to be able to get some of those uploads
<[Shrek]> yeah, people need to protect themselves
<sittingduck> attracts attention to what?
<[Shrek]> lol
<jeliy> to the group
<sittingduck> putting the website address in the headers doesn't?
<jeliy> you and your old school shit should know better, especially now
<sittingduck> doesn't make sense
<sittingduck> lmao
<jeliy> what do you mean putting the website in headers?
<jeliy> and here we go with your dumb shit...
<jeliy> knew it wouldn't be long
<sittingduck> Headers are what you see when you open a group
<sittingduck> with a newsreader
<jeliy> yes
<jeliy> <sittingduck> putting the website address in the headers doesn't?
<jeliy> explain what you meant pls
<sittingduck> lots of people put abook.to or whaever in the headers
<sittingduck> you don't complain about that
<jeliy> no i don't
<sittingduck> if you don't want "attention" for the site, that would be a huge red flag
<jeliy> when they were obfuscated
<jeliy> most had sense to do that, and to use a vpn
<jeliy> so down in front... :D
<sittingduck> lol
<sittingduck> vpn for usenet is silly
<jeliy> you were the one who constantly complained about the abook.to rules
<jeliy> thinking you knew better
<jeliy> and telling new peeps that too
<sittingduck> I complained about what?
<jeliy> it drove most of mods in here nuts
<jeliy> the abook.to rules
<sittingduck> I am not a complainer
<jeliy> heh, okay
<jeliy> and saying things like vpn for usenet is silly
<jeliy> so not good, especially now....
<[Shrek]> I disagree on that, vpn or a an anonymous purchased post server for usenet is still wise, you never know if an uplink provider gets compromised and collects upload ips.  While the post IP is lost in the headers, the hosts still tag with something they can track, at least for a short while, should push come
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<jeliy> yeah, most of us agree with that shrek
<sittingduck> I get that, but until casual uploaders are actually saught out, it's overkill
<jeliy> pfft
<sittingduck> VPN is not as secure as people think, either
<sittingduck> it adds another layer, but it's not foolproof
<jeliy> and those are the types of things you say in here that drives us nuts
<[Shrek]> nothing is secure, but the more obstacles you add, the more likely that should something happen, they switch to an easier target
<sittingduck> agreed
<jeliy> ^^
<jeliy> so stop saying dumb shit then...
<sittingduck> I am just not that paranoid
<[Shrek]> I am :p
<jeliy> lol or wise
<sittingduck> I noticed!