[openstack-dev] [All] IRC Mishaps

Jim Rollenhagen jim at jimrollenhagen.com
Thu Feb 9 14:39:01 UTC 2017


On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Hayes, Graham <graham.hayes at hpe.com> wrote:

> On 08/02/2017 20:39, Kendall Nelson wrote:
> > Hello All!
> >
> > So I am sure we've all seen it: people writing terminal commands into
> > our project channels, misusing '/' commands, etc. But have any of you
> > actually done it?
> >
> > If any of you cores, ptls or other upstanding members of our wonderful
> > community have had one of these embarrassing experiences please reply! I
> > am writing an article for the SuperUser trying to make us all seem a
> > little more human to people new to the community and new to using IRC.
> > It can be scary asking questions to such a large group of smart people
> > and its even more off putting when we make mistakes in front of them.
> >
> > So please share your stories!
> >
> > -Kendall Nelson (diablo_rojo)
>
> not realizing there is a space at the beginning of a line, and
> typing a '/' command.
>
> I am constantly typing ' /win 10' into channels, or more embarrassingly
> ' /whois <nick of someone I am talking to>'
>

Even more embarassing when you leak your IRC addiction with things like:

<jroll> /b 119

:D

// jim
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