Hahaha. I'm glad I stayed up to read this when you mentioned it in #tcpa.

Same here. Too bad you can't read the screen (as you mentioned). Sounds to me like it's over-hyped! :)

-MrM

It's
X

A lowercase letter (Note that it doesn't reach the top of the screen): Probably 'c'

and a '3'

The end result is 'X c3' Thats what I think.

At 1000% zoom, it kind of looks like I AM TICALC.ORG.

Of course, the TICALC.ORG is hard to read at that zoom.

Hm, it KINDA, does look like that, and that would make sense, kinda.

I say that it is "I <3 TICALC.ORG" THat makes the most sense. I think that am right as well.

-W-

Yeah, just in case anybody doesnt get it, read it like:

"I LOVE TICALC.ORG"

*dances* yay! \o/

... ahem.

:).

OK, this may seem like kind of a n00bish comment, but, HOW DOES IRC WORK? Could someone walk me through the steps to connect? I have windows XP and have not downloaded anything (if there is something required, I wouldn't know what it is). Please...someone help.

OK, now I do have something downloaded. Looking around on ticalc, I figured I would need mIRC. So I have that...can someone walk me through the process to get connected to whatever channel it is you all talk on?

You must connect to a server that is a part of the EFnet IRC network (if you wish to join #tcpa). I perfer irc.choopa.net. Once you've connected, then type the command /join #tcpa

Don't forget

/server irc.efnet.net

You mean you actually use a high level client like that? *GASP*! Get used to using telnet, like me. In windows, start > run "telnet irc.choopa.net 6667", and then type in:
nick [nickname]
user [nickname] 127.0.0.1 localhost :HC

and you are connected.
Now to join a channel, type:
join #[channel]

to talk to that channel:
privmsg #[channel] :[this is your message]

or to one person:
privmsg [nick] :[this is your message]

hope this helps some people start IRCing the real way.

Now ... the issue is ... you'll time out after 200 some seconds. You need to ping the IRC server when it asks or it will time you out ;-)

Why in the world would you be away from IRC that long? :)

thts what i thought that it said

Doesn't fit the number of characters per row, whereas the '<3' makeshift heart does.

the more I look at it, the character I thought was a 'c' does look rather pointy...like a '<'

Wasn't the random number routine settled back in 198* for TI ASM Programmers? O_o
This is if you can call rand() a token of an assembly language. Error: Duplicate. rand()-Basic = ASM

If you darken the picture a few times, it kinda looks like
K c3 TICALC.ORG

Of course! That has to be it! He asked how one did the little heart symbol in #tcpa.

Case closed.

Darken it, and zoom in. It says:
X <3 TICA1C.ORG

The first letter cannot possibly be an "I", and yes, the L in ticalc.org is actually a 1

You're getting fooled by the JPEG compression...

Nope, seems to me that the first letter is, in fact, "I" and the L's are both ones.

As nearly as I can tell, I believe the text is "1 c3 T1CA1C.0RG" (with 1's in place of I's & L's & a 0 in place of the O)...just my 4/25 bits worth.

Again, probably JPEG compression.

The line between the CA and the C.ORG is exactly between them. It IS a 1. If it was an L, it would be farther to the left!

I inverted the picture, then ran difference clouds (something in Photoshop Elements 2.0) & I am sure my previous analysis is correct, with the possible exception of the first digit (which refuses to become clearer regardless of what I do to it).

LOL! Why is this so hard for everybody to read? It comes out very clear on my monitor...

"I <3 [T]1CA1C.0RG"

What? It's easy to read! It says "I <3 [T]1CA1C.0RG"

([T] is that Matrix symbol)

X c3 TICALC.ORG

okay, so I use the server name "irc.efnet.org" but it does not connect. what server name should I use?

-W-

.net instead of .org