IRC

IRC is the backchannel behind the hackspace, people are constantly connected and chatting there.

It's one of the best ways to get quickly acquainted with the regular crew, and lemonparty.

Connecting to the IRC Channel

• Use the webchat client that runs in your browser.
• Or point your IRC client at #london-hack-space on irc.freenode.net.

Channel Rules

• All paying members get ops in the channel.
• The channel is generally NSFW, just so you know.
• If you ask for credit card numbers, you will get kicked.
• If you ask for SMTP servers, you will get kicked.
• If you ask HOW TO HAX, you will get kicked.
• If you pester/abuse the bots, you will get kicked.
• In fact, you're going to have to work very hard to stay alive, Nick.

Channel Bots

There are a couple of utility bots in the channel.

• Robonaut is an instance of Irccat running on Babbage. All paying members can add commands to him. Code for these is uploaded to Github.
• Earl is an instance of earlbot running somewhere in the intertubes. He lets you know what's hidden behind links, and if they're OLDE.

Statistics

For the perverse, see http://twigman.com/lhs.html