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author | michael <michael@82007160-df01-0410-b94d-b575c5fd34c7> | 2014-07-14 14:29:37 +0000 |
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committer | michael <michael@82007160-df01-0410-b94d-b575c5fd34c7> | 2014-07-14 14:29:37 +0000 |
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diff --git a/doc/Tao-of-IRC.940110 b/doc/Tao-of-IRC.940110 deleted file mode 100644 index d1c2414..0000000 --- a/doc/Tao-of-IRC.940110 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,272 +0,0 @@ - -The Tao of Internet Relay Chat -Copyright (C) Ove Ruben R Olsen 1994 -Version of 940110 -Contributing masters: Master ScottM - ------ -Something is formed by the electrons, born in the silent cable. Shaping -and growing and ungrowing. It is there yet not there. It is the source of -Internet Relay Chat. I do not know the name, thus I will call it the Tao -of Internet Relay Chat. - -If the Tao is great, then the IRC is running ceaselessly. If the IRC is -great then the server is running without ever stoping. If the server is -great then the client will always be the server. The luser is then pleased -and there is Chat in the world. - -The Tao of IRC squits far away and connects on returning. - - ------ -The genetic potential of birth, a lot to know, yet unknown. - -In the begining there was nothing. - -Out of nothing the Tao gave birth to tolsun.oulu.fi. tolsun gave birth to -OuluBox. - -OuluBox gave birth to rmsg. - -rmsg was not Tao, so MUT gave birth to IRC. - -No one knows when IRC came into existance, the mighty master WiZ have it -to be at the end of the eight month in the year of the Dragon. - - ------ -Each channel has its purpose, however humble. Each channel is the Yin and -Yang of IRC. Each channels has it's place within the IRC. - -In the beginning there was only channel 0, thus channel 0 is the soil of -IRC. - -Channel 1 to channel 10 then was open as the sea. Channel 11 to 999 was the -trees and forests of IRC. Channels above 999 should not be mentioned, and -channels below 0 were unborn and contained many secrets. - -This was not the right Tao, so IRC gave birth to +channels. - -+channels had the yin and yang. Mode does not. - -This was not the right Tao still, so IRC gave birth to #channels. - -#channels have the yin and yang. - -Only channel 0 is the right path to Tao, but avoid speaking on channel 0. - - ------ -There was a great dispute among the Broom-Walkers of the Relay. Some of them -wanted neither yin nor yang. Out of this Eris came into existance. Some of the -Broom-Walkers then created Eris Free-net. - -This was the right Tao. - -Kind Gentle and Boring Net was another wrong path to the Tao of Internet Relay -Chat. - -Some time later there was a quantity of some lusers who wanted to be -Broom-Walkers also. The Eris Free Broom-Walkers did not agree with them, -thus a new IRC was born. This IRC is called the Undernet. - -But this is not the right Tao, either. - - ------ -There will always be disputes among the Broom-Walkers of Internet Relay Chat. - -This is the very nature of the IRC. - - ------ -Lusers that do not understand the Tao is always using the yang of Mode on -their channels. Lusers that do understand the Tao are always using Ignore -on their channels. - -How could this not be so ? - - ------ -The wise sage luser is told about the Chat and uses it. The luser is told -about the IRC and is looking for it. The flock are told about the Tao and -make a fool of the IRC. - -If there was no laughter, there would be no Tao. - - ------ -The master says: -"Without the Tao of Internet Relay Chat, life becomes meaningless." - -The Relay of the old time was mysterious and sacred. We can neither imagine -its thoughts nor path; we are left but to describe. - - ------ -The sage luser must be aware like a frog crossing the highway. - - ------ -The great master Wumpus once dreamed that he was an automaton. When he awoke -he exclaimed: - "I don't know whether I am Wumpus dreaming that I am a client, - or a client dreaming that I am Wumpus!" - -So was the first Automata born. - -The master Nap then said: - "Any automata should not speak unless spoken to. - Any automata shall only whisper when spoken to." - -Thus replied the master Gnarfer: - "The lusers shall keep in mind that a automata can be either good or - bad. Create good automata, and the IRC will hail you and you will - gain fame and fortune. Create bad automata and people will start to - hate you, and finaly you will be /KILLed to ethernal damnation" - -Many lusers have fallen into the clutches of ethernal damnation. They where -not following the Tao. - - ------ -There once was a luser who went to #BotSex. Each day he saw the automatons. -The luser decided that he also would have such a automata. -He asked another luser for his automata. The other luser gave his automata -away. - -The luser was not within the Tao, so he just started the automata. The automata -had only Yang inside so all the lusers files where deleted. - -Some moons laither the same luser then had become a sage luser, and did create -his automata from the very grounds with materials found inside the IRC. -The luser was now within the Tao and his automata lived happily ever after. - - ------ -There once was a master who wrote automatons without the help of master Phone. -A novice luser, seeking to imitate him, began with the help of master Phone. -When the novice luser asked the master to evaluate his automata the master -replied: "What is a working automata for the master is not for the luser. -You must must BE the IRC before automating." - - ------ -Master BigCheese gave birth to master Troy; his duty clear. Master Troy gave -birth to master Phone, for the Tao of Irc must be eternal and must flow as the -ceaseless river of Time itself. - - ------ -Master Phone once said about the ircII client: - "public_msg is for a message from someone NOT on the channel - public_other is for a message on a channel that doesn't belong to - a window. public is for a message on a channel that belongs to a - window!" - -Out of this raised the mighty chaos. - - ------ -The sage luser came to the master who wrote automata without the help of -master Phone. The sage luser asked the master who wrote automata: "Which is -easiest to make. A automata with the help of master Phone or an automata -made with the help of a language ?" - -The master who wrote automata then replied: - "With the help of a language." - -The sage luser was disapointed and exclaimed: "But, with master Phone you -do not need to know anything about the soil of IRC. Is not that the easiet -way ?" - -"Not really" said the master who wrote automata, "when using master Phone -you are closed inside a box. For sure, it is a great box for the lusers, -but the master will need more power, thus a language is the only path to go. -With the language the master will never have to limit himself. When using -such a language the master will seek the best between the need and the -availibility." - -"I see", said the sage luser. - -This is the essence of Tao of IRC automatas. - - ------ -A client should be light and be used for communication. The spirit of a good -client is that it should be very convinient for the luser to use, but hard -for the luser who want to create automata. -There should never ever be too many functions or too few functions. - -There should always be a ignore. - -Without ignore the client is not within the Tao of Chating. - -The client should always respond the luser with messages that will not -astnonish him too much. The server likewise. If the server does not, then it -is the clients job to explain what the server says. - -A client which fails this, will be useless and cause confusion for the lusers. -The only way to correct this is to use another client or to write a new one. - - ------ -A luser asked the masters on #IrcHelp: "My client does not work". -The masters replied: "Upgrade your client". -The luser then wondered why the master knew. The master then told him about -the Protocol. - -"Your client does not work beaucse it does not understand the server. Why -should it always work ? Only a fool would expect such. But, clients are made -by humans, and humans are not perfect. Only Tao is. - -The IRC is solid. The IRC is floating, and will always be dynamic. Live with -that or /quit." - - ------ -The luser came to the masters of #IrcHelp, asking about the Tao of IRC within -the client. -The masters then said that the Tao of IRC always lies inside the client -regardless of how the client connects to the server. - -"Is the Tao in irc ?" asked the luser. -"It so is" replied the masters of #IrcHelp. -"Is the Tao in the ircII, Kiwi, rxirc, vms, rockers and msa ?" asked the -luser. -"In all of them and in the TPC, irchat, zenirc, zircon X11-irc and even the -dos irc has the Tao" said the master quietly. -"Is the Tao in a telnet connection directly to the server ?" - -The master then was quiet for a long time and said. "Please leave, such -questions are not within the Tao of IRC". - - ------ -The master says: "Without the Protocol of TCP the messages will not travel. - Without the client, the server is useless." - - ------ -There once was a luser who used the ircII client. "ircII can do anything I -ever need for using IRC" said the emacs client user, "I have /ON's, I have -assignments, I have aliasing. Why don't you use this instead of the huge -emacs client, which also has a messy screen?" -The emacs client user then replied by saying that "it is better to have a -scripting language that is the client instead of have a client that has -a scripting language." Upon hearing this, the ircII client luser fell silent. - - ------ -The master Wumpus said: "Time for you to leave. I did, now I'm happy." -The master Gnarfer replied: "Use, but never overuse IRC, then you will also -be happy within IRC" - - ------ -A luser came unto the masters of #EU-Opers and asked, "How can I be, yet not -be, a user@host within the IRC?" -The masters of #EU-Opers replied: "To be Tao is to be ones true self. To hide -ones self is not Tao, and is not IRC, you have much to learn before you shall -be at rest within the Flow of Irc. Please leave" - diff --git a/doc/index.txt b/doc/index.txt index 64a2e7b..26a599f 100644 --- a/doc/index.txt +++ b/doc/index.txt @@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ $Id$ Documentation for ircd-hybrid CIDR.txt - Description of CIDR in IPv4 -Tao-of-IRC.940110 - No comment... challenge.txt - Overview of the challenge/response system for obtaining operator status index.txt - This file |