IRC 的現實

Sometime there is no person available to answer your questions. (The timezone here is GMT-7.) 有時候 IRC 頻道剛好沒有想回答的人（時間是美西時間）：

17:48 < HSMCxxx> could someone help me here?
17:48 < HSMCxxx> i installed the darwinport binary form the .dmg image
17:49 < HSMCxxx> but then i cannot find the directory ~/darwinport
17:49 < HSMCxxx> is there any problem?
17:49 < HSMCxxx> hello?
17:50 < mjhsieh> Why it should be in ~/darwinport ?
17:50 < HSMCxxx> i am new to darwinport
17:51 < HSMCxxx> when i read the doc, it said there should be a directory there
17:51 < HSMCxxx> anyaay, i managed to install a package
17:51 < HSMCxxx> but i cannot use "loacte portname"
17:51 < HSMCxxx> e.g. i type locate pearpc
17:52 < HSMCxxx> terminal told me that it's bad command
17:52 < xxxx> my widget rocks
17:52 < xxxx> it shows the dashboard programming reference manual
17:52 <@xxxxx> heh
17:52 < xxx> xxxx: heh
17:52 <@xxxxx> ugh.  bike ride totally kicked my ass.
17:53 < HSMCxxx> can anyone help me?
17:53 -!- HSMCxxx [~HSMCxxx@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] has quit [Remote closed the 
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17:53 < mjhsieh> HSMxxx: ....

Hey, I was trying to help... No one is supposed to reply these message immediately unless being extremely bored. 嘿，我本來要回了說... 你以為我閒閒沒事幹都在這個視窗嗎？

Sometime there is no person available to response. (The timezone here is GMT-7.) 有時候 IRC 頻道剛好沒有醒著的人（時間是美西時間2004-09-02）：

12:22 -!- Wushan [www@hxxx-xx.NTCU.net] has joined #elixus
12:23 < Wushan> hi all
12:23 < Wushan> any body there
12:24 -!- Wushan [www@hxxx-xx.NTCU.net] has quit ["CGI:IRC (EOF)"]
12:28 -!- Wushan [~vodka@xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.HINET-IP.hinet.net] has joined #elixus
12:28 < Wushan> ..
12:28 < Wushan> hi all
12:28 < Wushan> anybody home
12:28 < Wushan> .................
12:29 < Wushan> @@
12:29 < Wushan> hi
12:29 < Wushan> hello
12:29 < Wushan> @@
12:29 < Wushan> ..
12:30 -!- Wushan [~vodka@xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.HINET-IP.hinet.net] has quit [""]
12:58 <@csardas> @@...
12:59 <@csardas> 真是叫天不應叫地不靈
13:03 <@S3pPoor> 一切都是命啊 :p
13:10 <@mjhsieh> 好慘

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