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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | [[Randall]] provides us with a | + | {{incomplete|First draft. No title text or individual explanations of the 2017 slack etc.}} |
+ | [[Randall]] provides us with a - presumably anecdotal - montage of the Internet's changing attitude towards different instant messaging protocols, framed within the context of a team trying to remain in communication while tolerating each others' different tastes. | ||
− | Although one-on-one "talk" programs date back to 1960s mainframes, {{w|Internet Relay Chat}} (IRC) was one of the first real-time group communication protocols, invented in 1988. While it remains the format on which most later apps were based, the convenience and accessibility of other protocols such as AIM and Skype gradually exceeded IRC in popularity. | + | Although one-on-one "talk" programs date back to 1960s mainframes, {{w|Internet Relay Chat}} (IRC) was one of the first real-time group communication protocols, invented in 1988. While it remains the format on which most later apps were based, the convenience and accessibility of other protocols such as AIM and Skype gradually exceeded IRC in popularity. Although many users took to the new environments, others preferred the old and familiar, hence schisms between groups began to grow. |
− | + | Randall here seems to commenting on the persistence of IRC; while generally considered to be ancient software in comparison to newer and still-competing protocols, its endless customizability has led some people to support it above all others. | |
− | + | Extrapolating for the sake of humor, the joke here lies in a particularly uncommon but memorable type of Internet denizen: even in a far-off distant future where the world's technology has led to a superlative messaging network encompassing all people in some supposed, incredible bliss, there is always - in Randall's vision - going to be That IRC Guy. | |
− | + | Randall has touched on similar themes before in [[927: Standards]]. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Ponytail: Our team mainly uses Skype, but some of us prefer to stick to IRC. | :Ponytail: Our team mainly uses Skype, but some of us prefer to stick to IRC. | ||
− | :[Cueball is talking with Megan in a | + | :[Cueball is talking with Megan in a frame less panel. A frame at the top of the panel has a caption:] |
:2017 | :2017 | ||
:Cueball: We've got almost everyone on Slack, | :Cueball: We've got almost everyone on Slack, | ||
:Cueball: But three people refuse to quit IRC and connect via Gateway. | :Cueball: But three people refuse to quit IRC and connect via Gateway. | ||
− | :[A black panel with white text and drawings. The main body of text is above the singularity, a starburst around a circle with two more broken lined circles around the starburst. To the right another Cueball-like guy floats in space with his laptop computer, typing on the keyboard. A frame, that is white inside, is over the top border of the panel has a caption: ] | + | :[A black panel with white text and drawings. The main body of text is above a the singularity, a starburst around a circle with two more broken lined circles around the starburst. To the right another Cueball-like guy floats in space with his laptop computer, typing on the keyboard. A frame, that is white inside, is over the top border of the panel has a caption: ] |
:2051 | :2051 | ||
:Narration: All consciousnesses have merged with the Galactic Singularity, | :Narration: All consciousnesses have merged with the Galactic Singularity, | ||
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[[Category:Artificial Intelligence]] | [[Category:Artificial Intelligence]] | ||
[[Category:Computers]] | [[Category:Computers]] | ||
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