User:Rmezei
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Razvan "Alex" Mezei
Name: Razvan A. Mezei
Preferred name: "Alex"
Position: Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Saint Martin's University
Page: [SMU webpage]
Interests: Applied Mathematics (Approximation theory, Numerical Analysis, and Inequalities) & Computer Science (Open Source, Programming Languages, Data Structures, Algorithms, Healthcare Informatics, and Cybersecurity).
Hobbies: Photography and Videogames.
POSSE 2019-06
Intro to IRC (Activity)
For Part 1
How do people interact? People interact very casual. Based on my previous experience, this is typical in iRC chats.
What is the pattern of communication?
Are there any terms that seem to have special meaning?
What advantages might IRC have over other real-time communication methods (like Google Chat or Facebook Messenger?) Are there potential disadvantages? iRC have bots, which can be useful in documenting important topics. They are free, and lightweight. Without knowing the link for the bot archive, it may be difficult to see a history of the conversation (iRC chats don't have a "history" that one can review "on-demand". Also, if a user changes their nickname, this will not be reflected throughout the past/historical text. Also, one can easily impersonate others.
Can you make any other observations? See above ...
Bonus question: Why didn't Heidi and Darci's actions get picked up by the meetbot? My guess is that the bot is case sensitive ...
For Part 3
I have observed a few channels:
If you use an iRC nick that is not being registered (or not logged in) then joining #python will redirect you to #python-unregistered.
observations of the #a11y channel communications and how they differed from the sample dialog in Part 1.
POSSE 2019-xx
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