"Gentlemen," he said, "why does Pickering's Moon go about in reverse orbit? Gentlemen, there are nipples on your chests; do you give milk? And what, pray tell, Gentlemen, is to be done about Heisenberg's Law?" He paused. "SOMEBODY HAD TO PUT ALL OF THIS CONFUSION HERE!"
- The Principia Discordia

Welcome to MagNET, the reluctant and unofficial perl IRC network. This network exists to bring friends and colleagues together in a non-political and lightly-managed fashion.

New to IRC? Check out this faq from the fine folks at irchelp.org. Please make sure to read our user guidelines before connecting.

Getting connected: Point your favorite IRC client at irc.perl.org. You don't have a favorite IRC client? Here's a list of some IRC clients that don't cause our regulars to have homicidal fantasies:

  • mIRC - the oldest and most well known IRC client for Windows. It includes many tools and options for anyone wishing to IRC for the first time. Actually, this client does cause IRC regulars to lust for blood. However, there really is no easier native client for Windows. Just make sure to turn off the colors and bold colons. Also, /slap has been known to provoke ... violent reactions.
  • Colloquy - Traditionally, chat clients on the Mac have been anything but glamorous. Colloquy is an advanced IRC & SILC client which aims to fill this void. By adhering to Mac OS X interface conventions, Colloquy has the look and feel of a quality Mac application.
  • X-Chat - X-Chat is a graphical IRC client with builds available for most platforms, including Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
  • Irssi - Irssi is a modular console IRC client for *nix like systems. It sports SILC and ICB modules as well as a possible embedded perl interpreter for internal scripting.
  • EPIC4 - EPIC4 is a new direction in ircII development. No longer is EPIC 100% backwards compatable with ircII, but instead they have chosen to find those things where compatability is undesirable, and fix them. This is a console client for *nix like systems.

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