ComputerHope Chat Schedule

[Moderator]

How about a trial of scheduled appearances in the ComputerHope chat areas? dl65 and I were discussing this. Of course everyone will have a different "best time" depending on their schedule and continent, but there would be some regularly posted times when at least one designated person would be on (barring unforseen circumstances).

I will volunteer for Saturday a.m. at 10:00-12:00 a.m.  CST (U.S.)

Anyone else who is interested just pick a time and post it here, or just show up to one of the scheduled times. I have no agenda (although certainly interested parties could post one for "their" time. All topics are open, and everyone is welcome. We can just type away or work on specific issues.

The format will evolve as we go. If it doesn't succeed, it will be no more of a ghost town than it is now.  

[R.I.P.]

I am currently over there reading the latest news..... lol .

I will be there Monday thru Fridays from say 1pm thru  Pacific Time .
Sunday thru Friday ........ midnight ..........  Pacific Time .

dl65  

[Moderator]

School makes it impossible for me to be able to give a set time, but I'll be there when I can.

Lol whats all this? there's a chatroom being made?

R0SS

[Moderator]

That's what I said. Look on the homepage for CH, right above the "computer hope forums" hyperlink. I'm told that's been there for ages...

Alright nice one. Im in there now cool ok well i dont know if theres any time i could be there except when im im not playing any games and that. so i will just sit in the chat when im there if anyone comes in.

I dont think that made much sense lol

R0SS

I used to hang out in the chat room on weekday evenings late last year, but since I seemed to be the only "techie" person who could find his pulse I would quickly get swamped with noobs. Example:

WebUser253: HLP!!1 My cmptr isnt wrking right!!!1
Me: Ummm... Could you be a bit more specific? What OS are you running?
WebUse253: idk, whts a OS??ROFLOFLBBQ!!!shift+1!!1
***WebUser345 enters #computerhope
WebUser345: HLP PLZ!! MY copmuter cant print I need to print why cant I print help!!!
Me: Okay, hang on for a just sec while I take care of this other person first, okay?
WebUser345: k
***WebUser437 enters #computerhope
WebUser437: MY computers slow. o, do u have any codez??
WebUser253: helOOO!!11
Me: I'll be right with you 253
Me: WebUser437, no cracks in here. Have you run Spyboat/Ad-Aware
WebUser345: HEELLPP!!!!
***WebUser105 enters #computerhope
WebUser105: I dropped my laptop out my cars window on the highway, can you help me???
Me: AAAHHHHH!!!!


Seriously. I'd spend hours just trying to figure out if the person's keyboard was USB or Serial. Add the fact that a new WebUser would saunter in every 45 minutes or so with the same: "U need to hlp meee! My scrn iz alll blu and says STOP at teh top!!1" plea and I started to wonder if I shouldn't change my job searches from I.T. to something easier like rodeo clown or enlist in the Marines. One lady even asked for help with her grandkids old 16 bit NES (I actually kinda solved her problem though!). My suggestion: Use DCC chat to keep the confusion to a minimum and use Remote Assistance if at all possible! Keep a paper bag close by in case you need to breathe into it. Oh, and log your chats. You might look back years from now and laugh. Or you might not.

Seriously, if enough helpers were present, it could work out pretty nice. Its funny and a bit ironic that more noobs know about and find their way onto the channel than techs.


--Oober Noober

[R.I.P.]

ROTFLMAO ....... they just clicked on the wrong button ......


dl65  

[Moderator]

My ground rule is that you must log in with a unique name, preferably the one you use on the forums.

[Moderator]

I've asked twice now... how the heck do you log chats?

[R.I.P.]

Dilbert , Why do you want to log the chat ?

dl65  

[R.I.P.]

Dilbert , If you try and install a time clock in the chat room ............well........

Did you try      right clicking on a blank area and select all ....... copy ...paste into notepad ....... lol ........oh yes ,dont forget save as ....

dl65  

[Moderator]

Dilbert , Why do you want to log the chat ?

dl65  

So if someone comes in chat and says "what you said before didn't work", I wanna be able to know exactly what it was that didn't work,  without the tiresomeness of asking.

As for your solution... LOL why didn't I think of that?

[R.I.P.]

Dilbert ,

I don't know .....why didnt you? ........lol

dl65  

[Moderator]

I am about to yell at "Webuser" right now.

Dilbert,
The chats do not go through the CH server. In fact, I belive that they are on a serparate server.

Therefor, it may be hard to log chats. Unless you would like to keep a computer running for a LONG time and just have is sit there.

We could make a post somewhere that we could post our chats at if we helped someone.

(You could also ask the Admin to put a Bravenet counter on a page. This will let people view the buisiest times and days. But the only problem I can see if the fact that it is Bravenet.)
Oh, and Dilbert what program are you using to access the CH Chatroom?