ahh so freenode is ddos attack for it's splits mercutio : have you ever run your own irc network? mnathani: nope k i did have a localhost irc server once when i was writing my irc client no-one used it though :) That would qualify as your "own irc network" lol not really a network requries more than one server s/ri/ir/ a network requires more than one server not for a small network otherwise it's just a server @wikipedia network Network :: Network and networking may refer to: Biological, biosocial, electric, and electronic Artificial neural network Biological network Business networking Computer network Electrical network Neural network Radio network Social network Telecommunications network Television network Universities network Art, entertainment, and media Network (film), a 1976... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network hmm that doesn't help :) @dict network @wikipedia computer network Computer network :: A computer network or data network is a telecommunications network which allows computers to exchange data. In computer networks, networked computing devices exchange data with each other along network links (data connections). The connections between nodes are established using either cable media or wireless media. The best-known computer network is the Internet.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20network up_the_irons: I will sending you emails on tuesday.. My partner is looking up somestuff for me and we have all cordinated monday.. Just that Im flying to asia today and will be unavailable until tuesday :). I will atleast skip 6 months of snowy winter here. :) major DDOS today there are usually only 2 of my nicks in here. 3 at present mnathani: when? there seems to be a lot of ddos stuff over a long time :) earlier there was a server message on freenode freenode is non profit correct? donated resources i think