I remember some years ago I used to use icq quite extensively, but for some reason that now escapes me, stopped???
Just wondered if anyone on here still uses it and if so, are there lifestyle communities, uk based groups etc?
just a random thought that just rambled through my otherwise blank and empty mind, Well hey, its saturday evening, gimme a break. :twisted:
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(OT) ICQ, does anyone still use it?
I think it still exists.. although I don't think many people use it.
One of the new and up-n-coming gadgets and gizmos lilkely to storm the internet world is Voice-over-IP (VoIP). It's essentially using your computer to phone people using your broadband connection. You can use either a microphone and PC speakers or you can now buy USB phones that connect directly to your computer. VoIP is also the method by which 3G mobile phones will work in the nect few years.
One particular service provide is run by the scandinavian mastermind behind Kazaa and has a free downloadable programme similar to MSN where you can phone up other users at NO cost, even if the call is international. But what has really revolutionised the service is that phone call's can be made to and from a standard phone when using their fairly cheap subscription service. This sort of service has obvious benefits for a site like this. You would certainly be able to isolate time wasters at a very fast rate with the option to block people just a button click away.
With services like this appearing, software such as ICQ is becoming less and less popular.
But then there will always be some people like me who enjoying communicating my MSN or e-mail just because they enjoy it, despite the fact that they have a perfectly good phone right next to them.
Worth checking out if things like MSN and P2P file sharing is your thing.
One of the new and up-n-coming gadgets and gizmos lilkely to storm the internet world is Voice-over-IP (VoIP). It's essentially using your computer to phone people using your broadband connection. You can use either a microphone and PC speakers or you can now buy USB phones that connect directly to your computer. VoIP is also the method by which 3G mobile phones will work in the nect few years.
One particular service provide is run by the scandinavian mastermind behind Kazaa and has a free downloadable programme similar to MSN where you can phone up other users at NO cost, even if the call is international. But what has really revolutionised the service is that phone call's can be made to and from a standard phone when using their fairly cheap subscription service. This sort of service has obvious benefits for a site like this. You would certainly be able to isolate time wasters at a very fast rate with the option to block people just a button click away.
With services like this appearing, software such as ICQ is becoming less and less popular.
But then there will always be some people like me who enjoying communicating my MSN or e-mail just because they enjoy it, despite the fact that they have a perfectly good phone right next to them.
Worth checking out if things like MSN and P2P file sharing is your thing.
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Worth checking out if things like MSN and P2P file sharing is your thing.
Have been using for a while now, and I'm sure that it will take off in a big way (already has in Italy) but I have to say i don’t find it as good for community chat as the mainstream chat programs, and the telephony is good, cheap, but when you are trying to have a bit of a "Adult" chat at 4:00 am yelling down a pc mic is less that discreet lol..
like you alspals I found ICQ to be extremely easy to use, (once you got past all the ferkin about in hyperspace setting it up) and found some very nice, honest and open communities on there, sadly i suspect they have all fallen by the wayside by now.
I did hear some time ago that icq had some particular security vulnerabilities, can't quite remember what that was about though.
Oh well, happy days......................
John
OK, bit the bullet and signed on again, phew, its certainly changed (my icq # is 306-339-658 lol, that brings back memories)
going to have an explore see whats going on on there
Must be some :swingingchair: groups or
areas :twisted: 
Will report back to SHIB , (better known as SI5 and SI6) soon as I have infiltrated.
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I've used ICQ in the past, but compaired to the ease of use and the little niceties of and msn (it may have changed) its always been very raw and basic in its use (ie text only) and a real bitch to set up initally.
msn and both now suffer from the adverts and really crap use of the screen estate, even on a 1600/1200 screen i cant see half the users I used to with older versions.
The old MSN chat used to be built over ICQ and ?MIRC? which was a text baised system and that worked really well but it was limited in the mirc scripting side of things which was very powerfull (you could use mirc to chat in msn chat rooms and for "bots") but was to complex for most users and a pain to set up and register... the chat room in here can be accessed via mirc but you need loads of details and registeration to make it work.
The big problem is most of these free clients have now gone chargable, at the moment msn and yahooo are free, when they start charging for use then i'll find something else if there is anything still free, lol, if not then i'll write my own chat/messenger system and use it after emails have been exchanged its so simple to write and baised on simple send/ack protocols that most development languages have it built in, lol. (it came from the parc labs, i believe, where apple and ms gleaned most of their stuff for the nerds out there, lol)
msn and both now suffer from the adverts and really crap use of the screen estate, even on a 1600/1200 screen i cant see half the users I used to with older versions.
The old MSN chat used to be built over ICQ and ?MIRC? which was a text baised system and that worked really well but it was limited in the mirc scripting side of things which was very powerfull (you could use mirc to chat in msn chat rooms and for "bots") but was to complex for most users and a pain to set up and register... the chat room in here can be accessed via mirc but you need loads of details and registeration to make it work.
The big problem is most of these free clients have now gone chargable, at the moment msn and yahooo are free, when they start charging for use then i'll find something else if there is anything still free, lol, if not then i'll write my own chat/messenger system and use it after emails have been exchanged its so simple to write and baised on simple send/ack protocols that most development languages have it built in, lol. (it came from the parc labs, i believe, where apple and ms gleaned most of their stuff for the nerds out there, lol)
ICQ Update
Ok, well I signed up, its still a bit of a pain in the gazoobries :shock: to set up, the look has changed a lot, and yes, there are loads of people on there.
Unfortunately there are a few automated bots trying to get you to click on links to pay sites as well,
but once you have blocked them it’s ok.
There are a number of communities on there, including swinging, :swingingchair: bdsm,
etc etc.
so far though I have only been able to find communities in the US, so still trying to find the UK based stuff.
I’m going back in, I may be gone for some time.
This message will self distruct in 30 seconds…………………………….. :scared:
Ok, well I signed up, its still a bit of a pain in the gazoobries :shock: to set up, the look has changed a lot, and yes, there are loads of people on there.
Unfortunately there are a few automated bots trying to get you to click on links to pay sites as well,
but once you have blocked them it’s ok.There are a number of communities on there, including swinging, :swingingchair: bdsm,
etc etc. so far though I have only been able to find communities in the US, so still trying to find the UK based stuff.
I’m going back in, I may be gone for some time.
This message will self distruct in 30 seconds…………………………….. :scared:
