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by nazil dsouza

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Hi T.R Fellas, i was just thinkin what if this site came up with a chat a sort of java chat however we have to log in securely to enter....... wouldn't it be nice to have a chat were in people can just hang out i mean no tech q&a pls..... i been here for quite a long time but was even away for a while.... I think it may really boost the image of this site.......... Well hope i am not the only guy thinkin over it ........

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by frostbite

could be nice to have a chatbox but doesn't limiting it to non-tech discussions go against the intent of this site?

by nazil dsouza

yeah it would.......... but being liberal and sharing rational values it would much better..... no sarcasm..... and moreover we would be able to talk far better than waiting for someone to reply to your post like this. but at the same time we have to take concern as certain views may diminish the value of the site's tech Q&A if people hold on to this for their Q&A...... But again a quick sugestion on your Q&A in here would help u out far better.... than your posting

by jdclyde

One of the draws, is people coming in to the discussions that other people have going. Many are tech related, but not all.

If this was moved to a "chat", only a select few would get any benifit from the conversations. There are MANY members that do nothing but read and never participate themselves. This can go on for years until something pulls them in.

Another problem with chat vs post. If you are making a post that others will read and reply to, you will put some actual thought into that post compared to a chit chat back and fouth. If people don't understand your post (like in this case) it means you need to work on your communications skills or they need to work on their comprehension skills.

by maxx57

There are plenty of chat thigs out there. What would be better is if people could just list thier chat type and chat address, like: "You may contact me on MSN Messenger: at 555hottie@hotmail.com" or "Add me to your Google Chat at sixpack@gmail.com". That would be the better way to go. That way it's not another chatting service I have to keep track of. less is better in this case. But that is my opinion only, take it for what it's worth; and good luck, killer tech dudes! cged.dnip.net

by shellbot

but the likes of Yahoo, Google Chat, and MSN offer Chat capability where one can chat about non tech things..they have literally thousands of topics ect..
i for one think Chat would not "improve" the image of the site...
look at the logo up on the top left..
T-E-C-H Republic..i believe this is possibly referring to the fact that the majority of people here have in interest in tech items..

maybe its just me being b1tchy?
now unless you wanna chat with me on the reasons why my boss feels i have the expertise to evaluate and recamend a new HR / Employee Management system..thats different of course..
:)

by nazil dsouza

DUDE i aint taking about comparing this chat to yahoo or msn...... and nobody got in here to talk about things like their girlfriend ditching them or sort off... i'm talking some sense here man. A chat would boast the image by puttting techies like you and me online when we log in.... see there u go dude if there was a chat i would have made u understand what i am upto..... its not like you talk something totally different and my thinking here cant make u understand..... its like talking face to face (an example)and not like i leave a message and wait for you to post a reply for it.......

by jdclyde

First, this is a GLOBAL group, in different time zones so many are not on at the same time.

Second, many come in for a few minutes while on a break, and would have a very hard time syncing up with someone they really want to chat with. (that is why the post and wait DOES work so well)

Third, that is a DudeTTE, not a dude!

Fourth, anyone that WANTED to chat can always meet up on any of the current free ones by yahoo/aol/msn. This just adds fluff that takes away from the meat of the site.

Oh, and SOME people here HAVE talked about their girlfriends/wives "ditching them". (or so I am told! ;\ )

by jaqui

I know it was mentioned before in one of the site ideas threads and TR has concidered and rejected the idea.

by shellbot

no..no "butch"...ack!!!!!!!!

i'm all girlie..promise..i got all the right bits and like to wear high heels!!!!!!!!!!!

by shellbot

i'm gonna cry..
i might even tell my mommy..no wait..i'm gonna tell my daddy..he's prpbably bigger than your daddy..
then we'll see who's a sissy :)

hehhee...

by nazil dsouza

all this because i called shellbot a sissy ..................... cant believe......... ouch my stomach hurts laughing out loud ........... cant hold my breath.............. hope i dont pass out now hahaaha

by dawgit

I'm not sure on the vidio yet, I think one of the CCCs over here are working on it though. But the best Internet-Radio is up and running (several actually) They're good, and they're open and free too.

by jdclyde

I don't "chat" at all.

I rarely use a phone, why would I want to type to someone?

If I want to talk to someone, I try to always make it a face-to-face.

(exception is TR, because of distances. Note, this is also the only place that I enter discussions.)

by rob mekel

always a first time :)

Can't see why anybody would call you that way. ?:|

But what's this about advising on a HR-system? Is it the HR-system or the technical part that y're advising about? Sounds interesting and nice to do, isn't it? :)

Rob

by shellbot

its good people like you who keep me going Rob!

HR - The whole system..we just going to buy one in..so today was interesting. 2 vendors in for presentations. first one a cute little thing (application that is) for a grand..the next one a big meaty peiece of work which i rather liked for 18 grand..highly customisable (which i now realise i will get pulled into)..
so we got 2 more coming in next week and then we (I) will decide where we go from there..

~PeopleSoft need not apply~ :)

by jc williams

Are you marrying it with a payroll package???

We went with ADP (maybe one you are looking at), because we were already on ADP for our payroll.

by rob mekel

who ever did talk about their girlfriends/wives "ditching them" :D ;)
But that is also why we are here and what miscellaneous is about.

Y're right jd, as TR is a Global group, as are a lot of others, I even would be getting lesser sleep as I'm getting now if TR would go for it. And I'm sure a lot of us would be in the same position. [i](oh boy, there I go again :0)[/i]

Rob

by shellbot

;)
anywhos..you get sleep? cool..

i'd get even less work done..oh hang on..chat is blocked in our place anyways..and most companies i know block it..so would be no good in that respect..

by shellbot

thanks for clarifying the dudette bit..was starting to question my sexuality there..
wow..that would have been a momentous day.
"mom, dad, did you realise i was a guy and just not tell me?"
ok..its been a weird day and i'm totally stressed to the max..
make me some carrot cake jd..and be quick about it

by oneamazingwriter

(((Shellbot))) I had a guy tell me that I was lying when I told him I was a woman...hence the picture as my avatar now. (I miss my lightbulb!) I took it as a compliment because I figured I was too logical for him to think that I love pink! :D

by jdclyde

you will find, many of us guys love pink as well! ]:)

Matter of fact, AC/DC even had a song about that a few years back! ;\

Real men wear pink shirts! B-)

by nazil dsouza

hahahah hey dudette ................ ooooops did i call u by some other name earlier ahahahaah...... take a chill pill

by rob mekel

...stiletto like? So the butchering is done when? :0 :D ;)

And sure I believe you if you say you got all the bits right to be girlie like. :x :)

Rob

by shellbot

no, no stilletoes..got a new pair of boots a few weeks back, not stilletto height, but near enough..almost killed myself wearing them..so gonna have to scale the height down a bit..plus i am 5.10 so the extra height is a bit freaky :8}

by nazil dsouza

hey jdclyde it does not mean that the guys who want to chat must show up at the same time..... u can get along with anyone, I heard there are about 4,000,000 members on this site ooooh thats pretty loaded....

by jdclyde

but that is mostly people just getting the newsletters, not the number that logs in to discussions.

by nazil dsouza

hey jdclyde even aerosmith got a song by name pink......... well infact i think these rock punks had a pink revolution way back in 90's hahaha

by jc williams

a person looking for an answer may have missed something that was posted in the chat that they could have really used. Chats have no archive available to peruse through to find the answer to a question.

However, if you are really froggy on the idea, why don't you open a chat at a popular site. Then you can set up in this discussion, or ask the fine folks at TR to put something on the home page, what the irc host name and chat room is. Best of both worlds.

by jdclyde

Our internal hours to process weekly payroll over doubled.

When THEY setup the server, THEY forgot to give the account enough permissions to run the nightly clean up on the database. We lost a few DAYS worth of data, more than once. Was not pretty.

To get the time clocks with the ADP, you need a separate server because their software is not compatable with their software.

How stupid is this. We needed a server to log into, enter the data, batch it, DIAL into their server and upload the batched file. They run checks. We DIAL back into their server, download the file and batch it back into our server.

Nothing more than an over priced check printing place.

Why did our HR not just log directly into their account on ADP's server, enter the data and then recieve checks?

Horrible, simply horrible.

But at least when we canned them, I had two bonus servers to play with! :D

by shellbot

for the wedding next month :P
sorry, couldn't resist...

ya, we using Sage payroll..the HR package we loking at is CORE International..over here in Guiness land our options are fairly limited, not a lot of companies offering for the irish market..

dunno..its big and has everything we might ever need..(translate to a lot of s**t we never gonna use)..its big selling point is that its web based and has self service for employees..

for the moment its in the "who cares pile" as i;ve so much work to do..i'll get back to it late next week :)

by dawgit

yup, yup, ya can jus go on down to the wall-market and pic ya up 1 rite now. yup ya can do dat. them CB's they war sur fun, yup, yup.

At least in the discussions, people do try to use good grammer, and spelling. (I even 'TRY' myself) ;-)

by sagax-

Good idea, wrong site. In my experience (and judging from the other replies), Techies are not inclined towards IM (chat). IRC served well back in it's day. That day has largely passed.

by bluecat5

tech republic,should have a chat room.who knows,it might be fun.think about it. we should have one.

by ben

I think it would be brillant if TechRepublic could setup there own IRC - not a java chat. Something that uses minimal resources (and is easily available from a linux console)

Chat should be kept out of the gutter. I believe we could all benefit by just having a connect to it constantly - warn each other about MS screwups in patches, help each other out. Discuss deployments on new jobs, discuss latest/best hardware. Warn each other about problems with certain equipment. Help other consultants work out if the job they are considering taking on is a deadend/headache that they would be wiser to avoid. If one channel becomes to busy it's easy to start setting specific chans..

I really hope other people feel the same way, it could be a massive time saver for all of us!
(and hey lets admit it - working in IT sucks - there is to much homework for not enough $, maybe something like this would give us an edge so we could have personal lives again!)

by shellbot

i don't think IT sucks..if it sucks, then why do you do it? holy sheeps...ok, its not the easiect job in the world as often a lot is expected of you, but a lot of other jobs are like that as well. try being a waitress for 5 bucks an hour on yer feet all day...its waht you make of it isn't it?

with regards to a forum to discuss things ect..thats pretty much what TR is at the moment is it not? Except you hop in and out and read it on your own time..

by trmartin

TR is a great thing, many of us utilize it many times a week, but for a only a few moments at a time. A CHAT would probably require more of an individuals time than a moment. Depending on the business' IT department, it could get messy if one were spending a great deal of time on a CHAT.
Other things to consider are the topics to be discussed; is it limited, or open? What about degrees of profanity? What about response time when 50 or more chatters are chatting?
You might give it a "trial" to see how it works.
I, for one, vote to probably keep it the way it is.

Tim

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