EFnet announced that the server (eris.Berkeley.EDU) that caused the original IRC network to split back in 1990 ("The Great Split") has rejoined the network. Because of this EFnet (Eris-Free Network) changed its name to "Eris Network", or ErisNet.
eris.Berkeley.EDU is once again serving IRC clients (on ports 6667, 6668 or 6697, 9999 for SSL), thanks to UC Berkeley OCF.
See the news post about this change on http://www.erisnet.org/erisnet_pressrelease.pdf
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(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Tuesday April 03 2018, @09:02AM (2 children)
Alas, poor Bot! He was a valued member of the Soylentil community. Unfortunate he opened a portal. I regret my part in the whole sordid business. He will be missed.
(Score: 2) by Bot on Tuesday April 03 2018, @09:10AM (1 child)
I'll be back.
Account abandoned.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday April 03 2018, @09:19AM
Yeah, right! That is what all the robots from the future are always saying. . . . wait a minute!