Many people today don't even know that IRC or Usenet (should really call it NNTP since that is the protocols actual name) exist but actually I've found them to be some of the most helpful internet resources to use to learn things. For instance I learnt to program in C largely due to the help I received on the Usenet newsgroup comp.lang.c and in the IRC chat room ##c on Freenode.
So who here still uses these old internet resources? I'm actually looking for a decent Usenet / NNTP client on Windows as we speak. On Linux I used to use Thunderbird but I'm sure there must be a much nicer one available for Windows.
I'm actually on the look out for a couple of new IRC chat rooms as well that I can join. I'd like to find a good one dedicated to PC gaming and one dedicated to PC hardware but because there are so many IRC networks finding a decent channel is pretty hard.
So who here still uses these old internet resources? I'm actually looking for a decent Usenet / NNTP client on Windows as we speak. On Linux I used to use Thunderbird but I'm sure there must be a much nicer one available for Windows.
I'm actually on the look out for a couple of new IRC chat rooms as well that I can join. I'd like to find a good one dedicated to PC gaming and one dedicated to PC hardware but because there are so many IRC networks finding a decent channel is pretty hard.