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From: Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org
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Subject: Re: Text based synchronous communication tool for Linux?
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 08:35:43 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 17:57:00 -0500
James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> wibbled:
>On 12/9/24 10:21, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
>> On 09.12.2024 10:11, Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org wrote:
>>> On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 09:37:54 +0100
>....
>>>> WRT IRC you may have missed the requirements in my OP; one was:
>>>> * instantly/synchronously exchanging any typed characters
>>>
>>> I suggest you consult harry potter for that then.
>> 
>> (I suppose here you just want play the troll.) But how does that
>> comment address in any way my question? - I don't know anything
>> about "Harry Potter", BTW; if you want to discuss that better
>> open an own post in an appropriate newsgroup.
>
>Key feature of "Harry Potter" - he lives in a world where magic is real.

You have to wonder what cave he lives in never to have heard of Harry Potter.

>This is Muttley's way of telling you that he thinks that your
>specification can only be achieved by using magic, that it's
>incompatible with the real world.
>Taken literally, "instantly" is indeed impossible, but I doubt that you
>intended it literally.

There are many solutions to what he wants, he only needs to google.