Glitter Ninja wrote:

> They're probably idle, or a chat bot. Or are you sure that's not the
> case? I have only done a few chats in my day but we always (always!)
> had people just sitting there, idle, while on other windows doing
> something.
> Chat bots can make themselves look unidle while recording the
> conversation, fwiw.

bots don't use the java client. personally, i could give a rats ass who idles
and who doesn't. i've been using irc for years and i'm used to seeing people
idle for days or weeks at a time. most of the people who are bothered by idlers
are irc novices anyhow.