On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 20:52:33 -0500, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>IRC is much more demanding of your time. Once you log in you're
>kinda committed for the next few minutes or the next few hours.
>There's much less substance in chat-rooms and there's no
>filtering out garbage.

Yep. But it rocks if you're looking for a way to avoid the housework.

serene