Session Start: Thu Jul 10 09:45:07 1997
* Logging Lion-King to: [Lion_King.log]
<Interviewer> Good day sir how are you
<Lion-King> I am fine how about you
<Interviewer> Thank you for asking. So how come you are on IRC
<Lion-King> what do you mean "How come", I am a regular visitor of IRC
<Interviewer> Yah but you used the nick Lion-King after a considerable long time
<Lion-King> Well I got reasons for that
<Interviewer> we 'll ask you later about those reasons, but first would you like to tell us briefly about yourself.
<Lion-King> Hmm, well I am a straight forward, realistic, unmarried young man, professionally Lawyer and I have strong ambition to Revolutionize the progress and development of my country
<Interviewer> Some ambition...!
<Lion-King> :)
<Interviewer> So how you came across IRC
<Lion-King> Well IRC is in my use even since I am connected to Internet.
<Interviewer> and what made you 'use to it'
<Lion-King> The versatility of IRC which tickled my imagination and motivated me to have some creative use of it
<Interviewer> What creative use of IRC you got
<Lion-King> I haven't done anything much creative on IRC, but I am learning and experimenting things.
<Interviewer> So what was the reason of long absence of your nick Lion-King
<Lion-King> it's a very touchy topic, therefore without going into Details, I would only say that I stopped using my nick Lion-King to raise my importance for some body and when I realized that I have achieved my objectives I started using it again.
<Interviewer> what do you think you taught that some body with the absence of your nick
<Lion-King> Well it was that "You must not take things for granted, especially human beings".
<Interviewer> So you think that you were being taken for granted.
<Lion-King> like I said, I don't want to go into details
<Interviewer> IRC is a media, where people from all over the world participate in exchange of views and information, how do you feel that this media can be improved.
<Lion-King> IRC is a modified form of discussion groups. But IRC is not exactly used for discussions as I have experienced it.
<Lion-King> People in here are mostly interested in personal stuff, like how do I look like, am I married, personally available and stuff like that
<Lion-King> I think that 70 to 75 % people coming to IRC look for entertainment, fun and comic type discussions and only 30 % look for channels with some learning stuff
<Interviewer> what do you think, that people should not get personal in here.
<Lion-King> No they should only if they have to. I mean if some body wants to get personal with me, he or she first should get a general idea about me from my thoughts and conversation and then if I am worth being personal, then its time to ask personal questions.
<Interviewer> Do you feel that IRC is being misused
<Lion-King> Yes like everything else IRC is also being used in a good and bad manner
<Interviewer> How is it being misused
<Lion-King> IRC is a time consuming activity and if you are giving too much time to it. Then you are misusing it, if you are flirting with people you are misusing it, if you are passing a wrong information you are misusing it and like wise
<Lion-King> I feel that more and more people should be educated about the idea of IRC as I feel people and especially our young generations in here are not being properly educated about its uses and misuses.
<Interviewer> In your opinion what is a creative approach towards IRC
<Lion-King> Creativity on IRC in my opinion is developing discussion and research groups, character presentations and interactions, exchange of social and political thoughts, You can make some kind of pressure group in here, etc etc, The possibilities of creativity are limitless
<Lion-King> all that required is a little imagination
<Interviewer> Are you satisfied with the present position of IRC
<Lion-King> well sort of, as experience makes things to work out a positive direction, and I feel that as these young kids would grow old, they defiantly will develop a mature look of IRC
<Interviewer> Are you an addict of IRC
<Lion-King> I don't find myself addicted to IRC as I can stop coming here whenever I want, there is nothing like "I can't live without it".
<Interviewer> Tell us about the channel netparadise as you are also one of its founder.
<Lion-King> Yah, I am its founder but not exactly, founding stone of channel netparadise was laid down by Faisal or Phase22 he just discussed the idea of making it with me and I appreciated it a lot and when he got it registered, we started giving it time.
<Interviewer> I know that you were going to be an IRC-OP
<Lion-King> yah I was
<Interviewer> So what happened?
<Lion-King> Well they put me in their mailing list and started sending me 30 + e-mails daily and I was supposed to participate in that e-mails with my own views which I did. But then I got involved in web a lot therefore I dropped the idea of becoming IRC-OP for some other time.
<Interviewer> you made a real nice page up there lion-king, How did you do that
<Lion-King> it requires hard work and dadication, which I single handedly have given to it and I still I am thinking about improving it more
<Interviewer> very well lion-King in the end we would like to ask some general questions about you.
<Lion-King> sure go ahead
<Interviewer> what is your star sign
<Lion-King> Libra
<Interviewer> your favorite color, dish, actor and movie
<Lion-King> favorite color = blue dish = meatballs, actor = Robert' De'Niro and movie = GodFather
<Interviewer> Thank you for giving us time
<Interviewer> It was nice talking to you
<Interviewer> Thank you for give us time
<Interviewer> It was nice talking to you
<Lion-King> you're welcome
<Interviewer> bye and have a nice time
<Lion-King> bye and thank you
Session Close: Thu Jul 10 11:56:13 1997