04:34PM [AC-Snowleopard(Frigid@Kitty.com)] Simba, it would appear that FastEddie has managed to steal yet another nickname. This time Nirofen.
[msg(AC-Snowleopard)] Already checked into it.  That nickname last identified in July and expired in September.
04:38PM [AC-Snowleopard(Frigid@Kitty.com)] Don't you think that the expirations are a bit asinine?
[msg(AC-Snowleopard)] Of course not.  If it goes unused, it's put back into the pool for anyone else who may want to use it.  Being someone who has a common nickname, I relate to that very well.
04:39PM [AC-Snowleopard(Frigid@Kitty.com)] ...Except your nickname can't expire, given that it's an IRCop's name.
04:39PM [AC-Snowleopard(Frigid@Kitty.com)] So aha, contradiction!
[msg(AC-Snowleopard)] Do I think that if someone wants to keep their nickname, they'd notice in 3 months that they weren't being given modes in channels where they had status.
[msg(AC-Snowleopard)] status. -> status?  Yes.
04:40PM [AC-Snowleopard(Frigid@Kitty.com)] I thought the timer was 60 days, not 90.
04:41PM [AC-Snowleopard(Frigid@Kitty.com)] And in that long, would they even remember if they HAD been placed on the access lists for those channels?
[msg(AC-Snowleopard)] It is 60 days.  The person stopped identifying in July.  It expired in September.  It is now December, 3 months after it expired.
04:41PM [AC-Snowleopard(Frigid@Kitty.com)] Ah, okay.
04:42PM [AC-Snowleopard(Frigid@Kitty.com)] I still think that abuse of ChanServ's "not here to falicitate the stealing of names" line should actually be met with some sort of deterrent... :P
04:42PM [AC-Snowleopard(Frigid@Kitty.com)] After all, I re-iterate that services are distinctly a separate entity from the IRCd servers that make up the network itself.
[msg(AC-Snowleopard)] Your "never expire" argument with regards to my nickname is invalid, 'cause even though I'm banned from Furnet and staying incognito, I still switch to Simba, once per month, identify, and switch back to my incognito nickname, risking being found out, but I do it to make sure that I maintain being the owner of the nickname.
04:42PM [AC-Snowleopard(Frigid@Kitty.com)] But that's FurNet, not here.
[msg(AC-Snowleopard)] It still validates my argument.
04:43PM [AC-Snowleopard(Frigid@Kitty.com)] FurNet is FurNet, which is 'nuff said.
[msg(AC-Snowleopard)] My argument is that if you care enough, you'll make sure you identify at least once every 60 days.
04:43PM [AC-Snowleopard(Frigid@Kitty.com)] But what about those that care, but have a life that doesn't give them the liesure of being able to be on IRC every day?
[msg(AC-Snowleopard)] Nirofen obviously didn't care that his nickname expired, opening it up to anyone else who might want to use it.  Someone else obviously wanted to use it.
04:43PM [AC-Snowleopard(Frigid@Kitty.com)] IIRC, said Nirofen is stuck in military service.
04:44PM [AC-Snowleopard(Frigid@Kitty.com)] ...Which is distinctly more-restrictive than working in computers/IT.