I just love this kind of answer. Not everyone is on IRC 24/7. Not everyone has time for IRC. Heck, not everyone even knows how to IRC. I for one have lived happily without IRC for decades until I was forced to acknowledge its existence by this very forum.

You, on the other hand, clearly have time to read and post replies to TMO. Why can't you just post the answer instead of directing people to yet another channel and ending up having to answer the same question twice?

Not to mention that if you answer here, others will see it and you may avoid similar questions in the future, thus saving yourself even more time.

(Sorry, Dirk, this was not directed at you in particular. And yes, this particular question requires more detail, best discussed interractively on something like IRC. It's just that this kind of reply has started to become way too common and my cup has overfloweth )