New Year's Eve on IRC

The Freenode IRC network created a channel for people who wanted to celebrate the change from 2005 to 2006. I captured the first three seconds of 2006 (CET timezone):

00:00 Kvant Happy new year!
00:00 PsySine GOTT NYTT ÅR FÖR FAN!
00:00 +Trizt hyvää uutta vuotta hurrien maasta
00:00 +roel Happy Newyear all! ;)
00:00 encoded 9
00:00 +lennard happy NY europe!
00:00 Sgep Now?
00:00 _hp_ HAPPY 6 PM EST!!!!
00:00 cyphase Happy New Year!!!
00:00 alta HaPPY NeW YEAR!
00:00 Dr-Greenthumb happy newyear
00:00 mauriz BONNE ANNEE!
00:00 +maxkelley happy new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
00:00 julesvd 5
00:00 ChrisH Day changed to 01 Jan 2006
00:00 pokute %R%Bhappy new year everybody !
00:00 encoded yay! woot new years!
00:00 julesvd HAPPY NEW YEAR
00:00 quintix !!!!!!HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
00:00 ChrisH HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!
00:00 quintix !!!!!!HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
00:00 alta HaPPY NeW YEAR!
00:00 quintix !!!!!!HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
00:00 alta HaPPY NeW YEAR!
00:00 quintix !!!!!!HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
00:00 +maxkelley happy new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
00:00 +Wohali happy new year you europeans
00:00 Madvax BONNE ANNEE!!!!
00:00 pokute happy new year everybody !
00:00 julesvd HAPPY NEW YEAR
00:00 julesvd HAPPY NEW YEAR
00:00 julesvd HAPPY NEW YEAR
00:00 Marshau życzę Polsce, żeby w nowym roku dobrze nią rządzono
00:00 julesvd HAPPY NEW YEAR
00:00 +maxkelley happy new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
00:00 paniq 5
00:00 julesvd HAPPY NEW YEAR
00:00 +maxkelley happy new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
00:00 encoded yay! woot new years!
00:00 alta 4
00:00 julesvd HAPPY NEW YEAR
00:00 +Kooka64 AHHHHHHHHÜYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY NEW YEARRRRRRRRRRR
00:00 +maxkelley happy new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
00:00 julesvd HAPPY NEW YEAR
00:00 alta 3
00:00 kash sure thing
00:00 +maxkelley happy new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
00:00 mauriz BONNE ANNEE!
00:00 +maxkelley happy new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
00:00 Marshau no i żeby było mniej afer w polskiej polityce
00:00 +maxkelley CHOCOLATE YEAH YEAH YEAH
00:00 ankon frohes neues jahr
00:00 paniq 3
00:00 Marshau i żeby polska zaszła daleko w MŚ
00:00 +maxkelley mkay, reset the stopwatches :)
00:00 +StyXman feliz año españa!
00:00 +disumu happy new year!
00:00 _hp_ To reiterate what I said eaerlier: HAPPY 6 PM EST!!!!
00:00 kash joyeux anne novelle >:)
00:00 alta 1 hour until the next new year
00:00 BCoppens Happy Newyear from .be =)
00:00 +StyXman happy new year, england and eire
00:00 encoded yuck europe new years!
00:00 paniq 2
00:00 alta England it's 11pm
00:00 mauriz ok, I can go back to my C++ code
00:01 +StyXman bonne anée, français!
00:01 +nenolod ......
00:01 paniq 1
00:01 +nenolod cool
00:01 +nenolod i'm one of the elite voiced people
00:01 encoded we need more ppl! the focal of the time anomaly is redmont, washington state
00:01 +nenolod mwahahahaha
00:01 +lennard ... my first NY second spent on irc
00:01 paniq 0
00:01 julesvd bonne année !!
00:01 +deki HAPPY NEW YEAR
00:01 ErrantEgo nenolod: and im not, and i can speak :P
00:01 +StyXman frohes neues jahr
00:01 +lennard I'll continue this next yeat :)
00:01 ErrantEgo so NEH!
00:01 h7-21 happy new year to all of those whos time is now ! :-)
00:01 +nenolod ErrantEgo: it's a vanity +
00:01 +nenolod :<
00:01 encoded we need more ppl! the focal point of the time anomaly is redmont, washington state
00:01 mauriz bonne et heureuse année
00:01 +lennard nenolod: and so am I! ph34r me!
00:02 +StyXman bonne anne, italia!
00:02 paniq prost!
00:02 gradator Bonne annee !
00:02 WikiFanatic oy
00:02 _hp_ SRETNA NOVA GODINA!
00:02 +lennard gelukkig nieuwjaar!
00:02 Sgep When was the leapm second?/
00:02 encoded leet second!
00:02 defrost in another hour
00:02 paniq HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
00:02 gm152 next: United Kingdom, Portugal, Ireland, Iceland, Canary Isl., Morocco, Cote d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Saint Helena, Western Sahara, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Gu
00:02 +lennard Sgep: in one hour
00:02 defrost midnight UTC
00:02 paniq haha
00:02 WikiFanatic last night it was so bad in here, my client crashed
00:02 encoded 6hours 48mins
00:02 WikiFanatic there were probably 2 lines a second
00:02 flosch HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY
00:02 +StyXman frohes neues jahr, deutscheland, switzzerland und östrich
00:02 kash stfu
00:02 +nenolod you know
00:02 _hp_ wait until it gets to EST
00:03 +nenolod i could say happy new year in gaelic
00:03 +ajnewbold EST :)
00:03 +nenolod but that'd be stupid
00:03 +nenolod ;p
00:03 kash :P
00:03 kash nenolod: there's irish people but they're off getting drunk
00:03 +lennard EST... thats something USAan isnt it?
00:03 ErrantEgo lo.l
00:03 +nenolod kash: i'm irish
00:03 WikiFanatic This was great last night
00:03 SpeedEvil nenolod: There is scots and irish gaelic.
00:03 +nenolod kash: you offend me.
00:03 kash nenolod: i know..
00:03 mrclark lennard, yes. east-cost of the 'states
00:03 WikiFanatic it's stil great
00:03 +StyXman happy new year, almost-half-of-africa!
00:03 WikiFanatic *still
00:03 +lennard how many hours ti EST-NY?
00:03 kash nenolod: i offend you with everything
00:03 SpeedEvil lennard: ~8
00:03 mrclark lennard, it is 1800 here
00:03 SpeedEvil Err, 9
00:03 +lennard mmkay
00:03 WikiFanatic lennard: about 6 hours
00:03 +nenolod kash: make me a damn audacious-media-player port for FreeBSD
00:03 +nenolod :>

In the hours before there were useless but funny conversations like this:

23:44 jome nforbes: Yer said, dude, sad!
23:45 +nforbes I'm said?
23:45 jome sad, I said sad!
23:45 +nforbes You said said!
23:45 jome I said not!
23:45 ChrisH Said who?
23:45 jome I sad not?
23:45 +nano no you didn't
23:45 +nforbes YOU SAID SAID!
23:45 jome I SAID NOT SAID!
23:45 ChrisH so sad
23:45 +pjf YOU'RE BOTH SAD
23:45 +pjf ...i said
23:45 Hortensius sad or mad?
23:45 jome Who sad that?
23:45 mauriz who said sad ?
23:46 julesvd who is sad ?
23:46 julesvd where is sad ?
23:46 +pjf sad no said you said?

WorkaroundOrg: HappyNewYear2006 (last edited 2006-01-01 15:07:02 by ChristophHaas)