"A list consisting of avid computer enthusiasts along the US and Canadian West Coast" -- this list is just for me and my friends, a bunch of nerds and geeks in college, to talk on. it would be nice to be able to keep an on-going conversation going without having to have people be on IRC or AIM at the same exact time.. we're busy people, yet have things to say... we're having trouble finding affordable and reliable hosting for our web site, so the whole forums idea isn't working out... we usually help eachother out with linux and bsd, or experiment with OS's like plan9.. some of us are also learning to program and we would exchange code