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I added all the ICQ numbers I could find from the discussion board to my contact list.

I searched for the ICQ number of 'advanced netstudies' every way I could think of, including going to the ICQ site www.icq.com and searching from there, to no avail. The closest I could come up with was a 34 year old from Adelaide, going by the nickname of 'Netstudies'.

However, I met up with 'benno' on ICQ, asked him, and he graciously obliged with the number 257853416.  He got it from Alida, buggered if I know how. Thanks, Alida.

3:04 PM JUGPOLE: G'day, benno. Are you from the course?
3:06 PM benno32: yes, net11.  How is the study going?
3:06 PM JUGPOLE: Very slowly. I've been slack.
3:07 PM JUGPOLE: I'm just finishing up task 2 today. I'll fire up next week. I promise.
3:12 PM benno32: I haven't done anything in a while. Is this your first unit?
3:12 PM JUGPOLE: Yes. Yours?
3:13 PM benno32: yes. I'd like to do two per study period. But I'm starting to think that's a bit much.
3:14 PM JUGPOLE: All it takes, benno, is discipline, hard work and no procrastinating, which is why I won't prescribe it for myself.
3:22 PM benno32: are you planning on completing the entire degree?

3:24 PM JUGPOLE: Probably not. Did you find an icq number for 'advanced netstudies'? I can't find it.
3:24 PM benno32: 257853416
3:25 PM JUGPOLE: Thanks. How did you find that?
3:26 PM benno32: from the webct discussion board. I think Alida found it.
3:30 PM JUGPOLE: Just looking at the task description again, I see we are meant to Talk about which chat service you prefer, and what forms of communication chat is most useful for. Woohoo

3:31 PM benno32: Yeah I know. I haven't used ICQ in 6 years.
3:32 PM JUGPOLE: Frankly, I don't like any chat service much. My brother has his set up on the computer I use, so I sometimes get into inane chat with his people. But I don't type fast, and my head hurts after a while
3:32 PM JUGPOLE: Email, or forums are more my speed. They are more considered.
3:34 PM benno32: yes, I agree.  What's your motivation for doing Net11?
3:36 PM JUGPOLE: Well I had this idea that I wanted to study web design.
3:38 PM JUGPOLE: Wouldn't you know it, as soon as I got into this, my local TAFE advertises a part time web design course which is probably more appropriate.
3:40 PM JUGPOLE: I especially hate IRC. That's the one where everyone yabbers away at the same time, isn't it? I tried it a few times years ago, and it was like 30 drunks trying to talk over the top of each other
3:41 PM JUGPOLE: And I was probably trying to get a sensible conversation out of a swarm of American teenagers.
3:41 PM benno32: Yes that's IRC, I never got into it. Like you say, full of kids.
3:46 PM JUGPOLE: Have you started on the resource project yet?
3:52 PM benno32: That's the bibliography right? No I haven't started, I haven't started the essay yet either.
3:57 PM: benno32 is now Away (was Online)
3:58 PM: benno32 is now Online (was Away)
3:58 PM benno32: I've got to run. Nice talking to you.