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Return To Grants Article Archive   Internet Basics: A Chat Room is Like a Birthday Party By Grant Pasay Ever been to a birthday party? Love em or hate em, birthday parties are something most of us have experienced at one time or another. The invitations go out announcing theres going to be a party at such and such an address. You dont have to go if you dont want. You can show up early, or late, or leave halfway through. You can play with the others, then go off on your own, then join in later if you want. Its all pretty free and easy, really. Thats what a Chat Room is like. Someone makes it known that if you use your browser to go to a specific URL address on the Web youll find yourself in a Chat Room. You might need a special invitation to get in, or know a special password, or it might be open to everyone. You can jump in anytime you want and be as active or passive as you want. If theres something you want to 'say,' you just type it in and hit a button. Instantly, everyone else in the Chat Room sees that youve 'said' something (they really only see what you typed). Then they respond by typing in what they want to say. And so the chat continues just as quickly as everyone can type and read. And if you dont like where the chat is going, you can pick up your keyboard and go home. And thats why a Chat Room is like a birthday party. Copyright (c) Grant Pasay 2005. All rights reserved. You may forward this article in its entirety to anyone you wish. About the Author: Grant Pasay is a writer, musician, moviemaker, and author of the new eBook, 'The Internet Is Like A Refrigerator: And Other Weird Comparisons That Make it Easy to Understand Everything From AOL to Zip Files.' Check out Grants free/brandable ebook at: http://grantpasay.com/refrigerator/ Check out Grant at: http://grantpasay.com/ Grant Writing Book

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