<havenwood>
istrasci: Never mind. Just saw your question in the #ruby channel. That's the best place for the question you asked.
<istrasci>
havenwood: Thanks, some channels have different policies, plus a lot of channels are dead even with a lot of members logged in.
<havenwood>
istrasci: All channels I know on IRC are at least informally "Don't ask to ask, just ask." I'd vote just ask the question, and anyone who is online who can answer will.
<havenwood>
No worries, just suggesting asking questions directly on IRC.
<havenwood>
(For example, if you'd have just asked, I'd have directed you to #ruby rather than ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
<havenwood>
.) In this case, you knew. Just a general suggestion.