IRC

You mat think IT people are all about advanced technology. Bahhahahahaha ROFLCopter (more on ROFLCOPTER later). You mist be joking. One of the FIRST things that gets installed ona new computer after PUTTY is an IRC application. IRC? It's Internet Relay Chat. Think of it as the steam tunnels of chat. It's like open chat rooms in the time of Mad Max. You have to know where the IRC servers are, how to get in, the commands to talk to the bots (even more if you want to download things from the bots) and the whole language of chatting in IRC. Sure, that safe AIM window is open but there is a little window in the corner, possibly on another screen that you don't see (we sometimes set up a third or fourth monitor in a drawer).

Is it shady? Absolutely. Well, it can be but for the most part IT people use it to both ask really hard system questions to other people in their rooms or be there to answer and sometimes abuse people for asking questions. "stupid NOOB, why don't you RTFM before you get /k'd from this server".

All while updating their FB status with something about what cool wall-mounted suction cup USB controlled foam dart launcher they got from ThinkGeek. And that they now need 2 LCD rear-view-mirrors and a screen-change foot switch...