A Typical Day in the IRC Chatroom...

Cruising around www.bash.org - I happened upon this wonderful conversation that took place in some unknown IRC chat.

[cthon98] hey, if you type in your pw, it will show as stars
[cthon98] ********* see!
[azurediamond] hunter2
[azurediamond] doesnt look like stars to me
[cthon98] [azurediamond] *******
[cthon98] thats what I see
[azurediamond] oh, really?
[cthon98] Absolutely
[azurediamond] you can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2
[azurediamond] haha, does that look funny to you?
[cthon98] lol, yes. See, when YOU type hunter2, it shows to us as *******
[azurediamond] thats neat, I didnt know IRC did that
[cthon98> yep, no matter how many times you type hunter2, it will show to us as *******
[azurediamond] awesome!
[azurediamond] wait, how do you know my pw?
[cthon98] er, I just copy pasted YOUR ******'s and it appears to YOU as hunter2 cause its your pw
[azurediamond] oh, ok.