[roger_smith]

The real issue is that people don't always log in to IRC when they go on their computer. Generally, they do log in to Skype, though.

I'm the exact opposite. If you notice me missing for long periods from Skype it's because I restarted my machine for some reason and always forget to load skype back up. Meanwhile, Pidgin is always up and running because I use it for work among other things.