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:''For the album by [[Def Leppard]], see [[Pyromania (album)]]''

'''AbleNET''' is an [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] network. It was founded, May 2001, by [[AfterNET]] Co-Founder and long-time Admin Anthony Sanchez and several others from that network. The network was set up primarily as a chat network for friends, and as a response to growing disillusionment with the policies of some of the [[AfterNET]] administrators. Several users from AbleNET were involved in the creation of [[AfterNET]]; some even tracing their usage back to [[TheNET]] and [[InnerNET]].

AbleNET is a small network with an average of 150-300 users online at any given time. The [[Undernet]]-compatible [[IRCu]] [[Daemon (computer software)|daemon]] software is used on the servers. [[IRC_Services|Channel services]] are provided using [[srvx]]; the user authentication service is named AuthServ and the channel service is named X.

[[Image:Brand_eines_Bauernhofs.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Property damage caused by fire]]

AbleNET is noted for its distinct lack of [[IRCOp]]s, instead using various services to control the flow of network stability and activity. Additionally, the Network is noted for its high standards of access, regarding the limit of multiple connections and unverifiable "bots".

'''Pyromania''' is an [[fixation|obsession]] with [[fire]] and starting fires in an [[intent|intentional]] fashion. In colloquial English, the synonym "[[firebug]]" is sometimes used. Pyromaniacs are identified specifically as not having any other [[symptom]]s but obsession with fire causing their behavior. It is distinct from [[arson]], and pyromaniacs are also distinct from those who start fires because of [[psychosis|psychoses]], for personal, monetary or political gain, or for acts of [[revenge]]. Pyromaniacs start fires to induce [[euphoria]], and often tend to fixate on institutions of fire control: [[fire station|fire stations]], [[firefighter|firefighters]], etc.

The network can be reached using irc.ablenet.org.

==Symptoms & Demographics==

Pyromania tends to occur among young people; though almost half of arsons are caused by those under 18 in the United States, fire starting for its own sake is far rarer. Most children normally go through stages of attraction to fire, and most of the time such fascination is a sign of [[immaturity]] or [[boredom]].<ref>Further information on pyromania can be found on page 669 of the [[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]], DSM-IV-TR.</ref> The word is often misused, being used for a mild enjoyment around starting a small blaze. Pyromania occurs more commonly in males, especially those with learning and social disabilities (e.g. [[Bipolar disorder]], [[ADHD]], [[depression]]). In the absence of other disorders mental and physical, the symptoms of pyromania include:

== Historical Timeline ==

* Deliberate fire-setting on more than one occasion

* May 2001, AbleNET is born and has served as a meeting place for chatters ever since.

* Tension or affective excitement before the act

* May 2003, with the looming threat of the [http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[e-mail] Fizzer Worm] AbleNET joins with a vast collection of [[IRC]] networks and news communities to form [http://www.irc-unity.org/ IRC-Unity]<ref>http://www.irc-unity.org/</ref>.

* [[Obsession]] with and about fire

* December 2005, AbleNET becomes the first IRC Network to offer "blogging" to their community.

* Pleasure and gratification by the act

== Founder ==

* Fascination or attraction to fire and objects, people, or situations around fire

Anthony Sanchez has been using and administering IRC Networks since 1995, starting as an IRCop with InnerNET subsequently [[NewNET]] during it's founding year. Later he went on to Admin servers for [[TheNET]], [[AfterNET]] and finally AbleNET.

Anthony was, coincidentally, the first to publish the story of the raid on and subsequent shutdown of the popular [[Lineage II]] private server, L2Extreme, on the AbleNET website.<ref>http://anthony.blogs.ablenet.org/l2extreme_fbi_shutdown</ref>

== External links ==

There are four main types of pyromania, these four types include, the curious type, the trouble, the delinquent, and the disturbed. The curious type usually start from ages 2-7. They see their adult figures lighting a cigarette or a candel and try to immitate the action. The troubled type, play alone, are very shy, wet their beds, stutter etc. The Delinquent type have a history in pyromania and are usually arsonists. And the disturbed are of a small percentage but are pyro's due to mental illness's.

* [http://www.ablenet.org/ AbleNET IRC Website]

* [http://wiki.ablenet.org/wiki/SRVX SRVX Help Files & Command List]

* [http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Internet/Chat/IRC/Networks/A/ Google Directory]

* [http://searchirc.com/network/AbleNET Search Irc]

* [http://irc.netsplit.de/networks/details.php?net=AbleNET NetSplit.de]

* [http://www.srvx.net/ SRVX IRC Services]

* [http://irc-unity.org/]

== References ==

'''''''==Treatment==

{{Reflist}}

Behavior modification is the usual treatment for pyromania; other approaches include the unconscious setting of trees on fire and analyzing it to gain insight into its cause and end the behavior.'''''''

[[Category:FireIRC networks]]

==References==

{{IRC networks}}

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{{Spoken Wikipedia|Pyromania.ogg|2005-06-22}}

==External links==

*[http://www.crescentlife.com/disorders/pyromania.htm Medical Examination of Pyromania]

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