Interesting, I just tried it an it shows the me as as coming from the host that has the java client.(posted 9199 days ago)[09:01] ApircUser (user9842@209.75.98.3) joined #marP.
I wonder if the java irc is using another port other than 80 to return the information. I'll see if I can find something else to run on my machine at home.
(PS: I tried playing games in windows but spent more time crashing or recovering from crashing or getting my sound card to work or getting my video card to work, than actually playing games so I gave up after 6 weeks. :-)