Set the default timeout for all sockets to 10 seconds.

src/world.py

@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ import sre
 import time
 import types
 import atexit
+import socket
 import threading
 
 import log
 import conf
 import ircutils
 
+socket.setdefaulttimeout(10)
+
 startedAt = time.time() # Just in case it doesn't get set later.
 
 mainThread = threading.currentThread()