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Dear [Spamhead]:
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We'd like to take this opportunity to welcome you to MindVox and point out a
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few details that are applicable to the use of your account.
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)[> First and foremost, you should NEVER let anyone else know that you have a
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complimentary account on the system. This tends to make those who are
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paying for you to be here, feel bad, and results in an endless cycle of
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bickering and long tirades by mail about "hey, how come he gets one and
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I don't." WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT, SO BE QUIET AND DON'T RUIN A GOOD
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THING.
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)[> In general: DO NOT ACT LIKE AN ASSHOLE. This is the part where you use
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common sense. Do not add work for us by being annoying to management,
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or paying members. Under NO circumstances are ElYtE DuDeZ to start
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El!tE wArZ with people who have no comprehension of the underground.
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They don't know any better, if they are pissing you off, then reply
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with witty verbal repartee. DO NOT turn off their phones or make any
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person's life turn into living hell! This makes things REALLY annoying
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for us and will result in a total loss of good will in your direction.
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While someone may indeed be an asshole, and have all their karma
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catching up to them RIGHT NOW. DO NOT hassle people who are members
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here, because then WE get to hear all about it and have to hold their
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hand and comfort them. And we have a lot of other things we'd rather
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be doing.
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Conversely if you help make things flow smoothly, post cool stuff, and
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generally act in accordance with system harmony -- then everything is cool,
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life is good, and you are made to feel at home here. Which is as it should
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be.
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)[> Finally, this is the part where I explain where *I* stand on the following
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point. I do not necessarily represent everybody in The Phantom Access
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Group when I say the following, but I DO represent system policy on this
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issue:
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Although I may be your friend -- perhaps even your good friend who has
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known you since what seems like forever -- do *NOT* expect me to hate your
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enemies. At this time I don't have problems with ANYBODY who was/is
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involved with the hacker underground. I intend to keep it that way. My
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basic outlook on where we stand, is one of unity, NOT endless wars about
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stupid bullshit over who said this about that because of . . . There are a
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lot of things to focus on -- selecting one that makes you contemplate how
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much you hate The Masked Turnip of 305, is not the most productive choice.
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Having said that, I direct your attention to "Cyberspace: The Phantom Zone"
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forum. This is basically "our" room in the VIP section of the club, where
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anyone is free to debate whatever they desire amidst a gathering of "peers."
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If you absolutely MUST air your problems with someone, then so be it. That
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is the place to do it. Nothing is censored, nothing is removed, do as thou
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wilt, but KEEP IT ON *THAT* forum. Don't drag it into every other section
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that exists, and DO NOT post addresses, phone numbers or credit cards,
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unless they're yours and you have this strange urge to share them with the
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world.
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There really aren't any rules, just try to be decent to each other.
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This entire missive has been written in anticipation of the combined
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elYtNeSZ of MindVox pushing the limits of peaceful coexistence by gathering
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together every elite dude on earth and allowing them to congregate in one
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place -- with the almost assured result of: "He called me a lame loser in
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1984 and stole my drugZ at last year's SummerCon. I thought disconnecting
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his dog, infecting his toaster with a polymorphic virus and making the
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computer spontaneously decombust, was a reasonable response to that. I
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don't see your problem?"
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As a wise black man once said to me on a street corner: Peace out bro'
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Patrick/Lord Digital
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On behalf of System
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