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Rape and Abuse of Computer BBS's by Inconsiderate Users
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August 17, 1990
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³All you have to do is dial up, make a connection, browse through ³ ³
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³ o ³a couple of menus, check over long lists of available software, ³ o ³
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³ ³make your choices and start downloading. ³ ³
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³ o ³ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ³ o ³
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³ ³ ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ .... Exchange of E-Mail between sysop and BBS user: ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ Well, John, the good news is that the faulty file has been ³ ³
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³ o ³fixed but the bad news is that your downloading privileges have ³ o ³
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³ ³been revoked. I just went through the last two months of logs ³ ³
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³ o ³and came up with some interesting statistics. During that time ³ o ³
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³ ³you have logged on 23 times, downloaded 66 files and uploaded ³ ³
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³ o ³NONE. You have called for chat twice, and left a total of two ³ o ³
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³ ³messages on the board, one requesting a specific program and the ³ ³
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³ o ³other informing me of a disk error in a download file. I can ³ o ³
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³ ³only draw the conclusion that you are interested in this board ³ ³
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³ o ³for ONE REASON ONLY -- to rape the hell out of the download ³ o ³
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³ ³menus. ³ ³
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³ o ³ I've left plenty of messages regarding PARTICIPATION in the ³ o ³
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³ ³BBS and the Message Base, but you either haven't read them or ³ ³
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³ o ³else you ignored them. ³ o ³
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³ ³ ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ Sorry, but one-way streets just don't hack it around here. ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ Jim. ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ Jim, ³ ³
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³ o ³I have been taking part in the BBS. Every time I log ³ o ³
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³ ³on I read all the new messages. ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³John. ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ John, ³ ³
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³ o ³I just can't help but feel that in all that time you ³ o ³
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³ ³could have at least said "Hi" or "Thanks for the downloads" or ³ ³
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³ o ³SOMETHING to acknowledge that there's a real live human being on ³ o ³
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³ ³this end. Jim. ³ ³
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³ o ³ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ³ o ³
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³ ³ ³ ³
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³ o ³ Except for power failures, my computer has been ³ o ³
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³ ³continually running since Nov. 11, 1982, and has fielded over ³ ³
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³ o ³12,000 telephone calls operating as a BBS. Back then, it was ³ o ³
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³ ³a joy to be a part of the realm of computer telecommunications ³ ³
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³ o ³-- now it's a drag. ³ o ³
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³ ³ ³ ³
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³ o ³ It seems to me that a "GIMMEE" attitude has pervaded the whole ³ o ³
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³ ³arena of BBSing, with callers interested in nothing more than ³ ³
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³ o ³material gains in the way of software or free techincal info. ³ o ³
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³ ³My board is far from the busiest, being isolated in the "foreign ³ ³
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³ o ³country" of Montana, but an average day will see about 20 or 25 ³ o ³
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³ ³calls to the system. An average day will also see about three ³ ³
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³ o ³or four messages (of ALL types, including E-Mail) being posted. ³ o ³
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³ ³The typical log entry shows so-and-so logging on, going to the ³ ³
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³ o ³file transfer area, download-ing several files and then logging ³ o ³
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³ ³off. Thanks, that's why I started up a BBS, to supply people ³ ³
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³ o ³with free programs. Really makes my day to see that I've spent ³ o ³
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³ ³all this time and money just to watch pigs at the trough. ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ Whatever happened to the COMMUNICATIONS in ³ ³
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³ o ³telecommunications? Is this the result of the Computer Age, that ³ o ³
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³ ³people don't talk or communicate with each other? Are we getting ³ ³
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³ o ³so totally in tune with our equipment that we're excluding ³ o ³
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³ ³PEOPLE? If so, then Orwell's predictions are tame in comparison ³ ³
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³ o ³with the reality. Who took the BULLETIN BOARD out of Bulletin ³ o ³
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³ ³Board System? The file transfer section of my board is shiny ³ ³
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³ o ³from daily use, but the bulletin section is obscured by cobwebs. ³ o ³
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³ ³The thought has crossed my mind more than once just to load up ³ ³
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³ o ³a host program and let people grab whatever programs look ³ o ³
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³ ³interesting. ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³"Do you have a logon code for this system (Y/N) ==> Y" ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³"What is your account number? 775" ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³"What is your logon code? PASSWORD" ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³"INVALID LOGON CODE" ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³"Do you have a logon code for this system (Y/N) ==> Y <==" ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³"What is your account number? 305" ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³"What is your logon code? PASSWORD" ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³et cetera, ad infinitum et ad nauseam. ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ Hackers. Or so they'd like to believe. Vandals, pests, ³ ³
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³ o ³yes. Hackers? They should be so talented, devoted and lucky. ³ o ³
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³ ³Why do these computerized delinquents find such delight in trying ³ ³
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³ o ³to break into bulletin boards? Don't they realize that sysops ³ o ³
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³ ³are ordinary people just like themselves trying to find a little ³ ³
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³ o ³enjoyment in their hobby? Why pick on me? I'm spending a lot ³ o ³
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³ ³of time and money trying to provide people a service for free, ³ ³
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³ o ³and they want to go and spoil it for everyone. ³ o ³
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³ ³ Heck, if they want onto the system, all they have to do is ³ ³
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³ o ³apply for a logon. Why make life difficult for everyone? Leave ³ o ³
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³ ³me alone. Go pick on CompuServe. ³ ³
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³ o ³ Caller logs on. Leaves E-Mail to a friend. Lines only fill ³ o ³
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³ ³half the screen, so he's probably using a Commodore 64. Goes to ³ ³
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³ o ³file transfer section, and selects UltraTerm protocol. Chooses ³ o ³
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³ ³a file that indicates it's a TRS-80 program. BBS goes to send, ³ ³
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³ o ³he figures out that he's somewhere he doesn't want to be and ³ o ³
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³ ³drops carrier. ³ ³
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³ o ³ Another caller logs on four times in a row, but keeps losing ³ o ³
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³ ³carrier before he can do anything. Probably phreaking on a ³ ³
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³ o ³cheapie phone service. ³ o ³
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³ ³ Another caller successfully downloads a file. Sit. Wait. ³ ³
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³ o ³Wait some more. System eventually times out and drops him. ³ o ³
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³ ³ ³ ³
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³ o ³I'm not the most polite person in the world and I'm certainly ³ o ³
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³ ³not one to stand on ceremony, but I am old enough to remember ³ ³
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³ o ³what manners were. They also went down the tubes with ³ o ³
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³ ³"communications" and "bulletin boards." Whoops! Dropped ³ ³
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³ o ³carrier! So what? If it's a halfway decent system, it'll ³ o ³
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³ ³reboot. Well, I'll just go to bed while downloading this long ³ ³
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³ o ³file, the system will eventually throw me off and reboot. ³ o ³
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³ ³ Never mind that there's other people wanting to call into ³ ³
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³ o ³the board. ³ o ³
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³ ³ Who cares that the sysop climbs the walls when he sees ³ ³
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³ o ³someone drop carrier or time-out on the system? Lately I've ³ o ³
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³ ³gotten into the habit of dropping carrier ON MY END for the worst ³ ³
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³ o ³offenders. One good hang-up deserves another. ³ o ³
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³ ³ Along with all the other goodies that have bitten the dust, ³ ³
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³ o ³there's good old APPRECIATION. As I mentioned before, my BBS ³ o ³
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³ ³has fielded over 12,000 calls. Out of all of them, I have gotten ³ ³
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³ o ³maybe a dozen messagessaying "Thanks for running your BBS." ³ o ³
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³ ³That's about one "Thank You" per THOUSAND calls! Unfortunately, ³ ³
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³ o ³it seems that people think they have all this automatically ³ o ³
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³ ³coming to them. It's their right! Sorry to disillusion anyone, ³ ³
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³ o ³but that just ain't so. The master switch for this system is two ³ o ³
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³ ³feet away, and I'm not so decrepit that I can't hit it in a ³ ³
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³ o ³flash. Alternatively, I can ban anyone I wish from my system. ³ o ³
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³ ³Callers use this BBS at my forbearance only, and it's not a ³ ³
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³ o ³God-given right. ³ o ³
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³ ³ It's a sysop-given privilege! I sincerely feel that we ³ ³
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³ o ³should proclaim a "Sysop Appreciation Day." We certainly don't ³ o ³
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³ ³get any on a day-to-day basis! ³ ³
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³ o ³ Don't get me wrong. There ARE joys and benefits in running ³ o ³
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³ ³a BBS, although sometimes in my nether moods I'm hard pressed to ³ ³
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³ o ³enumerate them. But the fact is, there have been many occasions ³ o ³
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³ ³when I've rested my finger on the switch with the idea of going ³ ³
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³ o ³offline forever. ³ o ³
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³ ³ Now for the moral of the story. I'm only one sysop among ³ ³
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³ o ³many, and I'm not trying to evoke sympathy for myself through ³ o ³
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³ ³this article. The point is that almost every sysop around has ³ ³
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³ o ³these feelings to some extent or another. And further, most of ³ o ³
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³ ³these sysops (especially the best and most devoted ones) are ³ ³
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³ o ³going to reach a saturation point and wind up depriving the ³ o ³
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³ ³general public of their services. I foresee a day coming, and ³ ³
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³ o ³very soon at that, when the high quality BBS's will be all gone. ³ o ³
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³ ³So all this is really a plea for everyone to shape up their ³ ³
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³ o ³ acts before it's too late. If nothing else, when you're on ³ o ³
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³ ³a bulletin board, leave a little message to the sysop. "Thanks ³ ³
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³ o ³for the use of your system" or "Fine BBS you have here." Let ³ o ³
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³ ³them know they're appreciated. When I see a message like that, ³ ³
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³ o ³I say to myself, "THAT's why I'm doing all this!" Sysops are ³ o ³
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³ ³real, live human beings with feelings and emotions. Let's start ³ ³
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³ o ³treating them as such! ³ o ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ EPILOGUE: Twelve hours after the above was written, I find ³ ³
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³ o ³out that one of my best friends (with higher than normal access ³ o ³
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³ ³to the system) has allowed a third party to use her logon. ³ ³
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³ o ³That's forbidden for anyone on my BBS to do, but it hurts even ³ o ³
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³ ³more because a valued and trusted friend who should have known ³ ³
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³ o ³better went and did it. That's the final straw. ³ o ³
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³ o ³The Most Significant Byte BBS is no longer in existence. ³ o ³
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³ o ³Jim Anderson, Ex-Sysop ³ o ³
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³ o ³ The Most Significant Byte BBS ³ o ³
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³ ³ Billings, Montana ³ ³
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³ o ³ January 13, 1985 ³ o ³
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³ o ³ NOTE: I agree completely with Jim in his above comments, ³ o ³
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³ ³if not his action. I find it difficult to comprehend the mind ³ ³
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³ o ³of individuals, who take those of us who, through our generosity ³ o ³
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³ ³and good nature, are supplying them, free of charge, this ³ ³
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³ o ³service. Please note, this attitude of SysOps is spreading and ³ o ³
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³ ³BBS's around the country are disappearing or getting more ³ ³
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³ o ³difficult to access. I certainly hope this action in tiny ³ o ³
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³ ³Billings, Montana has some effect on the community of ³ ³
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³ o ³computerists. Don't abuse a good thing! ³ o ³
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³ o ³ Dave Williams, still SysOp ³ o ³
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³ ³ Magic City BBS ³ ³
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³ o ³ Billings, MT ³ o ³
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³ ³ January 13, 1985 ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ It's sad, guys, but these guys are right. My best friend ³ ³
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³ o ³has a statistic on another BBS of "Uploads = 0. Downloads = 50". ³ o ³
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³ ³I just can't stand it. The average SysOp spends AT LEAST an hour ³ ³
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³ o ³a day sitting at his computer, keeping the BBS alive. I have ³ o ³
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³ ³received FIVE notes saying "good BBS" in my board's lifetime. ³ ³
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³ o ³I counted. They're THAT important. ³ o ³
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³ ³ The heartening thing is that I got this only a few months ³ ³
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³ o ³after its original distribution in Montana. SPREAD THE WORD! ³ o ³
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³ ³SysOps, keep this a bulletin on your systems. I, personally have ³ ³
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³ o ³gone on a crusade to expand the bulletins and features on my BBS, ³ o ³
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³ ³and this is the 19th. BUT, users are already complaining about ³ ³
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³ o ³the length of the menu! I DON'T BELIEVE IT! I just wonder why ³ o ³
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³ ³sometimes. Why? WHY do SysOps go through all this? You figure ³ ³
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³ o ³it out. ³ o ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ John Hodal, Sysop ³ ³
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³ o ³ Lakes Region BBS ³ o ³
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³ ³ Wildwood, IL ³ ³
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³ o ³ May 24, 1985 ³ o ³
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³ o ³ After running a BBS for only a short while, I can see the ³ o ³
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³ ³Sysop's side of the coin, they put in long hours, lots of money ³ ³
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³ o ³for equipment and phone bills, and offer it as a SERVICE to the ³ o ³
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³ ³users. Then the users call up, go straight to the Download ³ ³
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³ o ³Section, and download, download, and download some more. They ³ o ³
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³ ³don't upload anything, or contribute to the message base. ³ ³
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³ ³ Ed Wilkinson, Sysop ³ ³
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³ o ³ Hacker's Haven BBS ³ o ³
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³ ³ Orem, Utah ³ ³
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³ o ³ December 30th, 1986 ³ o ³
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³ o ³ Thanks for reading this far! Perhaps this bulletin has ³ o ³
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³ ³given you another side of the BBS business, the Sysop's. And ³ ³
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³ o ³believe it, there's lots more! At times a caller will make our ³ o ³
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³ ³day, help out and take the time to see what its about... and it ³ ³
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³ o ³helps. You came this far. We are working our tails off to make ³ o ³
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³ ³this one of the better boards to call - now its up to you! ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ Andy Keeves, Sysop ³ ³
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³ o ³ The Executive Network Board ³ o ³
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³ ³ Westchester, New York ³ ³
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³ o ³ January 24th, 1987 ³ o ³
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³ o ³ As you can plainly see, this is not the only BBS where ³ o ³
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³ ³abuse is widespread. Maybe it's a sign of our times... I sure ³ ³
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³ o ³hope not. Attitudes must change. ME! ME! ME! ME! Let's make ³ o ³
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³ ³a concerted effort to change it. Instead of waiting for the ³ ³
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³ o ³Sysop to request something of you, why not ask what you can do ³ o ³
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³ ³to help him/her out to lessen the workload? Just following ³ ³
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³ o ³system policies will help. Read the Sysops' logon messages and ³ o ³
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³ ³bulletins. Spend some time in the message bases. ³ ³
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³ o ³ You might find a wealth of information there. You might ³ o ³
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³ ³even be able to help someone else out! My ideal system (from a ³ ³
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³ o ³Sysops' point of view) is one where 90% of it's maintenance is ³ o ³
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³ ³done by it's USERS. I'd gladly settle for 50%. A BBS should be ³ ³
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³ o ³interactive and self-sustaining by it's very nature. Pitch in ³ o ³
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³ ³and help me make this system, OUR system, the best of it's kind. ³ ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ Mark Rapp, Sysop ³ ³
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³ o ³ MicroSellar BBS ³ o ³
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³ ³ Verona, NJ ³ ³
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³ o ³ April 20, 1987 ³ o ³
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³ o ³ Time to add my dime's worth. Its good to know that I don't ³ o ³
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³ ³suffer alone! I don't have quite as much of a problem about lots ³ ³
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³ o ³of downloading, because that was one of the reasons I put my ³ o ³
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³ ³board up. Still, one would think the rapers would upload ³ ³
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³ o ³something once in a while. If they attack other boards the way ³ o ³
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³ ³they do MINE, I know they MUST have something worthwhile to ³ ³
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³ o ³contribute, if only they would! One other bothersome thing is ³ o ³
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³ ³excessive Sysop paging. You have to realize that the person who ³ ³
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³ o ³put the board up spends enough hours per day looking at the BBS, ³ o ³
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³ ³and they might like to get away from it for awhile. Also, ³ ³
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³ o ³they usually have to work all day, and contend with the same ³ o ³
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³ ³amount of life's problems as you do. So don't bug them unless ³ ³
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³ o ³you are really STUCK about how to do something. Read the help ³ o ³
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³ ³screens. Download and read the BBS user docs. ³ ³
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³ o ³Leave messages, asking questions of other users. Figuring out ³ o ³
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³ ³how to do it is half the fun, and you might learn more than you ³ ³
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³ o ³originally thought. Once an expert user starts explaining ³ o ³
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³ ³something, who knows what goodies will spill forth in the reply ³ ³
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³ o ³messages? That's what its all about!! ³ o ³
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³ o ³ ³ o ³
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³ ³ Joe Rhinehart, Sysop, Instant CoCo BBS, Columbus, Oh ³ ³
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³ o ³ June 6, 1987 ³ o ³
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³ o ³ Comment from Vangard Sciences -- August 17, 1990 ³ o ³
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³ o ³ I found this sad document while scanning for new information ³ o ³
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³ ³ for the KeelyNet. It really HIT HOME after I did some checking ³ ³
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³ o ³ of our users and how often they contribute. ³ o ³
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³ o ³ Ron and I have frequently discussed the surprising number of ³ o ³
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³ ³ leeches out there. We think of them as "Black Holers". ³ ³
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³ o ³ Since they absorb anything and everything with absolutely nothing ³ o ³
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³ ³ given in return. Yet there are others who share information ³ ³
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³ o ³ with us far beyond what we give in return. ³ o ³
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³ o ³ We are very much indebted to these few individuals yet it sickens ³ o ³
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³ ³ us to see people who make no attempt to upload ANYTHING, no ³ ³
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³ o ³ matter how seemingly trivial or lengthy. ³ o ³
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³ o ³ The KeelyNet was intended as a text based BBS to exchange info ³ o ³
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³ ³ on subjects not normally covered by such advanced means of ³ ³
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³ o ³ information exchange. Yet we find that we end up locating, ³ o ³
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³ ³ arranging and laboriously typing up the majority of what winds ³ ³
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³ o ³ up on our board. (A full page scanner would be fantastic!) ³ o ³
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³ o ³ Needless to say, this involves more time and effort than money, ³ o ³
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³ ³ yet we do not charge or require money in order to sustain the ³ ³
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³ o ³ effort in keeping the board alive and active. ³ o ³
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³ o ³ We also do not advertise the existence of our board except to ³ o ³
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³ ³ those we feel might sense a higher calling in their lives or be ³ ³
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³ o ³ able to exchange information of benefit to ourselves and our ³ o ³
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³ ³ It is not our purpose or intent to lay any type of guilt trip on ³ ³
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³ o ³ anyone, especially those who find a resonance in our activities. ³ o ³
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³ ³ We must rely on the higher consciousness present in each person ³ ³
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³ o ³ to act as teacher and guide in helping to develop our ability to ³ o ³
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³ ³ treat others as we ourselves wish to be treated. ³ ³
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³ o ³ Keely's comments on harmony and relationships (AUGFORCE.ZIP and ³ o ³
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³ ³ GNOSTIC.ZIP) illustrate how we all resonate to higher forces if ³ ³
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³ o ³ we will simply YIELD TO IT. ³ o ³
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³ o ³ At any rate, we trust in the principle of compensation. Thank ³ o ³
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³ ³ you for your time, efforts and thoughts in this matter. ³ ³
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³ ³ from GNOSTIC.ZIP.... ³ ³
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³ ³ Understand that victory is won, not by the giving of alms, ³ ³
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³ ³ but by A YIELDING to that divine force-differentiation. ³ ³
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³ ³ You ask why do people commit such blunders and perform ³ ³
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³ ³ such acts as they do, all the while seemingly unable to help ³ ³
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³ ³ The reason is that they have RENDERED LATENT these ³ ³
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³ ³ centres which otherwise would have given them the power ³ ³
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³ ³ to rightly control their deeds instead of being, as they ³ ³
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³ ³ now are, dominated exclusively by the forces of aggregated ³ ³
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³ ³ matter which we usually call the self-will of the outer ³ ³
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³ ³ personality, as distinguished from the distinctly humane ³ ³
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³ ³ individuality which always RESPONDS TO A DIVINE APPEAL. ³ ³
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³ ³ from AUGFORC.ZIP.... ³ ³
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³ ³ You who through your daily life move on unthinking, not ³ ³
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³ ³ caring, inactive, inactive, you shall hear when your ³ ³
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³ ³ supplications reach this high entity, ³ ³
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³ ³ "Lo! thou didst not even try, ³ ³
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³ ³ knowing that even ³ ³
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³ ³ thy failures were acceptable to me." ³ ³
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³ ³ *** Vangard Sciences, PO BOX 1031, Mesquite, TX 75150 *** ³ ³
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³ ³ (214) 324-8741 (Jerry ) or (214) 484-3189 (Ron) ³ ³
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