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93 lines
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The 30 Commandments of BBSing
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Some very intelligent SysOp gave some great thought to how a BBS
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should be operated and came up with these 30 BBS Commandments.
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1. Thou shalt love thy BBS with all thy heart and all thy bytes.
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2. Thou shalt remember thy name and thy password.
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3. Thou shalt speaketh to the SysOp thy real name.
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4. Thou shalt not POST IN ALL CAPS!
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5. Thou shalt Honor thy SysOp.
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6. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's password, nor thy neighbor's
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real name, computer, software, nor any other thing of thy
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neighbor's.
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7. Thou shalt only call a BBS two times a day.
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8. Thou shalt not post messages that are stupid, worthless, or have no
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meaning, lest thee be deemed a fop.
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9. Thou shalt use the English language properly so that thee may be
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deemed wise.
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10. Thou shalt spell thy words correctly. Amen.
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11. Thou shalt delete thine own mail.
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12. Thou shalt delete thine ancient mail.
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13. Thou shalt help other users so that thee may be deemed a friend.
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14. Thou shalt not post anomymously when offering criticism.
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15. Thou shalt keep thy foul language to thyself lest thee be forever
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banished.
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16. Thou shalt not occupy thy BBS with thine arguments, for Verily,
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I say unto thee that thou shalt maketh thyself the charlatan.
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17. Woe be unto the user who attempth to crash thy BBS, for such
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shall be cast out from the sanctuary of thy hobby and must repent
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by doing 40 mega-days and 40 mega-nights of penance in voice-only
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communications.
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18. Thou shalt first dial BBS number during the day by way of voice
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line to assure correct numbers.
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19. Thou shalt not post other user's real names.
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20. Thou shalt not post messages after imbibing excessively of ale.
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21. Thou shalt confine thy messages to those of friendship, requests
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for assistance, aid to the needy, advice, and advancement of thy
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hobby; yea, and thou art obligated to repel any who wouldst
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transgresseth upon these commandments.
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22. If thou doth promise to reply to a message and thou doth not,
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then surely thou shalt spill liquid into thy keyboard and
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shorteth out thy central processing unit.
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23. Thou shalt not giveth any false information when applying for
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membership to thy BBS, for Verily it is Written that whosoever
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shall do so will surely be found out and thy welcome on all
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boards will be thus be denied forever and ever.
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24. Thou shalt log on properly and in accordance with thy SysOp's
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wishes.
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25. Thou shalt observeth BBS time limits.
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26. Thou shalt not upload "worm" or "trojan" or "virus-ed" programs.
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Amen and Amen, for to do so wilt bringeth foul curses upon thee
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and thine, thy children, and thy children's children yea unto
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the 7th generation. So shalt it be.
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27. Thou shalt not ask stupid questions that art already fully
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explained in BBS bulletins and instructions.
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28. Thou shalt not exchangeth commercial software thru thy BBS.
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29. Thou shalt not violate any applicable state/federal/local laws
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and regulations affecting BBS telecommunications, or thee will
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face the wrath of thy judicial system.
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30. Thou shalt not hack.
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