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ÜÜ ÜÜ
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ÚÄÝÛÝ ÜßÜÜÞÞþ ÜÝß ÜÝß ÜßÜÜÞÞþ ÞÛÞÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³
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³ ÝÛÝ ÝÝ Þ ÞÞ ÞÞ ÝÝ Þ ÞÛÞ ³
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³ ÝÛÝ Üþ ßÛ ßÛ Üþ ÞÛÞ [ArcusNet] FAQ ³
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³ ÝÛÝ ÜÝß ÞÞ ÞÞ ÜÝß ÞÛÞ ³
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ÀÄÝÛÝ ÜÝÝÝÜÜÜÝÝÜÝÝÜ ÜÝÝÜ ÜÝÝÝÜÜÜÝÝ ÞÛÞÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ
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ßß ßß Volume I, File I [110294]
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Writer: Mephistopheles
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ArcusNet was created Spring Break, 1995.
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The objective was to create a net specifically for the
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intelligent and experienced message posters of the 817 area
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code, free of bases dominated by woefully ignorant and
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moronic 14 year-olds unaware of basic spelling, grammar, and
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reality in general - that reality being that they suck.
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Sucking is becoming more socially acceptable these days -
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bad trend, fellow intelligent persons (don't assume that was
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directed to you, reader).. ArcusNet *is* a reactionary
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institution, but one based upon our hopes for the
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flourishing of the high standards we choose to enforce upon
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ourselves.
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But enough of that.. the facts are, ArcusNet hosts the best
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coders in Texas, and is currently the Net HQ for two quality
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text groups and a superlative programming group, not to
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mention 817's finest in general.
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If you're not in 817 and are a smart SysOp with an
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established BBS and high-caliber message bases, over which
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you have complete and utter control, and are willing to
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comply with the standards of the net.. congratulations!
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Good to know there's more of us!
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Just for the fun of it, since this *is* an FAQ, let's take
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some questions..
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Q: I just started my BBS, and I think ArcusNet would really
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help it out - I don't have many users yet, but my mother
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says I'm smart.. can I join? Pleeeeeease?
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A: No.
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Q: 1'vE hAd mY BbS uP 4 3 y3ArS - 1 RuN 6 28.8 n0d3z, 17
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g1gz 0f St0rAG3, AnD 1'm th3 m0st 3lyt3 m0th3rFuCk3r 0n
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tH1s s0RrY LuMP 0f f1lTh.. I hAv3 aFfiLz RuNn1nG 0uT mY
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AsS - 1 g3t mY WaR3z d1r3cTLy fr0m 3uR0p3 - AnD 1
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aPPar3ntLy r3c3iv3 s3XuAl gRAt1f1cAt10n fR0m Sp3LL1nG
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pLuRAl w0Rdz w1Th z's AnD r3pLAc1nG o'z w1Th 0'z.. cAn 1
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J01N?
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A: No. You suck. 'd00dz' suck. This is an enduring truth.
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Ditch your 0-day penis props and do something creative
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with your pitiful life. You are a waste of organs.
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Q: Hey. I run a multinode BBS, with several hundred users.
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I carry 3 international nets and several Internet
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newsgroups, and I have thousands of cool texts online.
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I code in ASM, and I look just like David Koresh.
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A: You suck, too, because you're cooler than we are. But
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not by much, because I used to look like David Koresh,
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too.. maybe you can have probationary status.
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Q: If I were to..
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A: Yes, because you used the subjunctive mood correctly. I
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love it when people do that, though they often suck
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anyway.
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Q: You're the ones that suck - who are you to judge us?
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Why is your definition of cool the only correct one?
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A: Whine, bitch, whine, bitch.. it's simply fact. BBSland
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has amazing potential for stupidity and erroneous
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self-importance, which, sadly, is usually realized. It's
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getting harder to find things of any value not ridden
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with idiotic angst (another fucking stupid trend) or
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suffering from other equally lame mental diseases. We're
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the ones to judge because we're better than and smarter
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than the vast majority of others, especially those who
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are even now crowding into BBSs hoping to be I<-r/´D
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someday.
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Q: Can you be a little more specific about what goes on in
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your supposedly awesome net?
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A: If I told you, your brain might catch fire. But here are
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some broad hints - a general echo list, prose form:
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We are forced by animal instinct to satisfy our various
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intellectual urges by asking about relativity and vector
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calculus - there's a base for the real stuff, the hard
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stuff - a base dripping with slide-rules and barely-
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legible scrawled diagrams of integral functions - this
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base is called 'Illuminati'.. Fuck the stupid card game.
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Need I repeat myself concerning our programming support?
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The Best. Anything. Everything. Coders who just took
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the classes and scraped by in their languages can discuss
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their pet projects in Neophyte Programming, expecting and
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receiving all the assistance they'll need.. on the other
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hand, there is, again, a base with the real stuff. More
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than semester-course programmers need or want to see - a
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base for nothing less than the professional programer.
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Religions, Metaphysics (for the astral projectors), Real
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Musicians (not hacks who transcribe Nirvana), Literature,
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Role-Playing Games - the Internet - all of these are
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ArcusNet echoes, topics commonly found.. but remember,
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this is ArcusNet, and if the user isn't competent, he
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won't be posting for long. SysOps have their own
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discussion area, and there is also the matter of Ouais
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Mec! and [2112], two text file groups based on BBSs in
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ArcusNet - each has its own support echo, where
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applicants and members alike may post their submissions
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for consideration and criticism.
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Q: Is it even possible to join this net, or are you just
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teasing us, O rapist of both furry and slippery animals?
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A: Yes, it really is possible to join, and, believe it or
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not after all of this, we really *want* people to join.
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Not just anybody, though, which is what has made it so
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much more complicated.
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When asking a Swede working at a hotel pool why he had to
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wear a swim cap, a wise man was told, "You should not
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have to swim through other people's hair."
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Are my analogies awesome or what?
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Q: I'm a reactionary, too.. how do I contact you?
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A: There's a list of our Internet E-mail addresses at the
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end of this file, or you can give one of our BBSs a call.
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We'll get back to you on your BBS asap, and should have
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you importing and exporting echomail within a few days.
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Q: Can you end this file?
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A: Sure, here are those addresses:
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SysOp BBS BBS (817) Internet Address
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Dante The Inferno 4518817 cody.russell@chrysalis.org
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The Janitor The Janitor's Closet 2935751 mcy1536@utarlg.uta.edu
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Mephistopheles The Nine Hells 3463370 mcy1536@utarlg.uta.edu
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Rabies Paradox 3463710 dll0252@utarlg.uta.edu
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³ \\__\ /__// TNH BBS. [2112] WHQ. NUP: Woodstock. 817.346.3370. ³
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³ \__\ /__/ SysOp: Mephistopheles CoSysOps: Delirium, Sputnik. ³
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[2112] Productions, All Rights Reserved.
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