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151 lines
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GIUDE TO BBS GEEKS
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[1] LOGGING ON AS A NEW USER
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A TYPICAL GEEK WILL TRY ABOUT
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10 DIFFERENT NAMES TILL HE FINDS
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A DUMB NAME LIKE "CAPTAIN BOB".
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A TYPICAL GEEK WILL ENTER 291-
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4970 AT THE NUMBER INPUT INSTEAD OF
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504-291-4970 EVEN AFTER IT SAYS
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"ENTER IN THE XXX-XXX-XXXX FORMAT"
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. HE WILL USUALLY DO THIS FOR ABOUT
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10 TIMES ALSO TILL THE SYSOP COMES
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IN AND HELPS.
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A TYPICAL GEEK WILL NOT WRITE DOWN
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HIS ACCOUNT EVEN AFTER IT WAS GIVEN
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TWICE. THEN LOGON 1 WEEK LATER AND
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WONDER WHY HIS ACCOUNT DOESNT WORK.
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A TYPICAL GEEK WILL LOGON AND GET
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MORE THEN ONE ACCOUNT WITH THE SYSTEM
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AND TELL THE SYSOP HIS DOG ATE THE
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PAPER THAT THE FIRST ACCOUNT WAS ON.
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[2] MESSAGES
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A TYPICAL GEEK WILL NOT FIGURE OUT
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THAT "S" STANDS FOR SCAN AND TRY
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EVERY OTHER LETTER IN THE ALAPHABET.
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A TYPICAL GEEK WILL THINK SINCE HE
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CAN'T SEEM TO SCAN MESSAGES THAT
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THERE ARE NO MESSAGES AND CALL THE
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BBS A PIECE OF JUNK.
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A TYPICAL GEEK WILL NOT UNDERSTAND
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THAT MESSAGES ABOUT CRACKING BELONG
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ON THE CRACKING BOARD AND MESSAGES ON
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WARES BELONG ON THE PIRATE BOARD.
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THEN HE WILL WONDER WHY HIS MESSAGE
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GOT DELETED.
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A TYPICAL GEEK WILL NEVER USE
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QUICKSCAN.
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A TYPICAL GEEK WILL POST MESSAGES
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SUCH AS "HOW DO I PHREAK?", AND THEN
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WONDER WHY NO ONE ANSWERS.
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A TYPICAL GEEK NEVER POSTS MESSAGES.
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A TYPICAL GEEK ASKS HOW TO BACKSPACE
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IN MESSAGES. REAL USERS HAVE MORE
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IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO.
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[3] EMAIL
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A TYPICAL GEEK SENDS MESSAGES TO
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SOMOEONE THATS NOT EVEN ON THE BBS.
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A TYPICAL GEEK SENDS MESSAGES TO
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THE SYSOP VIA EMAIL.
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A TYPICAL GEEK DOESN'T USE THE
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"R"EPLY FUNCTION .
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A TYPICAL GEEK SENDS EMAIL TO
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USERS HE THAT ARE WAY ABOVE HIS LEVEL,
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AND EXPECTS THEM TO GIVE OUT PROGRAMS.
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A TYPICAL GEEK FILLS UP A USERS
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MAILBOX WITH THE SAME LETTERS.
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[4] PAGING SYSOPS
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A TYPICAL GEEK PAGES THE SYSOP
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ABOUT 20 TIMES EVEN AFTER THE PAGE
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HAS TOLD HIM NOT TOO.
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A TYPICAL GEEK PAGES THE SYSOP
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AROUND 3 A.M. AND EXPECTST HE SYSOP
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TO COME ANSWER.
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A TYPICAL GEEK PAGES THE SYSOP
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ON FRIDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT. COOL
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SYSOPS ARENT HOME ON THOSE NIGHTS.
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A TYPICAL GEEK PAGES THE SYSOP
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RIGHT AFTER THEY ARE THROUGH CHATTING
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TO ASK HIM ANOTHER DUMB QUESTION.
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A TYPICAL GEEK TYPES REAL SLOW.
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[5] MISCELLANOUS STUFF
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A TYPICAL GEEK CALLS BACK AFTER
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THE SYSTEM HAS TOLD HIM ALL HIS CALLS
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ARE USED UP.
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A TYPICAL GEEK NEVER USES "O".
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A TYPICAL GEEK TRYS TO PUT UP HIS
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OWN LAME BBS CAUSE HE THINKS ITS NEAT.
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THESE BBS USUALLY STAY UP FOR ABOUT
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2 OR 3 DAYS CAUSE THE SYSOP FOUND OUT
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THAT HIS USERS ARE WAY ABOVE HIS HEAD.
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A TYPICAL GEEK FILLS UP THE DISK
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SPACE WITH USUAL MESSAGES LIKE
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"CRACKILG BEAGLE BROS.", THAT HE
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THINKS WILL BE HELPFUL.
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A TYPICAL GEEK USES NETWORKERS
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AND WONDERS WHY HE CAN'T GET
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DISKFER TO WORK.
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A TYPICAL GEEK READS THE SAME TEXT
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FILES OVER AND OVER AGAIN CAUSE HE
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DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO USE THE BUFFER.
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CONCLUSION
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AS IN "PIRATES GUIDE" GEEKS ALWAYS
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FIND NEW WAYS OF BEING GEEKS.
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IF I HAVE OFFENDED ANYONE IN THIS
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FILE THEN MAYBE YOU MIGHT WANT TO
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STOP DOING THOSE THINGS. MOST OF
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THE THINGS IN THE FILE ANGER SYSOPS,
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AND IF YOU WANT HIGH ACCESS I
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SUGGEST YOU DON'T DO THEM. I WILL
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BE PUTTING OUT A "GEEK USERS II"
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LATER ON.
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