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I recently came accross the following in an issue of "Link-Up"
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magazine. They were contributed by readers accross the country.
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Some are very appropriate, and most are fairly clever...
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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 love thy fellow hacker as thyself.
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3 Thou shalt remember thy name and thy password.
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4 Thou shalt not POST IN ALL CAPS!
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5 Thou shalt only use one alias.
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6 Thou shalt call a BBS two times a day (at most).
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7 Honor thy Sysop and thy Co-Sysop.
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8 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors password, nor his or her real name,
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computer, software, nor any other thing belonging to him or her.
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9 Thou shalt not post messages that are stupid, worthless, or have no
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meaning whatsoever.
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10 Thou shalt use the english language properly.
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11 Thou shalt spell thy words correctly.
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12 Thou shalt delete thine own mail.
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13 Thou shalt delete thine olden messages.
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14 Thou shalt help other users.
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15 Thou shalt not post annonymously when offering criticism.
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16 Thou shalt keep thy foul language to thyself.
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17 Thou shalt not occupy thy BBS with thine arguments, for verily, I say
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unto thee that thou shalt maketh a fool of thyself.
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18 Woe be unto any user who attempts to crash thy BBS, for he or she
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shalt be cast out from the sanctuary of thy hobby and must repent
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by doing penance of 40 days and 40 nights of voice-only communications.
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19 Thou shalt first dial BBS numbers during the day by way of voice line
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to assure correct numbers.
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20 Thou shalt not post other users real names.
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21 Thou shalt not post messages while drunk.
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22 Thou shalt confine thy messages to those of friendship, requests for
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assistance, aid to the needy, advice, and advancement of thy hobby;
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and thou are obligated to repel he who would transgress upon these
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commandments.
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23 If thou doth promise to reply to a message and thou doth not, then surely
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thou shalt spill coffee into thine keyboard.
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24 Thou shalt not giveth any false information when applying for membership
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to thy BBS, for verily it is written that whosoever shall do so will
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surely be found out and thy welcome on all boards will be denied forever
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and ever.
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25 Thou shalt log on properly and in accordance with thy Sysop's rules.
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26 Thou shalt observe BBS time limits.
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27 Thou shalt not upload "worm" programs.
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28 Thou shalt not ask stupid questions that are already fully explained
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in thy BBS instructions.
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29 Thou shalt not compromise the security of the United States of America
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in thy postings and hackings.
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30 Thou shalt not violate applicable state/federal/local laws and
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regulations affecting BBS telecommunications, or thy will face the
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wrath of thy judicial system.
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BBS Bill of Rights -
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1 Users shall have the right to free speech.
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2 Users shall have the right to privacy.
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3 Users shall have the right to appeal before being booted from the system.
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4 Users shall have the right to be stupid a maximum of three times.
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5 Users shall have the right to shut up.
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6 Sysops shall have the right to do whatever the hell they want unless it
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violates the above statutes.
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