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- The 30 Commandments of BBSing
-
- Some very intelligent SysOp gave some great thought to how a BBS
- 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 real
- name, computer, software, nor any other thing of thy 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
- meaning, lest thee be deemed a fop.
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- 9. Thou shalt use the English language properly so that thee may be 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
- banished.
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- 16. Thou shalt not occupy thy BBS with thine arguments, for Verily, 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 shall be cast
- out from the sanctuary of thy hobby and must repent by doing 40 mega-days
- and 40 mega-nights of penance in voice-only communications.
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- 18. Thou shalt first dial BBS number during the day by way of voice 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 for
- assistance, aid to the needy, advice, and advancement of thy hobby; yea,
- and thou art obligated to repel any who wouldst transgresseth upon these
- commandments.
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- 22. If thou doth promise to reply to a message and thou doth not, then surely
- thou shalt spill liquid into thy keyboard and shorteth out thy central
- processing unit.
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- 23. Thou shalt not giveth any false information when applying for membership
- to thy BBS, for Verily it is Written that whosoever shall do so will
- surely be found out and thy welcome on all 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 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" programs. Amen and
- Amen, for to do so wilt bringeth foul curses upon thee and thine, thy
- children, and thy children's children yea unto the 7th generation. So
- shalt it be.
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- 27. Thou shalt not ask stupid questions that art already fully 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 and
- regulations affecting BBS telecommunications, or thee will face the wrath
- of thy judicial system.
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- 30. Thou shalt not hack.