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- * Real Rodent's Guide *
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- * Compiled By Shooting Shark *
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- What if you don't want to be a pirate?
- If you are content with being a rodent,
- then it is still essential that you
- do your best...here are some examples
- of typical rodentesque behavior.
-
- Real Rodents still don't com-
- pletely understand shape tables.
-
- Real Rodents think "Whiz Kids"
- was a realistic show.
-
- Real Rodents call OSUNY, read
- all the messages, and then post
- messages stating that they'd like
- to trade Commodore software.
-
- Real Rodents are taking Logo
- at school.
-
- Real Rodents aren't allowed
- on most Elite Boards, so they leave
- messages on the scamaanonymous boards
- asking people to "post some codez."
-
- Real Rodents don't understand the
- concept of the "*" command, so they
- select each board systematically until
- they come to the board they want.
-
- Real Rodents use firmware routines.
-
- Real Rodents call Catsend lines
- with AE.
-
- Real Rodents don't have their own
- phone line.
-
- Real Rodents call "Forthnet-80"
- because it's the only board that's
- hardly ever busy.
-
- Real Rodents have never heard of
- Steve Wozniak or Captain Crunch.
-
- Real Rodents have their dads buy
- their disks for them.
-
- Real Rodents can't use their
- word processors for actual schoolwork,
- because they only have 40 columns and
- upper case.
-
- Real Rodents don't even own prin-
- ters, for that matter.
-
- Real Rodents hit "C" immediately
- after they get onto a board.
-
- Real Rodents can't type over 20
- wpm.
-
- Real Rodents post passwords to
- computer systemsSSprint codes that
- they got off of 3-month old
- messages without testing them out
- first to see if they still work.
-
- Real Rodents will offer you
- money for the local Telenet number.
-
- Real Rodents can't quite grasp
- the concept of file capture or even
- printer echo, so they scribble stuff
- down on paper.
-
- Real Rodents bug hackers they
- know personally for codes, even when
- the mothers of the rodents in question
- won't let them have modems.
-
- Real Rodents tell everyone they
- know at school that they have the 800
- number for Citibank Home Banking.
-
- Real Rodents can't understand why
- the Metro codes they begged off of
- people won't work on their rotary
- phone.
-
- Real Rodents just can't get
- Catsend to work.
-
- Real Rodents think Coke is only
- a drink, and it's their favorite.
-
- When Real Rodents see "WOPR"
- under a person's name, they think
- it's the computer in Wargames.
-
- When asked for a password,
- Real Rodents use "JOSHUA" or
- "PENCIL" or "APPLE".
-
- Real Rodents watch a lot of TV.
- Their favorite shows are "Facts
- of Life", "Simon and Simon", "Silver
- Spoons", "Fall Guy", and "T.J Hooker".
-
- Real Rodents are always home on
- Friday nights, but they don't watch
- "Miami Vice".
-
- Likewise, Real Rodents are home
- every Saturday night, but have to go
- to bed before "Saturday Night Live"
- is on.
-
- Real Rodents play Taxman.
-
- Real Rodents can't stand Infocom
- games. They prefer those "neat" Sierra-
- On-Line hi-res adventures.
-
- Since Real Rodents usually feel
- left out on most boards, they post
- obscene messages on the war board
- insulting everybody, just so someone
- will leave them a message.
-
- Real Rodents post "I have C64
- warez to trade" messages on the Story
- and X-rated boards.
-
- When Real Rodents get into sysop
- chat mode, they are so excuted that
- they make a typo every other word.
- So, they backspace and correct each
- word, as if the sysop is so stupid
- that he can't understand words when
- they are misspelled. The sysop
- gets tired of waiting 5 minutes
- for each response and hangs up
- on the rodent.
-
- The first message a Real Rodent
- posts on a board is one that tells
- everything about himself ("I like
- beer, cars and girls. Did I mention
- girls? My real name is...").
- Most of this is bullshit. The
- message is terminated with a plea
- to "leave me email!!!!"
-
- Real Rodents haven't gone
- through puberty yet.
-
- Real Rodents don't understand
- the term, "go into the monitor".
-
- Real Rodents use Byte Zap or
- DF 3.3 to put their names on other
- people's cracks.
-
- Real Rodents try to write
- adventures in Applesoft.
-
- Real Rodents just don't know
- when to shut up.
-
- That's it...I hoped you enjoyed
- the file. If you keep these
- generalities in mind, in no time you
- will be able to call yourself a
- Real Rodent...
-
- Copyright 1985 Shooting Shark
-