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These "commandments" are originally from an issue of "Link-Up" magazine. They were contributed by readers
across the country. Some are very appropriate, and most are fairly clever...
BBS COMMANDMENTS:
1 Thou shalt love thy BBS with all thy heart and all thy bytes.
2 Thou shalt love thy fellow caller as thyself.
3 Thou shalt remember thy name and thy password.
4 Thou shalt not POST IN ALL CAPS! [who cares!]
5 Thou shalt NOT use aliases.
6 Thou shalt call a BBS two times a day (at most).
7 Honor thy Sysop. [After all, it's his home you're entering!]
8 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors password, nor his or her real name, computer, software, nor any other thing belonging to him or her.
9 Thou shalt not post messages that are stupid, worthless, or have no meaning whatsoever.
10 Thou shalt use the English language properly. [Right on!]
11 Thou shalt spell thy words correctly.
12 Thou shalt delete thine own mail. [Or the SYSOP will delete it for thee].
13 Thou shalt delete thine olden messages.
14 Thou shalt help other users. [It gets you bonus minutes as sure as uploading files!]
15 Thou shalt not post anonymously when offering criticism.
16 Thou shalt keep thy foul language to thyself. [Or thou shalt be a TWIT and denied access!]
17 Thou shalt not occupy thy BBS with thine arguments, for verily, I say unto thee that thou shalt maketh a fool of thyself.
18 Woe be unto any user who attempts to crash thy BBS, for he or she shalt be cast out from the sanctuary of thy hobby and must repent by doing penance of 40 days and 40 nights of voice-only communications.
19 Thou shalt first dial BBS numbers during the day by way of voice line to assure correct numbers. [Hmmm!]
20 Thou shalt not post other users real names.
21 Thou shalt not post messages while drunk.
22 Thou shalt confine thy messages to those of friendship, requests for assistance, aid to the needy, advice, and advancement of thy hobby; and thou are obligated to repel he who would transgress upon these commandments.
23 If thou doth promise to reply to a message and thou doth not, then surely thou shalt spill coffee into thine keyboard.
24 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 denied forever and ever.
25 Thou shalt log on properly and in accordance with thy Sysop's rules.
26 Thou shalt observe BBS time limits.
27 Thou shalt not upload "worm" programs. [Or thou shalt surely be castrated!]
28 Thou shalt not ask stupid questions that are already fully explained in thy BBS instructions. [Are there really stupid questions? Please read all help files.]
29 Thou shalt not compromise the security of the United States of America in thy postings and hackings. [Or any company, system, etc. Posting passwords, non-public phone numbers, etc. is a definite No-No!]
30 Thou shalt not violate applicable state/federal/local laws and regulations affecting BBS telecommunications, or thy will face the wrath of thy judicial system.
31 [THOU SHALT READ ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!!!!!! (This one should be number ONE!]
What follows is a BBS Bill of Rights from the same source.
BBS Bill of Rights - 1 Users shall have the right to free speech. [within the confines of decency and common sense.]
2 Users shall have the right to privacy. [Addresses, phone numbers and confidential messages are NEVER divulged.
3 Users shall have the right to appeal before being booted from the system. [WRONG! This is MY game. It's a
privilege, NOT A RIGHT that you are granted access. Remember this!]
4 Users shall have the right to be stupid a maximum of three times. [WRONG. See number 3 above. Stupidity comes in all shades!]
5 Users shall have the right to shut up.
6 Sysops shall have the right to do whatever the hell they want unless it violates the above statutes. [WRONG! Remember, the SYSOP can always SHUTDOWN the system.]
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