Mark,
Write your own BBS package from scratch, instead of taking stuf
from everyone else
Heh. I've done that (more than once) ... so it can be done...
Reminds me of a bulletin I have on the BBS, entitled "You Want To
Be A Sysop??". It has the following (also in the file BEASYSOP.ZIP):
1) Definition of a Twit -- Grant Bierman (this does not necessarily
reflect the opinions of this Sysop, but it comes close <G>).
2) You Want To Be A Sysop?? -- Tom Ezell
3) The Thankless Job -- Kris Lewis
4) Caring For Pet Sysops -- Fred Hunt
5) The True Twit Test -- Author Unknown
6) The Sysop Of A BBS -- Daryl Stout (a poem done by yours truly)
In file #2, it notes:
Next, you have to find a BBS software package. This can take months...
or you can write your own, if you are so inclined. This can take years.
It also has these "twit questions" (how many have had these?? <G>):
1) Why aren't you around to answer the Sysop Page at 3am??
2) Why does your message editor use A) for Abort instead of Q) for quit?
3) How come there aren't any nice ANSI or RIP screens?
4) How come these crummy ANSI screens slow down the board?
5) Why can't I stay online for 3 or more hours at a time?
6) Why can't my C64 see your graphics?? It must be your crummy board!!
7) Why can't I access the adult files area if I'm not at least 18?? I
eed it as part of a sex education class research project!! (nice try). <G>
8) I never post messages because no one else ever does!
9) What do you mean you killed my upload of DBase IV? (Guess??!! <G>).
10) I did upload something a year ago...so how come I can't download more
than 100 files now?
11) How come my friend has access level 50 and I only have level 40?
12) How come nobody ever sends me mail? (I wonder why?? <G>).
13) I used a bit editor on ProComm and now it won't work...tell me how to
fix it.
14) That GIF file I downloaded didn't run...this stinks...you really must
be a lousy Sysop if you don't check to see that it would work for me.
15) Boy.. do you have a bad attitude! I think the "Silicon Sarcophagus" is
100 times better than this board! This is a free country...I can say
ANYTHING I want in public messages! What are you, Hitler or something?
16) Why do I have to give you my information?? It's none of your business!
17) I don't want to search through the Help Files to find out how to use
this crummy system...why did you choose such crappy software??
In file #4, when it comes to the section on BREEDING (Hello??!! <G>):
If you plan to breed your pet Sysop, you should do so as early as
possible after you get him. As the pet Sysop matures, he becomes more
and more reluctant to engage in any activities not connected with his
nest room collection!!
And, a sad note out of File #3:
EPILOGUE: Twelve hours after the above was written, I find out that
one of my best friends (with higher than normal access to the system)
has allowed a third party to use their logon. That's forbidden for anyone
on my BBS to do, but it hurts even more; because a valued, and trusted
friend who should have known better, went ahead and did it. That's the
last straw. The Most Significant Byte BBS is no longer in existence.
Jim Anderson, Ex-Sysop
The Most Significant Byte BBS
Billings, Montana
January 13, 1985
**
Daryl
... Effective cure for being a twit -- become a Sysop!!
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