T.C. May, so eloquently waxed: The squeals of the net.cops were impressive to behold! Demands to Netcom that I be expelled from the Net, that the "Child Welfare Agents" would soon be breaking down my doors, etc. Nobody spotted the message. After several days, I "let the truth be told," which of course enraged others. I thought this digression might be amusing to some. --Tim May Did they write the standard "ticket"? form319.2(1/95) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * * * * * N O T I C E O F N E T I Q U E T T E B R E A C H * * * * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTICE: IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT YOU HAVE POSTED SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED WORSE THAN: ___ a Rush Limbaugh quote. ___ a Newt Gingrich joke. ___ a reference to Beavis & Butthead. _X_ lame ASCII graphic(s) (Choose all that apply): ___ USS Enterprise _X_ Australia ___ The Amiga logo ___ Company logo (Mark only if above also) ___ and you stated that you don't speak for your employer. ___ Bicycle ___ Bart Simpson Furthermore: _x_ You have greatly misunderstood the purpose of ___the.news.group___ (newsgroup) _x_ You have greatly misunderstood the purpose of the net. _x_ You are a loser. ___ You must have spent your entire life in a skinner box to be this clueless. _x_ *plonk* _x_ This has been pointed out to you before. (see prior form) _x_ It is recommended that you: (Mark all that apply) _x_ stick to FidoNet and come back when you've grown up. _x_ find a volcano and throw yourself in. ___ get a gun and shoot yourself. _x_ stop reading Usenet news and get a life. ___ stop sending email and get a life. ___ consume excrement. ___ consume excrement and thus expire. Additional comments: My apologies to all responsible users who have had to view this horrible, lousy, lame, excuse for writing. I certainly hope this person gets their butt thrown in jail, but I'll settle for having their net access permanently revoked. ' . . . and thus ex Registered<BETSI>BEllcore Trusted Software Integrity system programmer *********************************************************************** Carol Anne Braddock "Give me your Tired, your Poor, your old PC's..." The TS NET REVOKED PGP KEY NO.0C91594D carolb@spring.com carolann@mm.com ************************************************************************ COMING SOON TO EVERY INTERNET NEWSGROUP NEAR YOU! . . . . . CENSORED.COM .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. Cypherpunks list: majordomo@toad.com with body message of only: subscribe cypherpunks. FAQ available at ftp.netcom.com in pub/tc/tcmay