Re: Tom Turley: Banned from Attending K-Fest '97

[swhite@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu (Steve White)]

In article <3390A6E6.2CBA@grin.net>, cturley@grin.net wrote:

> Somebody else did it from my old ISP acct. after obtaining the password 
> to access my acct. ...


Ergo, you are responsible. Any agreement I've ever seen with an ISP states
that you are responsible for the use of your account. And, of course given
your past history, one could pardon others for thinking that you were up
to your old tricks again.


> ... And, they also did a GREAT job of faking and mailing two emails
> from my old ISP acct, using my name and a very close rendering of my
> writing style.


Your voluminous writing history means that there was no shortage of
samples. Again, one could be pardoned for thinking that the close
rendering of your writing style was actually done by you. That's why it
was close.


> Yes, in my ignorance of allowing somebody (JB) (who never sent me the 
> programs in question) to have access to my web site with the password, I 
> left myself wide opened for this and must bare the results!  


Finally, you are right, you must BEAR responsibility. It is because of
this carelessness (at the very least), combined with your past problems,
that many other reputable people in the A2 community wouldn't want to
associate with you.

Hard to blame them.

The Computer Shopper at one time had in their rules for advertising a line
that applies here: something to the effect that "there are some people who
are destined in life to cause trouble, and we don't want their business."

Appropriate, eh?





steve