Re: #Apple2GS is here!

[rbraun@Hopper.ITC.Virginia.EDU (Rolf Braun)]

Dave Roberts (daver@drift.winternet.com) wrote:
: rbraun@Hopper.ITC.Virginia.EDU (Rolf Braun) writes:
: >Well, since #appleIIgs sucks, I have created #Apple2GS for IRC!

: 	Alternative GS channels have never survived for more than a 
: week. I give you maybe a day, two if you're lucky.

: >Anyone and everyone is welcome, but bad behavior will cause a ban.
: >Mike Horwath has already been banned due to extremely poor conduct on
: >#AppleIIgs. (Note to Belgorath: All root accounts on Winternet systems
: >have been banned. Log in as belgo.)

: 	Uhuh. Way to slam someone completely out of context. Besides,
: who diead and made you a judge of character? What right do you have to
: condemn someone else's behavior as inappropriate? If you can judge
: Mike Horwath as a rude pig, then he has the right to judge you as an
: idiot.

: >1. Do not ask for ops. I am the only op on the channel.

: 	How democratic.

: >2. No profanity, sexual references, or racist comments. Violators will
: >be first warned, then kicked, then banned. Period. And I am doing this
: >thru screen with a scrollback, so don't think you can swear just 'cause
: >I'm marked as away.

: 	Sounds like Prodigy. You're going to sift through all this
: scrollback just to find a few cuss words? You must have less of a
: life than I though.

: >3. No teasing newbies. Violators will be warned, then kicked, then
: >banned.

: 	A little sore, are we?

: >6. No Unauthorized Bots. Bots will be kicked. Bots that continue to
: >return will be banned. For authorization, please e-mail me. Running
: >floodbots will result in your entire domain getting K-lined.

: 	HAHAHAHA! As if you can institute a server K-line. You're no
: IRCop, buddy, that little @ next to your name when you join a channel
: doesn't give you operator status. "Duh, if you curse, I'll /squit you!"
: Right...

I am talking about a very lengthy channel ban here. Sorry, wrong
terminology.

: 	Guys, this Rolf Braun guy is just a little sore because he
: acted like a jerk on IRC and was treated appropriately. "a jerk" is 
: a subjective term, I know, so I'll explain further. Supposing you
: were an experienced IIgs programmer, and you see this guy giving
: out totally wrong information about some topic or other. You go to
: correct him, in a friendly manner, and he responds with this attitude
: that "you are stupid" and "you don't know what you're talking about".
: Now he's trying to start some other GS channel. I know it won't last
: because I've seen it done before. He refuses to accept this because he
: thinks he knows better. This man is an arrogant, inexperienced person
: who thinks he knows alot more than he does, and assumes that whoever
: he is talking to knows nothing. It's one of the most annoying
: attitudes I've ever encountered.

Oh really, Mr. Wise Guy. I find that there is not only little
GS-related talk on #appleIIgs, but it has grown obscene and also I
think that being a "jerk" is no reason for a ban.

: --
: :: Dave J. Roberts :: daver@drift.winternet.com :: IRC: daver ::::::::::::
: :: UNIX, Apple IIgs C/65816 Programmer/Consultant For Hire :::::::::::::::

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