OT: Re: Humorously bizarre prohibition in RCN TOS
Kenny Donahue wrote: Hardware aka, MARK 13. Cheated. used the web. google and imdb.com I could use the extra life. Kenny args. Yep, I forgot to say that you can't use Google. But you're right, it was "Hardware". Erik ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Humorously bizarre prohibition in RCN TOS
Hardware aka, MARK 13. Cheated. used the web. google and imdb.com I could use the extra life. Kenny Erik Price wrote: Michael O'Donnell wrote: In the page at http://www.rcn.com/customer/internet_access_agreemnt.php ...can be found this unexpected prohibition: (m) Scrolling. You agree not to cause the screen to "scroll" faster than other subscribers or users are able to type to it, or any action to a similar disruptive effect on or through the Access Service. I think this is just a clumsy attempt to ban certain anti-social behaviors displayed in certain chat settings, but I definitely did a double-take when I first saw it... (this from a discussion about RCN on another list, BTW - I'm not an RCN customer) That just brought back some memories, Michael. Yep, I think this term originally comes from AOL. When I was a yoot (1994) I had a macro that would post random comments* into the current chat room and was sometimes accused of "scrolling" by the TOS-advisors**. Back then it was five bucks an hour to use AOL at night, and ten bucks an hour during the day!!! * My favorite was "Get right on down to Reno's for your radiation-free reindeer steaks! Hurry, while stocks last!" (An extra life and 10,000 bonus points awarded to whoever knows what movie this line is from.) ** Terms-of-Service Erik ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Re: Humorously bizarre prohibition in RCN TOS
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 03:01:37PM -0400, Erik Price wrote: > Michael O'Donnell wrote: > >I think this is just a clumsy attempt to ban certain > >anti-social behaviors displayed in certain chat > >settings, but I definitely did a double-take when I > >first saw it... (this from a discussion about > >RCN on another list, BTW - I'm not an RCN customer) > > That just brought back some memories, Michael. > > Yep, I think this term originally comes from AOL. When I was a yoot > (1994) I had a macro that would post random comments* into the current > chat room and was sometimes accused of "scrolling" by the > TOS-advisors**. Back then it was five bucks an hour to use AOL at > night, and ten bucks an hour during the day!!! Bah. Back when I was my age (1989), you had to get your DNS information the old fashioned way - download it! Combine that with a UNIX-newbie who left +w on their tty logged in via 2400bps and you had some real fun. > * My favorite was "Get right on down to Reno's for your radiation-free > reindeer steaks! Hurry, while stocks last!" (An extra life and 10,000 > bonus points awarded to whoever knows what movie this line is from.) The best google could give me was a reference to Joe Bob Briggs. Man do I miss that show. -Mark pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Humorously bizarre prohibition in RCN TOS
Michael O'Donnell wrote: In the page at http://www.rcn.com/customer/internet_access_agreemnt.php ...can be found this unexpected prohibition: (m) Scrolling. You agree not to cause the screen to "scroll" faster than other subscribers or users are able to type to it, or any action to a similar disruptive effect on or through the Access Service. I think this is just a clumsy attempt to ban certain anti-social behaviors displayed in certain chat settings, but I definitely did a double-take when I first saw it... (this from a discussion about RCN on another list, BTW - I'm not an RCN customer) That just brought back some memories, Michael. Yep, I think this term originally comes from AOL. When I was a yoot (1994) I had a macro that would post random comments* into the current chat room and was sometimes accused of "scrolling" by the TOS-advisors**. Back then it was five bucks an hour to use AOL at night, and ten bucks an hour during the day!!! * My favorite was "Get right on down to Reno's for your radiation-free reindeer steaks! Hurry, while stocks last!" (An extra life and 10,000 bonus points awarded to whoever knows what movie this line is from.) ** Terms-of-Service Erik ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
Humorously bizarre prohibition in RCN TOS
In the page at http://www.rcn.com/customer/internet_access_agreemnt.php ...can be found this unexpected prohibition: >(m) Scrolling. You agree not to cause the screen >to "scroll" faster than other subscribers or users >are able to type to it, or any action to a similar >disruptive effect on or through the Access Service. I think this is just a clumsy attempt to ban certain anti-social behaviors displayed in certain chat settings, but I definitely did a double-take when I first saw it... (this from a discussion about RCN on another list, BTW - I'm not an RCN customer) ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
