The 25 bbs commandments:

1 Thou shall love thy BBS with all thy heart and all thy
bytes.

2 Thou shalt remember thy name and password.

3 Thou shalt only call a BBS two times a day.

4 Honor thy SysOp.

5 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's password, nor his
or her real name, computer, software, nor any other
thing belonging to him or her.

6 Thou shalt not post messages that are stupid,
worthless, or have no meaning.

7 Thou shalt use the English language properly.

8 Thou shalt spell thy words correctly when ever
possible.

9 Thou shalt delete thine olden messages.

10 Thou shalt help other users.

11 Thou shalt not post anonymously when offering
criticism.

12 Thou shalt keep thy foul language to thyself.

13 Woe be unto the user who attempt to crash thy
BBS, for he or she shalt be cast out from the sanctuary
of thy hobby and must repent by doing 40 days and 40
nights of penance of voice-only communications.

14 Thou shalt first dial BBS numbers during the day by
way of voice line to assure correct numbers.

15 Thou shalt not post messages while drunk.

16 Thou shalt confine thy messages to those of
friendship, requests for assistance, aid to the needy,
advice, and advancement of thy hobby; and thou art
obligated to repel any who wouldst transgress upon
those commandments.

17 If thou doth promise to reply to a message and thou
doth not, then surely thou shalt spill coffee into thy
keyboard and burn out thy central processing chip.

18 Thou shalt not giveth any false information when
applying for membership to a BBS, for verily it is
written that whosoever shall do so will surely be found
out and thy welcome on all boards will be thus denied
forever and ever.

19 Thou shalt log on properly and in accordance with
the SysOp's rules.

20 Thou shalt observe BBS time limits.

21 Thou shalt not upload "worm" programs.

22 Thou shalt not ask stupid questions that are already
fully explained in the BBS instructions.

23 Thou shalt not exchange copy protected software
thru the BBS.

24 Thou shalt not violate applicable state/federal/local
laws hand regulations affecting BBS
telecommunications, or thy will feel the wrath of thy
judicial system.

25 Thou shalt not hack.