From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jul 2 15:10:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA18904 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:10:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA18883 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:10:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA12058; Fri, 3 Jul 1998 08:10:40 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980703081036.21877@welearn.com.au> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 1998 08:10:36 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Back to our seats Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hang on while I grab my high heels, spectacles and big stick... OK, forget the stick... all sitting down? Good. There are some standards of behaviour that we assume everyone will follow due to common sense, respect for other members of the group, and awareness of how long a bad reputation sticks in professional circles such as the FreeBSD community. These standards of behaviour might not have been so important among users of other systems, but here we take them very seriously indeed. Some of you who have dabbled elsewhere will find we're different. I am referring to activities which many would regard as illegal, immoral, or against all concepts of netiquette. If technology is abused to achieve these activities, the situation is doubly severe. Neither FreeBSD nor any of the mailing lists may be used for nasty work. Our community has *NO* tolerance for activities such as cracking, spamming, gross obscenity, or even discussion of methods that might be used for those purposes. For your own sake, when you see discussion of any related topics don't participate. If you use someone else's bad methods to stop them from doing bad, that makes you *worse* than them. It shows that you knew better, but went on and did it anyway. We're going to be around for a long time, though not always as newbies. It can be hard to see how bad a playful act might look to others. Think very carefully before damaging your own reputation or accidentally encouraging others to damage theirs. Sure, we're here to make our mistakes, learn and be forgiven. But geez, can't we be just a little more selective about who we listen to and which mistakes we make? -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message