Re: BBS security (was Freenet   
     By: Voxigo to Access Denied on Sun Feb 14 2010 15:41:36   
      
    > Yes, Guest accounts are the way to go. Unfortunately, most   
    > boards don't have it. You log in and the software just makes   
    > fun of you. "Create New Account y/n", you hit "n" and it   
    > starts to go around in circles. I think that is totally   
    > incompitent and rude programming. I'm sorry if those are   
    > strong words, but just how unthinking, or unfeeling, can   
      
   If the only options you get are to log with an existing account or to create a   
   new account, it's almost certainly because the sysop doesn't want to offer a   
   guest account. My board doesn't have a guest account because I honestly don't   
   see what's so tough about answering three or four quick questions before   
   gaining access, and I like having some small idea of who has called me - even   
   if they were just stopping by and never planning to return.  If you choose not   
   to create a new account, you return to a menu where you can choose to log in,   
   sign up, retrieve your password, email me, or disconnect.  If you really   
   dislike the signup process, you can email me and maybe we can work around it if   
   I feel so inclined.   
       
    > Scinet is spotted with homophobes and racists. I see the   
    > same on Zer0net. In those cases it looks like we are   
      
   No more so than DoveNet.  Plus, the homophobia that you think you're seeing in   
   these places is probably just you misunderstanding another generation's usage   
   words like "gay" and "fag".  I won't get into it at length here, but those   
   words (when not directly employed as slurs) are rarely used the way they used   
   to be.   
       
    > same on Zer0net. In those cases it looks like we are   
    > seeing 12 year olds who haven't yet found their "voice",   
    > so to speak. We all go through a developmental stage   
    > where we try out things like swearing. Usually we find out   
    > soon that it just makes us look like fools. Anyway, kids   
    > will be kids. :)   
      
   You've demonstrated elsewhere a sensitivity to strong language, so I think that   
   you're making a bit of a leap here.  I'd be shocked if there were a bunch of   
   twelve year olds hanging out on BBSes and swearing at one another - there are   
   very few people under 25 or 30 years old in this scene.   
      
   And anyway, when a fucking twelve year old fucking swears after, like, fucking   
   every other fucking word, the little shit is just fucking trying to make   
   himself sound like a big fucking man, dammit.  That's how kids talk when they   
   try swearing on for size - and they rarely do it quite right.  I haven't   
   encountered anyone on other networks who does such a shitty job of swearing,   
   and I suspect that you're just sensitive to the kind of language that many   
   people have been using on this medium for as long as they've been around.   
      
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