--> Quoting Chip Hearn from a message to Mark Hoover <--

CH> I'm in are very strict with who has oper, there's a long waiting 
CH> period, even before that occurs.  Anyway, back to the BSD boxes.  :)

That's because they don't like anyone else to control their sandboxes. 
They're ¨the same assholes that caused problems in SysopNet and Blacknet. 
That's why ¨you see me but rarely on "those" networks.

Just my two cents' worth.

Later,
Sean

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