-=> Quoting Mark Hoover to Scott Adams <=-

 SA> MH> Years ago?  I still spend most of my evenings online.  I didn't
 SA> MH> take the  BBS down due to lack of time.  I took it down due to
 SA> MH> the lack of users  (don't start on me about going telnet).
 
 SA>     Why would I mention Telnet :)....I'm sorta running into that
 SA>     myself.  My regular daily calls haven't called in awhile.
 SA>     I'm still debating on the ethics of calling them voice.  Since
 SA>     I hated that when a sysop did that back in the day.

 MH> I would say call them only if they were people you called normally 
 MH> anyway.  Otherwise, as sad as it is, I'd just let them go...:(

    Never did call them.  Back in the '80s folks did that alot
    (sysops) and I hated it.  So I put in fake phone #s.  One
    reason I don't publish my private phone number.  I just rather
    have cyberspace talks in cyberspace not voice :)  BBS is
    BBS.  Real life is real life.  

... You can't just buy someone's genetic makeup-it's immoral.
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