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A Sysop..... By the Silver Ghost Thieves' World FIDO (616)344-2718 IBM PC compatible/Apple/CoCo/Commodore/RPGs o Would frequently rather be doing other things besides watching users get on HIS computer. o Is hard-pressed to find time to get on other boards... o And then is chastised for not knowing what's happening in the BBS world. o Paid real money for his computer, modem, and floppies... o Is chastised for not having a hard drive... o ...and is chastised for making the board a pay-system so he can get a hard drive. o Is badgered by callers who get on once and never call back. o Is badgered by leeches who get on once, get verified, download everything, and never call back. o Is <Y>elled at day and night by losers who don't understand that sometimes he doesn't feel like talking. o Is called at off-hours, most frequently 3 A.M. o Is called on his other line. o Is called, while he's doing some work on the computer, by losers who immediately hang up... o ...and then call back, and want the board put up. o lives in constant fear that the FBI will call him and say, "Mr. Smith, we have discovered a profane message on your BBS...you're under arrest" o has his board hung up on. o somehow attracts all the crashers to HIS board. o has novice hacker/leeches who call the board, find out it doesn't have a hack/phreak sig, and never call back. o never has any of the big-name hacker/phreakers call his board o is surrounded by yes-men who only want co-sysop power on as many boards as they can find. o is rarely, if ever, complimented on his system.