On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 03:01:37PM -0400, Erik Price wrote: > Michael O'Donnell wrote: > >I think this is just a clumsy attempt to ban certain > >anti-social behaviors displayed in certain chat > >settings, but I definitely did a double-take when I > >first saw it... (this from a discussion about > >RCN on another list, BTW - I'm not an RCN customer) > > That just brought back some memories, Michael. > > Yep, I think this term originally comes from AOL. When I was a yoot > (1994) I had a macro that would post random comments* into the current > chat room and was sometimes accused of "scrolling" by the > TOS-advisors**. Back then it was five bucks an hour to use AOL at > night, and ten bucks an hour during the day!!! Bah. Back when I was my age (1989), you had to get your DNS information the old fashioned way - download it!
Combine that with a UNIX-newbie who left +w on their tty logged in via 2400bps and you had some real fun. > * My favorite was "Get right on down to Reno's for your radiation-free > reindeer steaks! Hurry, while stocks last!" (An extra life and 10,000 > bonus points awarded to whoever knows what movie this line is from.) The best google could give me was a reference to Joe Bob Briggs. Man do I miss that show. -Mark
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