XPost: alt.flame, alt.os.linux   
   From: bcleere@philipkdick.com   
      
   "I wanna be serrated"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns94403CCBD4D07666FUCKINGDEATH666@216.168.3.44...   
   > How and what to comment on OSNews   
   > There are some rules around here that everyone should follow. Please make   
   > sure you read them all before you post your comment.   
   >   
   > If your comment will not comply with the following rules, it will be   
   > moderated down (and it will only be viewable on a seperate web page). If   
   > your comment is unlawful it will be deleted. And if you continue doing   
   > it, your IP will be banned in the Apache level and you won't be able to   
   > access OSNews again. We need to maintain a certain level of quality on   
   > OSNews, we will not allow this site to become a house for trolls. We need   
   > educated, intelligent people to read OSNews. We have enough traffic,   
   > thank you very much, so we can fully afford to only have a readership   
   > that understands and endorses quality.   
   >   
   > Submission of a comment on OSNews implies that you have acknowledged and   
   > fully agreed to the following terms:   
   >   
   > 1. No bad mouthing or cursing.   
   > 2. No attacks to other users or news editors of this web site.   
   > 3. Whatever you got to say, say it in a calm way, and explain your   
   > reasoning as an adult, and not as a 10-year old kid.   
   > 4. Despite popular hallucinations, OSNews is not an open source news web   
   > site. Mindless bashing at Microsoft or *any other* OS vendor IS NOT   
   > ALLOWED. We support Microsoft the same way we support Linux, BSD, OSX   
   > etc. We try to report equally on all OSes. We have had some Linux fanboys   
   > bashing at Microsoft on any Microsoft-related news story we had, even if   
   > their bashing had nothing to do with the actual news presented in the   
   > story they were commented on. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE and degrades the   
   > discussion quality on this web site. If you have a freaking problem with   
   > Microsoft, it is not our problem, and we do not want to hear about it. If   
   > your problem is related to the news story, by all means, DO discuss it.   
   > CALMLY. No bashing. No trolling. Just *discuss* it.   
   > 5. Make sure you have read the whole news story before you start   
   > complaining for something that it might have been already explained in   
   > the article but you "missed it".   
   > 6. No stupid zealot OS wars. LISTEN to what other people say, and then   
   > comment on. Having a single dimensioned approach on your comment over and   
   > over again that might end up in a flame war, will end you up banned. You   
   > have been warned.   
   > 7. No off topic comments. No bad-taste sarcasm. No cyber-vandalization of   
   > any kind.   
   > 8. OSNews is not just about operating systems. We are reporting on other   
   > technology news, on development issues and articles, hardware, and if are   
   > short on news, we might kick in some sci-fi movie news or other stuff we   
   > might find cool. This is normal. We do OSNews for fun/hobby, so it has to   
   > be fun for us too. Comments like "this article is not OS news" will end   
   > you up get flamed.   
   > 9. Do not reply to already moderated-down comments. This will cause your   
   > comment to also get moded-down, no matter how good it might be.   
   > 10. Even if your whole comment might be nicely crafted and written, but   
   > you got one line of text that does not comply with the above, it will   
   > result to the moderation or deletion of the whole comment. You have been   
   > warned, again.   
   >   
   > Thank you,   
   > the OSNews Team.   
   >   
   >   
   > --   
   > I am Jason Gortician   
      
   This article is not OS news.   
      
   -- Bill Cleere   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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