Humorously bizarre prohibition in RCN TOS
Erik Price
eprice at ptc.com
Mon Jun 9 15:01:37 EDT 2003
Michael O'Donnell wrote:
> In the page at
>
> http://www.rcn.com/customer/internet_access_agreemnt.php
>
> ...can be found this unexpected prohibition:
>
>
>>(m) Scrolling. You agree not to cause the screen
>>to "scroll" faster than other subscribers or users
>>are able to type to it, or any action to a similar
>>disruptive effect on or through the Access Service.
>
>
>
> 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!!!
* 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.)
** Terms-of-Service
Erik
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