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rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) writes:

|In article <1991Jun26.043640.19539@ms.uky.edu> sean@ms.uky.edu (Sean Casey) writes:
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|>This <BANG> "Stop or I'll shoot." mentality isn't very mental.

| Where did you get this "stop or I'll shoot" business.  It certainly was
|nowhere stated.

They turned off his account! In computer terms, that's the same as
shooting someone.

There are plenty of ways of getting a user's attention. How about a
phone call? Or email. Or "talk", or "write"? Or how about renaming the
script to "call_us__please_before_you_run_this...the_staff"?

(Remember Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life" ? "How about a kiss,
boy?")

Hair trigger reactions to remote administrations are uncalled for,
unprofessional, counterproductive, and inflammatory. Be thoughtful.
Investigate. Understand. Take reasonable action.

Maybe we need a guide for handling things like this. "DON'T PANIC: The
Internet Administrator's Guide"

Sean
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