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Queex Quimwrangler (Not Egon) Started conversation Feb 7, 2002
Here are the originals:
You shall have no other gods but me
You shall not take the name of your Lord in vain
You shall remember and keep the Sabbath day holy.
Honor your father and mother
You shall not kill
You shall not commit adultery
You shall not steal
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor
You shall not covet your neighbor's goods
You shall not covet your neighbor's wife
We need some parallels.
We also want an angle, rather than a list. Hmm.
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Wargamer (The Wanderer) Posted Feb 7, 2002
Okay... how about...
I = You shall not have any other server than mine.
II = You shall not take the name of your server in vain.
III = You shall remember to keep the log-in time holy.
IV = Honour your server and motherboard.
V = You shall not format hard-drives.
VI = You shall not download pornography.
VII = You shall not hack.
VIII = You shall not lie about yourself on chatrooms (Don't know about this one...).
IX = You shall not covet your neighbours software.
X = You shall not covet your neighbours processor/PC.
What do you think? Tell me which ones you like and I'll try to think of better ones. 
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Wargamer (The Wanderer) Posted Feb 7, 2002
Oh, one thing, why don't you put a link to 'Computing, a religious perspective'? I'll put one on 'Computing' leading here, put something like: "Use the link to see the page that inspired this entry", K?
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Feb 7, 2002
If you're going over 10 commandments, I have another for you:
Thou shalt not utter the 'A' word 
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Wargamer (The Wanderer) Posted Feb 7, 2002
*Arms and primes the Railgun*
Do not say that again in my presence!!!
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Feb 7, 2002
Well, alright then. But like I said....
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Feb 7, 2002
Not gonna fall for that one again!
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Queex Quimwrangler (Not Egon) Posted Feb 8, 2002
I've always liked the idea of "Thou shalt not spoof IP addresses" as the equivalent to false witness.
Come to think of it, there must be many similar lists on the web; maybe we could do commandments as understood by computer hardware and software? From the machine's perspective.
So a commandment for a server could be:
IV Thy client is scum. Do not honour it.
This would give a whole bunch of lists. Maybe. What do you think?
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Wargamer (The Wanderer) Posted Feb 8, 2002
Sure! One for the user, one for the software, one for the modem... the possibilities are endless!
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fords - number 1 all over heaven Posted Feb 9, 2002
Or, thou shalt not flame posts in CAPITALS!!!
that is one of my pet hates
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- 1: Queex Quimwrangler (Not Egon) (Feb 7, 2002)
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