1. Get the spelling right
Fox Mulder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Duchovny
Dana Scully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gillian Anderson
Walter Skinner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mitch Pileggi
Cancer Man, Cigarette Smoking Man . . . . William B. Davis
Alex Krycek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicholas Lea
Margaret Scully . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sheila Larken
Melissa Scully . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Melinda McGraw
The Lone Gunman:
Melvin Frohike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Braidwood
Ringo Langly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dean Haglund
John Fitzgerald Byers . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Harwood
Marita Covarrubias . . . . . . . . . . . . Laurie Holden
Agent Pendrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brendan Beiser
(gizzie's "stud muffin")
Chris Carter
Anasazi
Extra credit: Feel free to consult a DICTIONARY or at least
your friendly online spell checker. Merriam-Webster is
online: http://www.m-w.com/
2. R E A D B E F O R E Y O U P O S T
At the very least:
Zen and the Art of the Internet - Usenet News
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/zen/zen-1.0_6.html
Dear Emily Postnews
http://www.templetons.com/brad/emily.html
X-Files FAQ
http://www.turning-pages.com/xf/xffaq9711.txt
Newbie Info Kiosk
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/7094/kiosk.htm
Myrke's Newcomer Friendly Tips
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/7094/Myrke.htm
An X-Philes Guide to the Mythology Arc
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Cavern/7094/Cafe/cafe.htm
Alt.tv.x-files, Newbies and Net Stuff
http://home.ptd.net/~jnybny/newb.htm
The WorldWideWeb Acronym and Abbreviation Server
http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym
Checklist:
* READ for a while before you post anything.
* Read the FAQ(s).
* Keep your signature to less than 10 pages long.
* Do NOT post personal messages to a global newsgroup.
* Do NOT post personal e-mail without permission.
* Do NOT even think about posting "test," "me too," "I agree,"
"make money fast," virus alerts, etc.
* Quote part of the message you are replying to.
* Quote only what's relevant to your reply.
* Do NOT crosspost to every newsgroup in the known universe.
* Binaries? Ads? NOT IN ALT.TV.X-FILES
These are not just cute suggestions. Some providers have included them
in their Acceptable Use Policy. This means that your ignorance could
cost you your account.
For example:
AOL
ftp://ftp.aol.com/pub/usenet/aol-usenet-aup.txt
@home
http://www.home.net/aup/
Pacific Bell Internet
http://public.pacbell.net/dialup/usepolicy.html
concentric.net
http://home.concentric.net/support/faq/general/aup.html
infi.net
http://www.infi.net/usenet.html
dixeg.net
http://www.access.digex.net/~policy/digex-aup.html
A+Net
http://www.abac.com/use.html
InterNex
http://support.internex.net/aup.html
Internet Portal
http://www.portal.ca/portal/policy/policy.html
Earhlink
http://www.earthlink.net/about/policies/aupolicy.html
AccessAbility
http://sample.ability.net/admin/doc/sysabuse.html
Netcom
http://www.netcom.com/netcom/aug.html
Netcom, Canada
http://www.netcom.ca/faq/legal-stuff.html
Duke University
http://www.oit.duke.edu/docs/isg/6.html#8
ibm.net
http://www.ibm.net/terms/index.html
Mindspring
http://www.mindspring.net/aboutms/policy.html
WebTV
http://webtv.net/home/tos_text2.html
flash.net
http://www.flash.net/use.html
dejanews.com
http://www.dejanews.com/info/postrules.shtml
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