The day after you buy the fastest new modem, they will change the standard so that your modem can only talk to modems of the same brand (only 100 of which were ever sold)
		-- Murphy's Laws of BBS'ing n1
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The factory will ship the wrong manual with your modem and you will spend hours finding and setting dip switches that aren't even on your modem
		-- Murphy's Laws of BBS'ing n2
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However the modem comes set from the factory, it will be the WRONG way to work on your machine
		-- Murphy's Laws of BBS'ing n3
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No matter what solution you devise to fix a problem with your modem, it will lead to the creation of at least four other problems
		-- Murphy's Laws of BBS'ing n4
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Whenever a caller has problems using the BBS, the user will insist the problem is on the sysop's side and the sysop will insist the problem is on the caller's side
		-- Murphy's Laws of BBS'ing n5
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If you fail to follow the advice of more experienced modemers and use the same password on every BBS you call, someone will steal your password and make lewd comments about the sysop's mother on the boards you WERE
		-- Murphy's Laws of BBS'ing n6
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If you DO follow the advice of more experienced modemers and use a totally different password on every BBS you call, you will forget the password of the board where your date has left a message telling you where to meet them tonight
		-- Murphy's Laws of BBS'ing n7
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Your spouse, who rarely visits you at your computer, will stop by at the exact moment you've receive a flirtatious page from another user
		-- Murphy's Laws of BBS'ing n8
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You will always forget to disable call waiting when connected to a pay-by-the-minute BBS
		-- Murphy's Laws of BBS'ing n9
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A truely great BBS is either illegal, immoral, or long distance from you
		-- Murphy's Laws of BBS'ing n10
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If a file takes more than 30 minutes to download, someone in your house will pick up the phone within the last 15 seconds
		-- Murphy's Laws of BBS'ing n11
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No matter how neutral the topic, your message will offend SOMEONE
		-- Murphy's Laws of BBS'ing n12
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The first time you forget to scan your file downloads for viruses will be the first time in your life you'll actually get a virus
		-- Murphy's Laws of BBS'ing n13
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