Re: Who Is BoBo

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BOBO FAQ`s
1. Who is Bobo?
A 100+ hour student pilot who has annoyed a lot of people on
rec.aviation.student. Many experienced long-time r.a.s participants have
left in disgust or have otherwise been driven off by his actions, leaving
this group impoverished. People have observed his behavior here and conclude
that he simply lacks the judgement to ever become a pilot.
2. What is the Bobo Syndrome?
There is a cycle that has repeated itself several times. He starts out with
congratulatory and encouraging messages. He then starts with his "witty"
comments (which can be amusing in small doses). On rare occasions, he even
says something sensible. At these incipient stages, he's tolerable.
Invariably, he either flames someone or otherwise does something to offend
someone who responds in kind. Since Bobo seems to be unable to let go, a
feedback loop follows as everyone puts in his own $0.02. Bobo seems to
derive some satisfaction from such fights. Eventually, it oscillates out of
control and something happens to cool the flames for a brief respite. The
cycle then starts over again.
3. What is a Bobo appology?
We don't know. Bobo has claimed to have made some, but no-one's ever seen
one. Bobo has at times made vague references to having "made mistakes".
4. Who is Sydney and what happened?
Sydney was a knowlegable and active participant until Bobo contacted her
employer to complain about her. He claims she was sending harassing email.
Even if we take Bass's version of events for the sake of argument (and from
email I exchanged with her, I personally find it very hard to believe she
was anything but tactful), his reaction was extreme and uncalled for. It
also leaves open the question of why Sydney would single him out for such
"harrassment". Bobo seems to believe his problems on the net started as a
direct result of this incident as Sydney's friends are trying to get even
with him for this. He claims his actions were justified and refuses to
appologize. He also fails to understand that Sydney's popularity and his
ostracism are effects, not causes. Because of this incident, Sydney no
longer posts actively. Although her employer apparently did not take Bobo's
charges seriously, such accusations even if unfounded usually have grave
consequences. The main point about the Sydney incident is that Bobo was a
problem on the net before it happened and things merely continued downhill
from there.
5. What are some of his other netcrimes?
He has:
posted hate mail in volatile groups, naming his victims by name and giving
their adress, e-mail and phone numbers.
Made midnight `phone calls to several members of the ng
Mailbombed yours truly (pretty feeble ones, but it`s the thought that
counts)
On and n and on.
6. Who is Gene and what happenned?
Gene is an experienced CFI and long-time participant. He is well known for
his valuable contributions on the net and for his disks. He has a
non-aviation day job and simply instructs for the joy of it. Gene's disks
contain a collection distilled wisdom based on his knowledge and experience.
He mails them out on request at no charge. Until 1998 when he ran out of
disks, he even paid for the disks and postage himself. Now he just asks
people to send him a SASE and blank disks. At one point, Gene sent Bobo his
disks, but Bobo subsequently offended Gene (this apparently predates the
Sydney incident). Rather than respond in kind, Gene chose to leave and only
returned after learning how to set up a killfile entry. After his return,
Gene announced the availability of his disks to people who would email their
snail mail address. Bobo apparently had lost his copy of Gene's files and
requested another copy by posting rather than emailing his address to Gene.
Gene deliberately ignored the request, but Bobo obtained the files from a
web site that Gene authorized. Despite crticism of the action, Bobo offered
to email Gene's files to anyone who requested. He finally agreed to stop if
Gene would personally email the request. Later, Bobo claimed Gene had told
him the files were compilations and in the public domain. Contrary to Gene's
stated wishes, Bass converted the files to HTML, claimed copyright on the
HTML version, and posted them, tying up valuable bandwidth. Bobo later
claimed he would stop only if people stoped flaming him, in effect holding
Gene and the rest of the group hostage. Later, Gene announced the
availability of a new revised (1998) edition of his files. Bobo claimed to
have obtained a copy from the web site, even though Gene says he never sent
it out. Gene subsequently decided that Bobo is dangerous and evil and
despite his distaste, started dissecting the various Bobo droppings. He also
added his editorial comment, calling Bobo a "vampire". Many newcomers
unaware of the history viewed Gene as the agressor in this round. Bobo
complained to Gene's server. Because Gene now feels so strongly about the
issue, he has asked others to continue posting the vampire message on his
behalf.
7. Who is JRJ and what happened?
JRJ is a long time contributor to all of the rec.aviation.heirarchy. He`s an
experienced Pilot, instructor and restorer of antique airplanes. Bass took
exception to some of his posts and nsinuated that JRJ was a liar. When JRJ
fought back, Bass contacted his employers at the college where he worked and
told them he was messing with company equipment on their time. This was not
a big inconvienience to JRJ, but goes to show the small mindednes that Bobo
is capapble of.
9. Who is "Larry Laffer"?
Larry Laffer is an extremely good looking and intelligent, but fictitious
persona posted anonymously apparently by the same individual who posts under
the name "Q Salt". The Laffer persona exists specifically to parody Bass's
own actions and Laffer himself acknowledges that he posts nothing of value.
The seems to be either to hound Bass of the net (unlikely) or to provoke
Bass into an action that would get him in trouble with his server (somewhat
more likely).
10. What postings did Bass cancel?
Lots, in three seperate cancelling sprees. In the first, he just did it,
apparently unaware that it was against the policy of the vast majority of
usenet hosts. He showed no remorse for this and it was only when his server
told him "no more" that he stopped. The second was of Gene Whitt`s
repetitive posts against him. These were apparently authorised by Gene`s
server, but obviously the authoriser didn`t know Bobo. In the third, Bobo
convinced a junior abuse rep at @home to allow him to cancel any posts he
didn`t like! This abuse person was reprimanded by a moe senior official and
Bobo is on a very short plank if he steps out of line on this or any other
score again.
11. Did Bass lose his solo privileges due to a Class C airspace incursion?
There are conflicting versions of the story but two things seem to be
established facts. There was a serious class C incursion (as in not just
clipping a corner) and Bass is currently no longer signed off for solo
privileges.
12. Why must Bass leave?
He needs to learn how to listen more than he speaks before returning.
13. Why Bass should be ignored?
Nothing else has worked.
14. How do I set up a kill file?
Go to the ng and hunt around for people who have tread this path before. A
search in dejanews will give you some leads on how to set one up. There are
a lot of different ways to do so. Alternatively, you can just stay tuned in
and let Bobo entertain you!

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