Heather wrote:
what is a troll?????


A troll is someone who posts something outrageous just to watch people
get riled-up. Sometimes a troll will do a little flaming (attacking the
person, not the ideas) just to watch everyone else start to get
personality issues and the real issue confused to the point that threads
will go down several layers with no real substance. Trolls cast a wide
net, and try to upset as many people as possible.

"Don't feed the trolls," essentially means you should ignore the troll,
and not get caught in his net.

The origin is the trolling that a fisherman does. Essentially we're
talking about casting a wide net, and seeing what we can catch.

Of course it's also fun to picture the troll as a evil little elf.

--
Warren H.

==========
Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my
employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife.
Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is
coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this
response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants
to go outside now.

On 06 Aug 2003 21:19:32 GMT
ESPMER (K30a) wrote:

b-b) the same rabid free enterpriser who thinks we can be fooled into
checking out his merchandise by pretending to be an actual poster
(gardening - test post). We've been there, done that. This troll
needs an intervention by irritated newsgroupers to stop. Rec.ponders
can hold him underwater with a hungry snapping turtle.

Often times they munge their email address and their reply_to header,
but equally often a newsreader or ISP will put identifiers into post's
headers. Maybe a few dozen emails to the offender's ISP about spamming
and such would put a halt to some of them? It has worked well in other
groups.

Cybe R. Wizard
--
Unofficial "Wizard of Odds," A.H.P.
Original PORG "Water Wizard," R.P.
"Wize(ned) Wizard," A.P.F-P-Y.
Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L

On 06 Aug 2003 20:07:31 GMT
ESPMER (K30a) wrote:

Here is the Porg explanation for new folks.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PORG - A term used on rec.ponds from time to time. If you are a Star
Trek fan, the Next Generation specifically, you might remember the
evil Borg. Half living creatures, half robots, flying around the
universe assimilating new species into their collective. Their
favorite line, delivered in cold robotic voices, is 'resistance is
futile, you will be assimilated". We rec.ponders feel the same way
about ponding. Watch out you are about to be assimilated into the Porg
collective! We will be here to help with the details. Remember
resistance is futile.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

k30a

Someone, I forget who, added, "...you will be pond elated."
I like that, it's in keeping with the original BORG phrase, it's punny
(which has special meaning for me), and I hereby nominate it as a
regular inclusion.

Cybe R. Wizard
--
Unofficial "Wizard of Odds," A.H.P.
Original PORG "Water Wizard," R.P.
"Wize(ned) Wizard," A.P.F-P-Y.
Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L

Cybe wrote Someone, I forget who, added, "...you will be pond elated

I'm pretty sure jj coined that phrase.
I will check with her.
I have an email in the mailbox from her right now.


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...ors/index.html

Are gnomes related to trolls?

Warren wrote in message
news:tigYa.83134$o%2.37959@sccrnsc02...
Heather wrote:
what is a troll?????


A troll is someone who posts something outrageous just to watch people
get riled-up. Sometimes a troll will do a little flaming (attacking the
person, not the ideas) just to watch everyone else start to get
personality issues and the real issue confused to the point that threads
will go down several layers with no real substance. Trolls cast a wide
net, and try to upset as many people as possible.

"Don't feed the trolls," essentially means you should ignore the troll,
and not get caught in his net.

The origin is the trolling that a fisherman does. Essentially we're
talking about casting a wide net, and seeing what we can catch.

Of course it's also fun to picture the troll as a evil little elf.

--
Warren H.

==========
Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my
employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife.
Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is
coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this
response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants
to go outside now.

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 02:35:15 +0100
"anne" wrote:

Are gnomes related to trolls?

No, GNOME is a desktop program for Linux. ;-]

Cybe R. Wizard
--
Unofficial "Wizard of Odds," A.H.P.
Original PORG "Water Wizard," R.P.
"Wize(ned) Wizard," A.P.F-P-Y.
Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L

NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.76.157.103
X-Trace: news6.svr.pol.co.uk 1060220783 22044 81.76.157.103 (7 Aug 2003 01:46:23 GMT)
NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Aug 2003 01:46:23 GMT
X-Complaints-To:
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200
Path: kermit!newsfeed-east.nntpserver.com!nntpserver.com!newshosting.com !news-xfer2.atl.newshosting.com!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfee d.fjserv.net!diablo.theplanet.net!news.theplanet.n et!not-for-mail
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Thank goodness!


Cybe R. Wizard wrote in message
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On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 02:35:15 +0100
"anne" wrote:

Are gnomes related to trolls?

No, GNOME is a desktop program for Linux. ;-]

Cybe R. Wizard
--
Unofficial "Wizard of Odds," A.H.P.
Original PORG "Water Wizard," R.P.
"Wize(ned) Wizard," A.P.F-P-Y.
Barely Tolerated Wizard, A.J.L & A.A.L

Here is the Porg explanation for new folks.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PORG - snipped extremely long explanation by K30s ;o)

Cybe R. Wizard replied:
Someone, I forget who, added, "...you will be pond elated."
I like that, it's in keeping with the original BORG phrase, it's punny
(which has special meaning for me), and I hereby nominate it as a
regular inclusion.

Tis I (Ye Ole Queen) the *someone* of whom you speak:

The Borg said:
"We are _Borg_ resistant is futile, you will be assimilated."
The Porg say:
"We are Porg, resistant IS futile, you will be pond-elated."

P - Pond,
O - Oriented,
R - Recreational,
G - Group

Hmmmm, and looking at this again, I guess one could say a ponder is always
POed. )

I figure if they aren't aware of Star Trek & the Borg they aren't reading
this newsgroup either. ;o) ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

"anne" wrote in message
...
Are gnomes related to trolls?

No, but top-posters are.

[Franz Heymann]

Warren wrote in message
news:tigYa.83134$o%2.37959@sccrnsc02...
Heather wrote:
what is a troll?????


A troll is someone who posts something outrageous just to watch people
get riled-up. Sometimes a troll will do a little flaming (attacking the
person, not the ideas) just to watch everyone else start to get
personality issues and the real issue confused to the point that threads
will go down several layers with no real substance. Trolls cast a wide
net, and try to upset as many people as possible.

"Don't feed the trolls," essentially means you should ignore the troll,
and not get caught in his net.

The origin is the trolling that a fisherman does. Essentially we're
talking about casting a wide net, and seeing what we can catch.

Of course it's also fun to picture the troll as a evil little elf.

--
Warren H.

==========
Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my
employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife.
Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is
coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this
response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants
to go outside now.

"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
...

"anne" wrote in message
...
Are gnomes related to trolls?

No, but top-posters are.

[Franz Heymann]

For heavens sake give it a rest. Do you know how boring you are being.

Oh never mind *PLONK*

"Ophelia" wrote in message
...

"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
...

"anne" wrote in message
...
Are gnomes related to trolls?

No, but top-posters are.

[Franz Heymann]

For heavens sake give it a rest. Do you know how boring you are being.

Not nearly as boring as seeing continued top posting.
If you think it boring to remind others of good manners, then so be it.

Oh never mind *PLONK*

I bet you did not plonk me.

[Franz Heymann]

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:12:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:


"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
...

"anne" wrote in message
...
Are gnomes related to trolls?

No, but top-posters are.

[Franz Heymann]

For heavens sake give it a rest. Do you know how boring you are being.

Oh never mind *PLONK*

Now wasn't that fun? Frank vented, you vented, and then you got to
advertize loudly that you have "plonked" him. I think you should thank
Frank.

Let me guess ...

*PLONK*

:-)

Franz Heymann wrote in message
...

"Ophelia" wrote in message
...

"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
...

"anne" wrote in message
...
Are gnomes related to trolls?

No, but top-posters are.

[Franz Heymann]

For heavens sake give it a rest. Do you know how boring you are being.

Not nearly as boring as seeing continued top posting.
If you think it boring to remind others of good manners, then so be it.

Oh never mind *PLONK*

I bet you did not plonk me.

[Franz Heymann]



Perhaps she's gone for a drink?

"Shiva" wrote in message
s.com...
On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:12:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:


"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
...

"anne" wrote in message
...
Are gnomes related to trolls?

No, but top-posters are.

[Franz Heymann]

For heavens sake give it a rest. Do you know how boring you are being.

Oh never mind *PLONK*
[snip]

Now wasn't that fun? Frank vented, you vented, and then you got to
advertize loudly that you have "plonked" him. I think you should thank
Frank.

Who is this Frank of which you speak?

[Franz Heymann]

"Shiva" wrote in message
s.com...
On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 10:12:22 +0100, "Ophelia"
wrote:


"Franz Heymann" wrote in message
...

"anne" wrote in message
...
Are gnomes related to trolls?

No, but top-posters are.

[Franz Heymann]

For heavens sake give it a rest. Do you know how boring you are being.

Oh never mind *PLONK*

Now wasn't that fun? Frank vented, you vented, and then you got to
advertize loudly that you have "plonked" him. I think you should thank
Frank.

Let me guess ...

*PLONK*

:-)

Gosh what fun

*PLONK*