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

No, but top-posters are.
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Warren wrote in message
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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.

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Warren H.

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Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is
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response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants
to go outside now.





So are those who don't snip......

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In article om, "Cybe R.
Wizard" wrote:

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


....yoo hoo!!!....fancy finding you here....i just stumbled in looking for
help with a tree question...G

murphy

Not crossing posting as we seem to have picked up some non-Porgers, but
what is a "top poster"? Or would that be what I'm doing now? ~ jan

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]



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On 07 Aug 2003 17:50:48 GMT, ESPMER (K30a) wrote:

Anne wrote Unless you take care to remove the extraneous groups, any "group
reply" will
go to all the groups

Hmmmm. Primitive AOL doesn't seem to have a button for that (MAC on 5.0).
But it does say at the top that it is posting to rec.ponds and no other group
is listed.
I feel like we are eavesdropping on some other groups squabble. ;-)

K30, you'll have to use the kids' PC on this thread and see what it does
when you do a reply. Agent gives me the choice of posting to all, or just
current. ~ jan

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jj wrote K30, you'll have to use the kids' PC on this thread

The kids' PC just went light years beyond me when it went DSL... there isn't
enough time or brain power to figure it all out again ;-)




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

Top posters are frowned on in most other newsgroups.
What you have posted is a top post. The kind I like.

What you usually post is a bottom post.... these are the
ones that quote the previous posts .... and then the current
post. These drive me to distraction... why I seldom answer
them. Wading thru all the posts.... Arrrggghhhhhhhh

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
Not crossing posting as we seem to have picked up some non-Porgers, but
what is a "top poster"? Or would that be what I'm doing now? ~ jan

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]



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

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
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Well, it's been a while since I used AOL (except for loading a current
version on hubby's laptop so we can be sure of getting some sort of access
to the Internet, as RoadRunner works great at home but leaves a *lot* to be
desired when it comes to remote access......

As for using a MAC, I have no clue whatsoever......

But, you are quite right when you say that "we are eavesdropping on some
other groups squabble."

Hmmmm. Primitive AOL doesn't seem to have a button for that (MAC on 5.0).
But it does say at the top that it is posting to rec.ponds and no other
group
is listed.
I feel like we are eavesdropping on some other groups squabble. ;-)

On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 14:16:51 -0400
"BenignVanilla" wrote:

I think all top posters should be shot.

BV.

And lingering death to bigots!

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 Fri, 08 Aug 2003 21:54:07 -0700
(murphy) wrote:

In article om,
"Cybe R. Wizard" wrote:

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


...yoo hoo!!!....fancy finding you here....i just stumbled in looking
for help with a tree question...G

murphy

Hi, Murphy! Nice to see you. I almost didn't recognise you without the
eyepatch. Which crossposted group are you posting from? I'm a fairly
regular rec.ponds kinda Wizard in addition to,... well, you know.
And, yes, I troll for Linux wherever I go. But nicely, only nicely.

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

In article om, "Cybe R.
Wizard" wrote:

On Fri, 08 Aug 2003 21:54:07 -0700
(murphy) wrote:

In article om,
"Cybe R. Wizard" wrote:

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


...yoo hoo!!!....fancy finding you here....i just stumbled in looking
for help with a tree question...G

murphy

Hi, Murphy! Nice to see you. I almost didn't recognise you without the
eyepatch.

.....shhhhh...they dont know me that well....G....


Which crossposted group are you posting from?

......nay!.....neverrrrrr....it was individually crafted for rec.gardens
eyes alone...besides, i dont know how to cross post...)

I'm a fairly
regular rec.ponds kinda Wizard in addition to,... well, you know.
And, yes, I troll for Linux wherever I go. But nicely, only nicely.


...well of course...being the nicely wizard - what else...G

murphy, unpatched for a few more days...

On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 11:00:01 GMT
"Nedra" wrote:

Top posters are frowned on in most other newsgroups.
What you have posted is a top post. The kind I like.

What you usually post is a bottom post.... these are the
ones that quote the previous posts .... and then the current
post. These drive me to distraction... why I seldom answer
them. Wading thru all the posts.... Arrrggghhhhhhhh

Nedra

And that's where snipping out the extranious junk comes in. Why waste
other's time and bandwidth with a bunch of text to which you are not
replying? Bottom posting /after good snipping/ is only polite but most
folks apparently don't wish to be polite. This wish is compounded by
Microsoft 'newsreaders' that give you a prompt at the top. Bad form,
still.

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, Please see SLOTHEAD's post in the thread you initiated:
"Why top posting is bad" ...

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Cybe R. Wizard" wrote in message
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On Sat, 09 Aug 2003 11:00:01 GMT
"Nedra" wrote:

Top posters are frowned on in most other newsgroups.
What you have posted is a top post. The kind I like.

What you usually post is a bottom post.... these are the
ones that quote the previous posts .... and then the current
post. These drive me to distraction... why I seldom answer
them. Wading thru all the posts.... Arrrggghhhhhhhh

Nedra

And that's where snipping out the extranious junk comes in. Why waste
other's time and bandwidth with a bunch of text to which you are not
replying? Bottom posting /after good snipping/ is only polite but most
folks apparently don't wish to be polite. This wish is compounded by
Microsoft 'newsreaders' that give you a prompt at the top. Bad form,
still.

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

Bottom posting /after good snipping/ is only polite but most
folks apparently don't wish to be polite. This wish is compounded by
Microsoft 'newsreaders' that give you a prompt at the top. Bad form,
still. Cybe R. Wizard

I'm not sure if it's always rudeness or not knowing how to use their
editing features on their keyboards correctly. I'm curious, how many people
on here all know how to do a block highlight and delete? ~ 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

Bottom posting /after good snipping/ is only polite but most
folks apparently don't wish to be polite. This wish is compounded by
Microsoft 'newsreaders' that give you a prompt at the top. Bad form,
still. Cybe R. Wizard

I'm not sure if it's always rudeness or not knowing how to use their
editing features on their keyboards correctly. I'm curious, how many people
on here all know how to do a block highlight and delete? ~ 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

Bottom posting /after good snipping/ is only polite but most
folks apparently don't wish to be polite. This wish is compounded by
Microsoft 'newsreaders' that give you a prompt at the top. Bad form,
still. Cybe R. Wizard

I'm not sure if it's always rudeness or not knowing how to use their
editing features on their keyboards correctly. I'm curious, how many people
on here all know how to do a block highlight and delete? ~ 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