BearItAll <spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> ml2mst wrote:
>
>> On 9 jun, 01:10, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> __/ [ ml2mst ] on Friday 08 June 2007 22:02 \__
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > On 8 jun, 18:16, "[H]omer" <s...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >> Here's a classic, not only because he's making his usual false
>>> >> assertions, but mainly because of who it is he's arguing with. LOL!:
>>>
>>> >> .----| Jamie Zawinski wrote in message
>>> >> <34EDDA5A.AA5B1...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>...
>>> >> | > [xxx] wrote:
>>>
>>> >> |
>>> >> | >> Or do you think Netscape is also identical to the Mosaic code it
>>> >> | >> started from?
>>> >> |
>>> >> | > Netscape is not and has never been based on Mosaic code.
>>> >> | > It was written from scratch.
>>> >> |
>>> >> | Not true in the slightest. Remember, both founders of Netscape
>>> >> | worked on the original NCSA Mosaic code.
>>> >> |
>>> >> | ...
>>> >> || Jamie Zawinski wrote in message <34EE0594.247E8...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>...
>>>
>>> >> |
>>> >> | > Um, excuse me, but being one of those people who wrote the first
>>> >> | > version of Netscape from scratch, I speak with some authority
>>> >> | > here.
>>> >> | > You are wrong.
>>> >> |
>>> >> | Yes, I am.
>>> >> |
>>> >> | Sorry, Didn't look at the email address.
>>> >> `----
>>>
>>> >> Oops! :)
>>>
>>> >> Even more amazing is the fact that this is one of the extremely rare
>>> >> occasions he actually apologises.
>>>
>>> >> So who was arguing with one of the creators of Netscape Navigator,
>>> >> about its provenance?
>>>
>>> >> The winner gets to download a free copy of Netscape 9.
>>>
>>> >> --
>>> >> K.http://slated.org
>>>
>>> > Jeez, thanks for the joke [H]omer, but this is my all time faforite:
>>>
>>> http://groups.google.nl/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/th...
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> > quote:
>>>
>>> > Did you notice the part about the BETTERMENT OF LINUX.
>>> > My story, is well known now, thanks to COLA. It is a story of
>>> > people advocating linux, at any cost to any body. In my story,
>>> > linux almost GOT ME FIRED FOR BEING BUGGY.
>>>
>>> > (Un)fortunately he's gone, but Tabby actually made me ROFL :-)
>>>
>>> > Yeeha!
>>>
>>> His departure marked the beginning of the end for the trolls.
>>>
>> Wished you where right about that one, but unfortunately most of the
>> trolls make me furious. For example one of them is continually
>> attacking and insulting me. However he's not Dutch at all, he attacks
>> me with Dutch words, so no body else in the group understands how bad
>> and insulting his attacks really are.
>>
>> And surprisingly my mailbox is overloaded with spam, covering penus
>> extentions, Viagra and other bull I don't give a crap about.
>>
>
> The email address I use here goes straight to /dev/null on my host, but of
> cause it isn't difficult to get other information about me from it.
Then why not just an impossible email which goes no where?
>
> When ever I have criticised certain trolls in here I suddenly get lots of
> stuff through email and snail mail.
I don't believe it! Same happens to me. Ridiculously juvenile on the
parts of some of the COLA gang here.
>
> I don't actually use this domain for my personal or work stuff (the domains
> only purpose was for project development space). Spam isn't a problem
> because I got rid of the catchall, I have to keep one email address active
> for code but they wont guess that one (even I tend to forget it and have to
> look in my notes), but otherwise they can do what ever they like.
Stop. You're starting to waffle again and sounding similar to Willy
Boaster who thinks he has a BSc in filtering.
>
> The main problem was the snail mail, I'm still on some peoples mailing lists
> for that. The problem was that I got the domain setup through a host who
> published all my info for me, ever so nice of them I thought.
>
>
>> These personal attacks is what's keeping me from posting. So somehow
>> these trolls succeed.
>>
>
> I think really that life in this is too easy for the trolls so the best
> might actually be to do what some others do and make use of a proxy so that
> they can't trace you.
>
> I know that is frowned upon by some in here, but why not use tricks of the
> trolls to limit their actions.
Judging from the personality traits and ad-hoc personal attacks (calling
people "retards" and "windiots" for example) done by some people here, I suspect that
most of the "out of group" mud slinging is done by Linux advocates (the
bad ones).
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