Hadron wrote:
Terry Porter writes:
2) you're a Troll, posting on COLA against the charter ("for
discussing the advantages of Linux").
And you are without a doubt the new thickest poster in COLA.
Move over High Plains Hypocrite.
This is another example of an ad hominem attack by Hadron. This
is an example of a failed strategy, an inability to discuss "the
benefits of Linux compared with other operating systems". Thus,
this troll must resort to attacking the posting community. Here
is why:
http://www.hyphenologist.co.uk/killfile/anti_troll_faq.htm
Subject: 3.3 The destructive Troll
[quote]
In about the year 1999 a new breed of Troll appeared who have the
declared intention of destroying a specific Target newsgroup.
This is done by a variety of posts, (see Section 4) intended to
drive normal posters away from the specific newsgroup.
When the percentage of Troll posts, including followups exceeds
about 75% of the total posts, most readers seem to just give up
and unsubscribe. Usenet, and particularly the uk.local.*
hierarchy is for most users a hobby and if that hobby ceases to
be enjoyable, the obvious answer is just to find another hobby.
[...]
Subject: 3.4 The nasty Troll
If anyone does anything which will interfere with the troll's
ability to cause mayhem, they can become very nasty, posting from
obviously incorrect variations of the name etc. insults, call
them netcops, netnannies, homosexuals.
[/quote]
Here is the motivation:
'Use [...] the Internet, etc. to heighten the impression that the
enemy is desperate, demoralized, defeated, [...] associated with
mental deficiency, as in, "he believes in Santa Claus, the Easter
Bunny". Just keep rubbing it in, via the [...] newsgroups, [...]
make the complete failure of the competition's technology part of
the mythology of the computer industry.'
(reference PDF pages 45 & 55 on
http://www.groklaw.net/pdf/Comes-3096.pdf - Comes vs Microsoft
lawsuit, Microsoft Evangelism document)
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HPT
Quando omni flunkus moritati
(If all else fails, play dead)
- "Red" Green
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