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don't feed the troll..
Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because
they almost always turn out to be - or to be indistinguishable from - self-righteous
sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."

.... Neil Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

On Thu, 20 May 2004 10:02:20 +0200, Jim Watt wrote:

> "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
> because they almost always turn out to be - or to be indistinguishable
> from - self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of
> free time."
>
> ... Neil Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

So true.

I've always thought one of the great things about the Internet in general
is that it makes you aware of people you would never normally have known
even existed.

Of course, one of the bad things about the Internet in general is that it
makes you aware of people you would never normally have known even
existed.


CG.

"Jim Watt" <_way> wrote in message
news:...
> don't feed the troll..
> Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com
>
> "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because
> they almost always turn out to be - or to be indistinguishable from -
self-righteous
> sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
>
> ... Neil Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

heh, i only reply out of fun now. Its quite clear what tracker is.

--
Mimic

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and those that dont."
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* Mimic <>:
> "Jim Watt" <_way> wrote in message
> news:...
>> don't feed the troll..
>> Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com
>>
>> "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
> because
>> they almost always turn out to be - or to be indistinguishable from -
> self-righteous
>> sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
>>
>> ... Neil Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
>
> heh, i only reply out of fun now. Its quite clear what tracker is.
>
> --
> Mimic
>

Dumb? Stupid? One who knows nothing about computers? Or a program that
someone wrote to troll usenet? I'm thinking the last as no living human
could be that dense.

Jason

Jason wrote:
> * Mimic <>:
>
>>"Jim Watt" <_way> wrote in message
>>news:. ..
>>
>>>don't feed the troll..
>>>Jim Watt http://www.gibnet.com
>>>
>>>"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
>>
>>because
>>
>>>they almost always turn out to be - or to be indistinguishable from -
>>
>>self-righteous
>>
>>>sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
>>>
>>>... Neil Stephenson, Cryptonomicon
>>
>>heh, i only reply out of fun now. Its quite clear what tracker is.
>>
>>--
>>Mimic
>>
>
>
> Dumb? Stupid? One who knows nothing about computers? Or a program that
> someone wrote to troll usenet? I'm thinking the last as no living human
> could be that dense.
>
> Jason
Jason, apparently, you have not considered one possibility. Tracker
could be a manager. (grin) Managers can be that dense. LOL

Cheers,
Canadian Cowboy.

On Sun, 23 May 2004 23:50:32 -0600, Canadian Cowboy
<canadian.cowboy_at_sasktel.net> wrote:

>Jason, apparently, you have not considered one possibility. Tracker
>could be a manager. (grin) Managers can be that dense. LOL

Only in the eyes of their underlings.

The tracker game is to get an account, start a thread
and watch it grow as the usual suspects and the passing
innocents post to it.

From the general content she could not manage a
party in a brewery, even if the mythical 'malicious
hackers' came.

Maybe it is a 'manager' related issue because its about someone
dumb trying to exercise power over others. Or maybe Dr Freud
would say the length of the thread is a penis substitute.

One could understand how one could be vertically
challenged given the visual evidence available.

--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com