On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Chris Faulkner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow mike, you don't know when to quit do you. I really wish you'd grow up. > The original is not a troll. I've been away from this list for quite some > time and I was wondering why NLUG decided to go with google groups instead > of something more.... linux. What happened? did NLUG run out of money to > support a mailing list or was it just something as simple as pure laziness. > Andrew had more of a response. And once again mike, I appreciate the troll > message. > > Wow, i ask a legitimate question and look who chimes in with a snarky > response. Again mike, grow up.
Chris, chill. Your "legitimate question" contained the implication that there is some major difference between mailing list software, and that Google Groups was substandard in this ranking. The premise was pretty dumb. Anyway.... NLUG has never paid for a mailing list. NetCentral hosted the list in prior years and did so freely. It has nothing to do with money. NetCentral had also asked us to find another list host years ago, and Google Groups seemed to be the best option (with an automatic archive, web interface, etc.) when someone got around to moving it. Now, let me help you with nomenclature. A "troll" is a message that is specifically crafted to elicit a response from the clueless. It comes from the meaning in fishing where you basically drag a line around a lake hoping something will bite. Here, I looked it up in the dictionary for you: Quote: Hacker Slang: troll To utter a posting on Usenet designed to attract predictable responses or flames; or, the post itself. Derives from the phrase "trolling for newbies" which in turn comes from mainstream "trolling", a style of fishing in which one trails bait through a likely spot hoping for a bite. The well-constructed troll is a post that induces lots of newbies and flamers to make themselves look even more clueless than they already do, while subtly conveying to the more savvy and experienced that it is in fact a deliberate troll. If you don't fall for the joke, you get to be in on it. End Quote What I posted was a sarcastic response to a dumb question, maybe a flame, whatever. Sarcasm!=troll. A reasonable troll on this list would be someone asking a really stupid Windows question, pointing out that vim is better than emacs, that Suse rules while RedHat drools, something along those lines. Chris, had I realized it was "Chris Faulkner" instead of "Dr. X" or whatever, I wouldn't have even replied. So, consider this the last.... Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.michaelchaney.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
