On 10/10/11 14:38, Jim Devine wrote:
> <[email protected]>  wrote:
>> (I was not planning to send that because "jmp" is obviously a troll, but 
>> FC's link copy-paste machine has resumed activity after the week-end, so 
>> let's go.)<
>
> why a "troll"? why "obviously"? and what exactly _is_ a "troll"?

I think that a troll is someone from within the cyberspatial dimension 
who often pops out of nowhere and posts something to a list or a forum 
that has the main purpose of stirring up heated debate, often about 
nomenclature or some identity-oriented brand thing, and for his of her 
own amusement, watching with a grin as the "debate" ensues.

In this case, the nearest we come to a troll is the Helaryious posts 
about how Apple is not to be singled out (because the probable troll is 
likely an Apple user). The undersigned, on the other hand, is just a 
drunken ranter, who used to work on the floor of factory.

"jmp"


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