FWIW, I appreciated JMP's "drunken" ranting about the truth behind Steve Jobs' hype.
On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 7:22 AM, jmp <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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" > > > -- > http://commoning.wordpress.com > > "...I thought we were an autonomous collective..." > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Jim Devine / "In an ugly and unhappy world the richest man can purchase nothing but ugliness and unhappiness." -- George Bernard Shaw _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
