>Zoltán Kócsi >Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:44:15 -0700 >> Don't know what "plonking" is but one should not be discouraged to use > >It's an old USENET slangword, meaning adding someone to your killfile. >Most USENET newsreaders had a feature of filtering out posts from >users who were in blacklist, (a.k.a. killfile), so that noise generated >by regular trolls could be avoided (you could not ban people from >USENET and deleting posts was also almost impossible - it was one >amazingly efficient, reliable and democratic thing). Adding a name to >the blacklist was 'dropping someone into the killfile' and 'plonk' is >the sound of dropping something into a (metal) trashcan.
Thanks, learned something new today! :) So, only time will tell if the participants in this funny topic actually receive assistance to resolve any questions they have. As a digest-mode user, this filtering function is not relevant; I just ignore the rubbish and if necessary delete... -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
