Re: A public service announcement.

From: Anne Vasquez (annevasquez_at_NOSPAMhotmail.com)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:47:06 GMT

You forgot the loud BEEP before and after your announcement! <G>

Anne

14tonks wrote:

> "RaeMorrill" <raemorrill@aol.com.com> wrote in message
> news:20040729125734.03820.00001525@mb-m19.aol.com...
>
>>>Please don't feed the trolls. I enjoy the variety of discussion we
>
> usually
>
>>>have on SMT,. and I hate it when the group gets hijacked.
>>>--
>>
>>I trust you are referring to the true trolls here recently asking for help
>
> with
>
>>S*E*X, not simply posters that are disrupting your day.
>
>
>
> Additional definitions to improve understanding, from the Brits, who are
> careful of their English:
>
> troll
> An electronic mail message, Usenet posting or other (electronic)
> communication which is intentionally incorrect, but not overtly
> controversial (compare flame bait), or the act of sending such a message.
> Trolling aims to elicit an emotional reaction from those with a hair-trigger
> on the reply key. A really subtle troll makes some people lose their minds.
>
> flame bait
> <messaging> A Usenet posting or other message intended to trigger a flame
> war, or one that invites flames in reply.
>
> flame war
> <messaging, jargon> An acrimonious dispute conducted on a public electronic
> forum such as Usenet. See flame.
>
> flame
> <messaging> To rant, to speak or write incessantly and/or rabidly on some
> relatively uninteresting subject or with a patently ridiculous attitude or
> with hostility toward a particular person or group of people.
>
> That concludes this public service announcement.

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