Re: [Thinkpad] {OT} Meaning of Troll

The important this is, we all agree that he is a troll
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From: "David Reid" <dwreid@hiwaay.net>
To: "'Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS)'" <rosenr@mail.nih.gov>;
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Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 3:10 PM
Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] {OT} Meaning of Troll

Troll: (my perception) Referring, to a sometimes pesky creature that lurks
under the bridge waiting for it's prey to wonder by.
A)Someone who lurks around newsgroups or email lists, surfacing
occainsionally to stir up trouble.
B)Someone often misrepresented as a troll because they lurk around quitely
only on occaision to surface to gather information and inadvertantly stir up
trouble. More appropriately termed a "Sand bagger" (someone who hangs around
most of the time but has little input.

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From: thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org [mailto:thinkpad-bounces@stderr.org] On
Behalf Of Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS)
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:01 PM
To: 'thinkpad@stderr.org'
Subject: [Thinkpad] {OT} Meaning of Troll

I used to believe that “troll” on the Internet lists related back to the
fishing term troll or trolling, i.e., running bait thru the water hoping to
catch something.

Now of course we see phrases like “don't feed the troll” rather than
something like “don't get hooked on the trolled bait”.

So what's the real meaning? (I'd try googling for that but too painful on
the Blackberry.)

PS: so far everything from Lenovo is pre-buy design and same parts
contracts.

Despite Dell and HP speading FUD, I've seen no change other than better bid
pricing on my latest buy of T43p's.

Robert

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Robert Rosen
CIO, NIAMS - NIH
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