>From dictionary.com it is both a noun and a verb.
(edited) troll1 Audio pronunciation of "troll" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (trl)
v. trolled, troll·ing, trolls v. intr.
1. To fish for by trailing a baited line from behind a slowly
moving boat.
2. To fish in by trailing a baited line: troll the lake for bass.
3. To trail (a baited line) in fishing.
2. Slang. To patrol (an area) in search for someone or something: "
[Criminals] troll bus stations for young runaways" (Pete Axthelm).
1. To fish by trailing a line, as from a moving boat.
2. Slang. To patrol an area in search for someone or something.
------->>>> A lure, such as a spoon or spinner, that is used
for trolling.
[Middle English trollen, to wander about, from Old French troller, of
Germanic origin.]troller
---->>> A supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore, variously
portrayed as a friendly or mischievous dwarf or as a giant, that lives
in caves, in the hills, or under bridges.
Or (my definition)
1. A person who mindlessly posts rant level stuff on lists just to
get a rise out of people, like posting on the Chevy list (Chevys suck)
or something like that. The transparently intentional starting of
fights, flame wars, etc. with a group of people expressing their
shared views and interests in a topic online --of which the poster is
strongly opposed.
-Marc
On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:16:52 +0800, Edward Yang
<neo_in_matrix@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thomas Cameron wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Edward Yang
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:45 PM
> Subject: FC3 sucks. It takes up too much memory!
>
>
> I am *not* exagerating. Please look at the attached screenshot for detail:
>
> 1. I think eggcups is the process for printing. Why it takes up more than
> 40mb memory? On Windows 2000, the spooler printing service takes up
> only a little more than 4mb memory and less than 3mb virtual memory.
>
> 2. And, eggcups belongs to my session. I am not familiar with the
> terminal concept. I guess if a user logs on thru a dumb terminal, he/she
> will get his/her own eggcups; and 40mb memory will reduced from the
> server. Is my guess true?
>
> 3. If I 'kill nnn', where nnn is the pid of eggcups, it somehow respawns.
> How can I stop this? Anyway I don't want printing service right now, I am
> just learning programming on Linux.
>
> 4. I don't want xscreensaver, because I am running FC3 inside Microsoft
> Virtual PC. How to stop it?
>
> 5. What is gnome-vfs/esd? Are they a must to for a user session?
>
> Please forgive me if my post aroused some kind of holy debate. I come
> from Windows world, it's inevitable for me to compare Linux/FC with
> Windows. But I will appreciate very much if someone can help me, instead
> of just saying 'Only newbies don't understand' or even 'Only morons don't
> understand'.
>
> Everyone say it with me: "Don't feed the trolls."
> Okay, I am not English and I don't know what is a *troll* is. But I think
> those who post useless messages to this list are *trolls* themselves.
>
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