Marc M wrote:
>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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Thanks for your definition. After reading your
definition, I am 100% sure I am *not* that something called *troll*,
because I I am keen on Linux progamming and very eager to get help.
If some people think that the best way to treat a person that is mad
about something he cannot understand is name calling, then I'd say
that's a sad dark side in some corners of Linux communtity.
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