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You forgot to link to The Moon: A Ridiculous Liberal Myth.

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Linux 9.0 with the Kool Desktop Environment Information Technology Technology Support strange hacks in the 'Preferences' section (apparently a reference to simply changing an option!) hack in the Konsole program (a terminal command) arcane nuances (another classic line, especially when referring to the simple tasks done on a purely GUI desktop)

According to version 0.6 of The /. Troll HOWTO links section, you should examine the following List of Fallacious Arguments page and quote, "Learn them and use them liberally." Fallacy of Extension however, is an argument that most can practice without doing so in a different meaning of the word.

MOD THE PARENT -1 TROLL
do as you're told

Additional information here. (Yes, it still cracks me up whenever I read it)

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That is just more proof that he is a time traveler.

Why isn't there any evidence now?

I suggest that he started snopes and WWN after this story appeared in order to strengthen his case, then destroyed the SEC records to cover his tracks.

He probably launched the moon too.

Au Contraire, wanker, it was an excellent high-quality troll, old-skool in its simplicity, and spot on with several key trolling techniques straight from the HOWTO

It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)

Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors .. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt .45 and a .38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.

Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun-revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!

Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.

Perhaps you should look closely at the URL. And other pages on that site, such as:

The /. troll HOWTO

In case anyone was doubtful over whether this post should get a -1 troll or not, i did a google search for:


"Here are a few example comments from a focus group session from Q3 1999 in response to a question about their attitudes to Linux and open source software"

A complete phrase like this should be unique if this article were original. It is not. There is an archive of the troll here, which was originally posted to slashdot on 6/25/2000:


http://www.spiralx.co.uk/texts/troll2.html

Canada is a ridiculous socialist myth

Read the Troll manual again Your are supposed to make it much shorter.

I see you have been reading the Troll HowTo