It is patently impossible for the above post to read as redundant. It is post #12, and none of the first 11 posts say anything of the kind. You are abusing your moderator status, and you WILL be knocked down in M2.
Well, the quote Michael was reffering to is as follows.
in many respects, Trolls don't care for the very
web page in which they operate(emphasis added)
Some trolls don't care at all. However, most of us feel that we can make a person think twice about what they are saying, or make a moderator think twice about how they are moderating. In that respect, many of us care.
On the other hand, most of us don't care about
1. How much karma we earn.
2. What kind of/. "popularity" we have.
I care about all sorts of things, `tis true, however, that most of those things have nothing to do with/.
We could all compare karma. Why don't you tell me then? My karma has stayed well above the +1 bonus for a long time, ditto for StreetLawyer and others. We keep getting modded up. Someone likes what we post. That's for sure.
But it must be the Microsoft/Troll contingence who hang around with mod points and waits for us to troll.
Actually there is something inherently noble in pointing out the flaws in the system. You have a link to yro, yet you don't seem to believe that what we do is for the good of/.? Haven't you realized that we all congregate here because we like to be here? Don't you think we want to see this place get better and succeed, as opposed to slowly beginning to wallow in a sea of its own retarded mediocrity?
There is nothing destructive in posting a thought that disagrees with yours.
However, picking through a long post and quoting one or 2 lines out of it, is the easy way out.
But then again, what should I expect? You don't care about the quality of this site. You are just here to increase page views.
You can blame trolls all you want to, but that doesn't fix the moderation system. The fact that any troll can get moderated up to 5 in a matter of minutes is proof that it does not work.
All trolls (note, not spammers, not anonymous Emily Dickinson, not Penis Bird Man) have done is played devils advocate and forced people to think about what they are posting. In fact, I am considered a "troll" because I don't believe open source is the way to go. So what? I disagree, big deal. But that makes me a "troll" around here. I gladly accept the title.
Allow me to quote one of the "Troll Manifestos"
But for Trolls, it's more than just parody of the webpage.
In fact, in many respects, Trolls don't care for the very
web page in which they operate. For Trolls , as well as for
many other readers of the page, Slashdot itself has become
too self-important and too self-congratulatory. Its hosts
take on extremist viewpoints merely to keep pageviews
high... from posters who often just parrot whatever
CmdrTaco says. Worse yet, Slashdot believes it makes a
difference in the issues, when it rarely if ever does. And
perhaps worst of all... if it's on the internet, people
believe it as an absolute truth, despite the fact that most
of what's on Slashdot is simply opinion. What Trolls do on
Slashdot manage to demonstrate that rather accurately, each
and every day.
This website would be nothing but a bunch of zealots shouting "Me Too" at everything taco posts, were it not for the trolls.
Sorry, but I have been reading/. for about 2 years now, and have watched the quality in comment response drop steadily. The only thing that has improved has been the quality of trolls.
Tiemann said Red Hat has won the "distribution" battle, the effort to sell Linux and associated software. "The Linux distribution game is over. Red Hat has won that game. Red Hat is the market leader in virtually every respect," he said.
Was that a misquote too? Or does he only "selectively" speak for redhat?
Funny you say that, because if you actually bothered to read the article...
"I did not use the Source Fragment Disclosure Vulnerability, but used an exploit I wrote myself," he said. The exploit is software tool that Mansur developed and then used to gain access to the servers.
and
Dan Schindler, director of technical client service at CBSMarketWatch.com, responded, "Many thanks for bringing this to our attention. We have installed a patch and deployed it to all our data centers.
yup, typical IIS users.
Will you stop with the damn zealotry and fud already? Go back to crying about how there are no bugs in RedHat.
You can call yourself whatever you please. I refuse to call YOU an american. I live in Canada, part of North America. If I were Canadian I would call myself such. You on the other hand are your typical USian Right Wing zealot who thinks that all things USian are all things.
And BTW,
Democracy2 is probably one of the most unoriginal domain name Ideas I've heard since goat.sex.
Following Patent Law != MURDERING 6,000,000 PEOPLE.
Got that?
Now stop posting, and go back to your room and think about what you've said today, and I will take it on good faith that you will never compare the slaughter of innocents with Patent law again.
Listen up you tosser, Screw amazons "fudiciary" ways. Noone would care about the patent if they didn't use it to slam BN right before christmas sales time. Bezos is a double talking jack ass and we all know it. Of course now this means I have to defend Barnes and Noble, so I may as well start defending Cthulu and George W. Bush.
You know, it's not actually required that you post. I mean, if you have absolutely nothing to add to the discussion, you might as well not say anything. According to talk show host Jim Rome,
Start Trek sucks because Gene Roddenberry died. I don't care what fan writes what, it will never be as good as it was. Pop in Wrath Of Khan and get over it, the legacy is over. The sooner people stop watching the crap they keep putting out, the sooner it will go away.
What are you stupid? That has NOTHING to do with what you posted. You said
I install it, then everyone get a notice to change how they reach me.
I wasn't talking about your mom, your cousin, your Grandma. I was talking about YOU. YOu are slamming Microsoft when YOU are too lazy to read the things that pop up in front of you. As a matter of fact, most of my friends who are "cluebies" tend to freak out and stop what they are doing when they don't understand a message, and immediately call me or another of their "geek" friends to explain it to them.
Got it?
So I ask again. Were you lying in your original post or are you just stupid?
Either you're above statement is a lie, or you are a clueless newbie, since it ASKS YOU before it sends the message. Are you so blind as to idly click through anything that pops up on your screen? I swear some of you people, in your ever mounting quest to become 1 with slashbot collective. It really disgusts me. Sometimes I would rather look at http://goatse.cx then read these inane posts.
1. (5) He or his spouse, or a person within the third degree of relationship to either of them, or the spouse of such a person:
blah blah blah
That applies to if his son were going to be in the courtroom defending or prosecuting MS in front of the Supreme Court.
2. The situation you describe his son being in, he wins either way no matter how the Supremem court rules. In fact he will probably make MORE money if They are declared an (illegal) monopoly and have to battle private antitrust suits. All you slashdotters should hope that their IS a conflict of interests, as it is a conflict that reflects YOUR best interests.
That was not a troll. That was flamebait. Please moderate it accordingly. Here is an example of a troll (for future reference)
Well now that Sonique is on Linux, We can look forward to RMS screaming about how their source license violates the GPL. I'm tired of his communist antics. That bastard.
Note, I am not a very good troll, for better ones, see the troll homepage.
Slashdot Mirror
Thank You.
TheReverand
1. Limit the # of posts per user more than it is now.
2. Eliminate Karma as a cumulative system.
3. Limit the # of posts per story. We shouldn't need a (-1 redundant) tag.
I have more, and I will be there at 9 est. to share them don't you worry.
in many respects, Trolls don't care for the very web page in which they operate(emphasis added)
Some trolls don't care at all. However, most of us feel that we can make a person think twice about what they are saying, or make a moderator think twice about how they are moderating. In that respect, many of us care.
On the other hand, most of us don't care about
1. How much karma we earn.
2. What kind of /. "popularity" we have.
I care about all sorts of things, `tis true, however, that most of those things have nothing to do with /.
Well, the initial post by me that you responded to was modded down as a troll.
Why don't you tell me?
But it must be the Microsoft/Troll contingence who hang around with mod points and waits for us to troll.
Right?
There is nothing destructive in posting a thought that disagrees with yours.
However, picking through a long post and quoting one or 2 lines out of it, is the easy way out.
But then again, what should I expect? You don't care about the quality of this site. You are just here to increase page views.
Right?
All trolls (note, not spammers, not anonymous Emily Dickinson, not Penis Bird Man) have done is played devils advocate and forced people to think about what they are posting. In fact, I am considered a "troll" because I don't believe open source is the way to go. So what? I disagree, big deal. But that makes me a "troll" around here. I gladly accept the title.
Allow me to quote one of the "Troll Manifestos"
But for Trolls, it's more than just parody of the webpage. In fact, in many respects, Trolls don't care for the very web page in which they operate. For Trolls , as well as for many other readers of the page, Slashdot itself has become too self-important and too self-congratulatory. Its hosts take on extremist viewpoints merely to keep pageviews high... from posters who often just parrot whatever CmdrTaco says. Worse yet, Slashdot believes it makes a difference in the issues, when it rarely if ever does. And perhaps worst of all... if it's on the internet, people believe it as an absolute truth, despite the fact that most of what's on Slashdot is simply opinion. What Trolls do on Slashdot manage to demonstrate that rather accurately, each and every day.
This website would be nothing but a bunch of zealots shouting "Me Too" at everything taco posts, were it not for the trolls.
Sorry, but I have been reading /. for about 2 years now, and have watched the quality in comment response drop steadily. The only thing that has improved has been the quality of trolls.
Was that a misquote too? Or does he only "selectively" speak for redhat?
Linux is not RedHat.
I don't recall saying that.
I believe I was referring to this article
Of course any post that pushes your agenda is a good post isn't it?
P.S.
I bet I know more about Religions (east and west) and Governments (east and west) then you think you know about "democracy".
"I did not use the Source Fragment Disclosure Vulnerability, but used an exploit I wrote myself," he said. The exploit is software tool that Mansur developed and then used to gain access to the servers.
and
Dan Schindler, director of technical client service at CBSMarketWatch.com, responded, "Many thanks for bringing this to our attention. We have installed a patch and deployed it to all our data centers.
yup, typical IIS users.
Will you stop with the damn zealotry and fud already? Go back to crying about how there are no bugs in RedHat.
And BTW,
Democracy2 is probably one of the most unoriginal domain name Ideas I've heard since goat.sex.
Cheers
There's a reason that only ~%2 of the world is online.
Stop your USian centric rhetoric.
Following Patent Law != MURDERING 6,000,000 PEOPLE.
Got that?
Now stop posting, and go back to your room and think about what you've said today, and I will take it on good faith that you will never compare the slaughter of innocents with Patent law again.
Listen up you tosser, Screw amazons "fudiciary" ways. Noone would care about the patent if they didn't use it to slam BN right before christmas sales time. Bezos is a double talking jack ass and we all know it. Of course now this means I have to defend Barnes and Noble, so I may as well start defending Cthulu and George W. Bush.
Have a take, don't suck, or don't talk to me.
Just a friendly tip!
Start Trek sucks because Gene Roddenberry died. I don't care what fan writes what, it will never be as good as it was. Pop in Wrath Of Khan and get over it, the legacy is over. The sooner people stop watching the crap they keep putting out, the sooner it will go away.
The defaul login was sa. The default password was blank. I think it's about time you guys fessed up to your MSSQL addiction.
You've spent 810$ in something like 10 years? Man that must of kept food off the table.
I wasn't talking about your mom, your cousin, your Grandma. I was talking about YOU. YOu are slamming Microsoft when YOU are too lazy to read the things that pop up in front of you. As a matter of fact, most of my friends who are "cluebies" tend to freak out and stop what they are doing when they don't understand a message, and immediately call me or another of their "geek" friends to explain it to them.
Got it?
So I ask again. Were you lying in your original post or are you just stupid?
1. (5) He or his spouse, or a person within the third degree of relationship to either of them, or the spouse of such a person: blah blah blah
That applies to if his son were going to be in the courtroom defending or prosecuting MS in front of the Supreme Court.
2. The situation you describe his son being in, he wins either way no matter how the Supremem court rules. In fact he will probably make MORE money if They are declared an (illegal) monopoly and have to battle private antitrust suits. All you slashdotters should hope that their IS a conflict of interests, as it is a conflict that reflects YOUR best interests.
Dell sells Linux Laptops.
Anything else?
Well now that Sonique is on Linux, We can look forward to RMS screaming about how their source license violates the GPL. I'm tired of his communist antics. That bastard.
Note, I am not a very good troll, for better ones, see the troll homepage.
Thank you.