Who is this Rob Cypher guy who feels like he has to incessantly crosspost across Usenet? He's crossposted sporadically to ATT in the past, but he seems to be going into overdrive as of late. It would actually kind of pitiful if it wasn't so incredibly annoying.
Is he actually someone of some importance in various online fandoms ... or simply someone with an unwarranted sense of self- importance? What's the deal?
rob cypher has been spamming ATT & cross posting all over ATT before I got here on ATT.
Rob cypher has been spamming ATT for 13+years.
he appears to be this guy with tons of free time on his hands.
trying to make his dent in the world by spamming a obsolete news group forum called usenet.
apparently rob cyper makes zero attempt to fit into the news group he's spamming. he appears to have a few screws loose & gets angry & upset like a 3 year old when people politely ask him to stop.
At this point i'm convinced Rob cypher lives in some sort of crazy/ mental house or jail. that allows it's members to post freely on the internet.
Chad,personally I blame myself & gustavo. we should have kept ignoring him let we've been doing so for years.
hopefully he'll calm down when we all start ignoring him again by not replying to his threads here in ATT.
I'm not certain if rob cypher has a cult following or pretends to be tons of repliers responding to his threads.
Rob Cypher usually gets banned from usenet almost every week. then creates another usenet name & starts spamming again on usenet. he must have tons of free internet provider user names.
WATCH OUT DON'T OPEN ANY EMAIL THAT YOUR NOT FAMILAR WITH. Rob cypher sends virus emails to those that reply to him on usenet groups.
Chad Rushing wrote: > or simply someone with an unwarranted sense of self- > importance?
I would bet on this one.
I also wonder about all the "people" that reply to him. Are they his toadies or is he like Deathy, with twenty million other IDs that he uses to talk to himself and perpetuate the spam further?
On Dec 23, 2:46 am, Chad Rushing <notu...@aol.com> wrote:
> Who is this Rob Cypher guy who feels like he has to incessantly > crosspost across Usenet? He's crossposted sporadically to ATT in the > past, but he seems to be going into overdrive as of late. It would > actually kind of pitiful if it wasn't so incredibly annoying.
> Is he actually someone of some importance in various online > fandoms ... or simply someone with an unwarranted sense of self- > importance? What's the deal?
> - Chad
He's a jerk that cycles through newsgroups every few years, launching spam attacks and generally being a pain. Cypher's been driven off before via discussion of new stuff - Beast Machines, the Unicron Trilogy, and so forth - and I assume that'll do the trick again.
...although I'm amused by his discussion of the Borg and comparing himself to them. Doesn't he know that in recent novels, the Borg were effectively wiped out? Maybe he should switch his comparisons to the Daleks...
On Dec 23, 2:46 am, Chad Rushing <notu...@aol.com> wrote:
> Who is this Rob Cypher guy who feels like he has to incessantly > crosspost across Usenet? He's crossposted sporadically to ATT in the > past, but he seems to be going into overdrive as of late. It would > actually kind of pitiful if it wasn't so incredibly annoying.
> Is he actually someone of some importance in various online > fandoms ... or simply someone with an unwarranted sense of self- > importance? What's the deal?
He's a lesser-known internet troll but he's been doing it for years. Gotta give him, he's persistent.
Brian Kilby, after a recent event, I have to say, I may be the best internet troll ever.
brian kilby wrote: "He's a lesser-known internet troll but he's been
doing it for years.Gotta give him, he's persistent."
rob cypher went years without posting/spamming on ATT. my guess is it was beyond his control. perhaps he did some time in jail or got put in a crazy house against his will.
what's the sense in trolling the internet,if you don't blend in & give the readers some persona.
rob cypher reminds me of all those advertisting info commericial spammers on usenet.
On Dec 23, 3:14 am, "...also known as Thunder" <decep...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> I also wonder about all the "people" that reply to him. Are they his > toadies or is he like Deathy, with twenty million other IDs that he uses > to talk to himself and perpetuate the spam further?
I actually wondered about that, too. People act like trolls because they are insecure and are seeking attention from others. If they're given attention of any kind, even negative attention, then that just encourages them all the more. Like I said earlier, people like that would have my pity if they weren't so annoying.
The best thing to do is not ignore them and/or to report them as spammers to any administrators (Google?) or moderators on a private forum.
> On Dec 23, 2:46 am, Chad Rushing<notu...@aol.com> wrote: >> Who is this Rob Cypher guy who feels like he has to incessantly >> crosspost across Usenet? He's crossposted sporadically to ATT in the >> past, but he seems to be going into overdrive as of late. It would >> actually kind of pitiful if it wasn't so incredibly annoying.
>> Is he actually someone of some importance in various online >> fandoms ... or simply someone with an unwarranted sense of self- >> importance? What's the deal?
>> - Chad
> He's a jerk that cycles through newsgroups every few years, launching > spam attacks and generally being a pain. Cypher's been driven off > before via discussion of new stuff - Beast Machines, the Unicron > Trilogy, and so forth - and I assume that'll do the trick again.
> ...although I'm amused by his discussion of the Borg and comparing > himself to them. Doesn't he know that in recent novels, the Borg were > effectively wiped out? Maybe he should switch his comparisons to the > Daleks...
Can you give us some titles of those novels? Also how were the borg wiped out? Last I saw them was of course the end of voyager where they blew up part of their transwarp network.
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:27:34 -0500, Cornholio <t...@mybunghole.net> wrote: >On 12/23/2009 7:24 AM, William Rendfeld wrote: >> On Dec 23, 2:46 am, Chad Rushing<notu...@aol.com> wrote: >>> Who is this Rob Cypher guy who feels like he has to incessantly >>> crosspost across Usenet? He's crossposted sporadically to ATT in the >>> past, but he seems to be going into overdrive as of late. It would >>> actually kind of pitiful if it wasn't so incredibly annoying.
>>> Is he actually someone of some importance in various online >>> fandoms ... or simply someone with an unwarranted sense of self- >>> importance? What's the deal?
>>> - Chad
>> He's a jerk that cycles through newsgroups every few years, launching >> spam attacks and generally being a pain. Cypher's been driven off >> before via discussion of new stuff - Beast Machines, the Unicron >> Trilogy, and so forth - and I assume that'll do the trick again.
>> ...although I'm amused by his discussion of the Borg and comparing >> himself to them. Doesn't he know that in recent novels, the Borg were >> effectively wiped out? Maybe he should switch his comparisons to the >> Daleks...
>Can you give us some titles of those novels? Also how were the borg >wiped out? Last I saw them was of course the end of voyager where they >blew up part of their transwarp network.
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:10:49 -0800 (PST), TigerMegatron <TigerMegat...@aol.com> wrote: >rob cypher has been spamming ATT & cross posting all over ATT before I >got here on ATT.
>Rob cypher has been spamming ATT for 13+years.
>he appears to be this guy with tons of free time on his hands.
>trying to make his dent in the world by spamming a obsolete news group >forum called usenet.
>apparently rob cyper makes zero attempt to fit into the news group >he's spamming. he appears to have a few screws loose & gets angry & >upset like a 3 year old when people politely ask him to stop.
>At this point i'm convinced Rob cypher lives in some sort of crazy/ >mental house or jail. that allows it's members to post freely on the >internet.
>Chad,personally I blame myself & gustavo. we should have kept ignoring >him let we've been doing so for years.
>hopefully he'll calm down when we all start ignoring him again by not >replying to his threads here in ATT.
>I'm not certain if rob cypher has a cult following or pretends to be >tons of repliers responding to his threads.
>Rob Cypher usually gets banned from usenet almost every week. then >creates another usenet name & starts spamming again on usenet. he >must have tons of free internet provider user names.
>WATCH OUT DON'T OPEN ANY EMAIL THAT YOUR NOT FAMILAR WITH. Rob cypher >sends virus emails to those that reply to him on usenet groups.
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:13:26 -0800 (PST), Chad Rushing <notu...@aol.com> wrote: >On Dec 23, 3:14 am, "...also known as Thunder" <decep...@shaw.ca> >wrote:
>> I also wonder about all the "people" that reply to him. Are they his >> toadies or is he like Deathy, with twenty million other IDs that he uses >> to talk to himself and perpetuate the spam further?
>I actually wondered about that, too. People act like trolls because >they are insecure and are seeking attention from others. If they're >given attention of any kind, even negative attention, then that just >encourages them all the more. Like I said earlier, people like that >would have my pity if they weren't so annoying.
>The best thing to do is not ignore them and/or to report them as >spammers to any administrators (Google?) or moderators on a private >forum.
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:00:27 -0800 (PST), Brian Kilby <brian.ki...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Dec 23, 2:46 am, Chad Rushing <notu...@aol.com> wrote: >> Who is this Rob Cypher guy who feels like he has to incessantly >> crosspost across Usenet? He's crossposted sporadically to ATT in the >> past, but he seems to be going into overdrive as of late. It would >> actually kind of pitiful if it wasn't so incredibly annoying.
>> Is he actually someone of some importance in various online >> fandoms ... or simply someone with an unwarranted sense of self- >> importance? What's the deal?
>He's a lesser-known internet troll but he's been doing it for years. >Gotta give him, he's persistent.
>Brian Kilby, >after a recent event, I have to say, I may be the best internet troll >ever.
On Dec 22, 11:46 pm, Chad Rushing <notu...@aol.com> wrote:
> Who is this Rob Cypher guy who feels like he has to incessantly > crosspost across Usenet? He's crossposted sporadically to ATT in the > past, but he seems to be going into overdrive as of late. It would > actually kind of pitiful if it wasn't so incredibly annoying.
Why choose? Why can't it be both pitiful and annoying?
> Is he actually someone of some importance in various online > fandoms ... or simply someone with an unwarranted sense of self- > importance? What's the deal?
He is of no importance. He is not even important enough to be an annoyance somewhere other than the slowly dying usenet.
> On Dec 23, 2:46 am, Chad Rushing <notu...@aol.com> wrote:
> > Who is this Rob Cypher guy who feels like he has to incessantly > > crosspost across Usenet? He's crossposted sporadically to ATT in the > > past, but he seems to be going into overdrive as of late. It would > > actually kind of pitiful if it wasn't so incredibly annoying.
> > Is he actually someone of some importance in various online > > fandoms ... or simply someone with an unwarranted sense of self- > > importance? What's the deal?
> He's a lesser-known internet troll but he's been doing it for years. > Gotta give him, he's persistent.
> Brian Kilby, > after a recent event, I have to say, I may be the best internet troll > ever.
> On Dec 23, 3:14 am, "...also known as Thunder" <decep...@shaw.ca> > wrote:
> > I also wonder about all the "people" that reply to him. Are they his > > toadies or is he like Deathy, with twenty million other IDs that he uses > > to talk to himself and perpetuate the spam further?
> I actually wondered about that, too. People act like trolls because > they are insecure and are seeking attention from others. If they're > given attention of any kind, even negative attention, then that just > encourages them all the more. Like I said earlier, people like that > would have my pity if they weren't so annoying.
> The best thing to do is not ignore them and/or to report them as > spammers to any administrators (Google?) or moderators on a private > forum.
Google doesn't do anything with usenet, other than present a semi- functional interface for it.
> On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:27:34 -0500, Cornholio <t...@mybunghole.net> wrote:
>>On 12/23/2009 7:24 AM, William Rendfeld wrote: >>> On Dec 23, 2:46 am, Chad Rushing<notu...@aol.com> wrote: >>>> Who is this Rob Cypher guy who feels like he has to incessantly >>>> crosspost across Usenet?
The answer to your question, my friend, is "an asshole."
>>>> past, but he seems to be going into overdrive as of late. It would >>>> actually kind of pitiful if it wasn't so incredibly annoying.
>>>> Is he actually someone of some importance in various online >>>> fandoms ... or simply someone with an unwarranted sense of self- >>>> importance? What's the deal?
>>>> - Chad
>>> He's a jerk that cycles through newsgroups every few years, launching >>> spam attacks and generally being a pain. Cypher's been driven off >>> before via discussion of new stuff - Beast Machines, the Unicron >>> Trilogy, and so forth - and I assume that'll do the trick again.
>>> ...although I'm amused by his discussion of the Borg and comparing >>> himself to them. Doesn't he know that in recent novels, the Borg were >>> effectively wiped out? Maybe he should switch his comparisons to the >>> Daleks...
>>Can you give us some titles of those novels? Also how were the borg >>wiped out? Last I saw them was of course the end of voyager where they >>blew up part of their transwarp network.
Mr. Cypher, feel free to sling all the insults you want. All you are doing is storing up that much more merciless judgment for yourself in eternity, a very foolhardy and tragic course to choose:
"But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment." -- Jesus Christ, MATTHEW 12:36
Given that statement and your usual modus operandi, I would have a very hard time sleeping at night if I were you. Hopefully, you will realize the error of your ways and get your act together before your number is up.
> On Dec 24, 12:45 am, "Rob Cypher aka \"The Anti-Bob\"" > <bals...@aol.com> wrote:
>> [comments snipped]
> Mr. Cypher, feel free to sling all the insults you want. All you are > doing is storing up that much more merciless judgment for yourself in > eternity, a very foolhardy and tragic course to choose:
> "But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall > give an accounting for it in the day of judgment." -- Jesus Christ, > MATTHEW 12:36
> Given that statement and your usual modus operandi, I would have a > very hard time sleeping at night if I were you. Hopefully, you will > realize the error of your ways and get your act together before your > number is up.
On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:31:45 -0800 (PST), TigerMegatron <TigerMegat...@aol.com> wrote: >This can't be the real rob cypher. because rob cypher has >never,responded to another person's thread on ATT
>this has got to be someone else pretending to be rob cypher for >laughs.
>Brian kilby mentioned he pulled off the greatest scam on usenet. I >wonder if he's referring to prentending to be rob cypher.
I hadn't until you alerted me to your newsgroup's existence.
On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:02:51 -0800 (PST), Gustavo Wombat <GustavoWom...@yahoo.com> wrote: >On Dec 22, 11:46 pm, Chad Rushing <notu...@aol.com> wrote: >> Who is this Rob Cypher guy who feels like he has to incessantly >> crosspost across Usenet? He's crossposted sporadically to ATT in the >> past, but he seems to be going into overdrive as of late. It would >> actually kind of pitiful if it wasn't so incredibly annoying.
>Why choose? Why can't it be both pitiful and annoying?
>> Is he actually someone of some importance in various online >> fandoms ... or simply someone with an unwarranted sense of self- >> importance? What's the deal?
>He is of no importance. He is not even important enough to be an >annoyance somewhere other than the slowly dying usenet.
> > On Dec 23, 2:46 am, Chad Rushing<notu...@aol.com> wrote: > >> Who is this Rob Cypher guy who feels like he has to incessantly > >> crosspost across Usenet? He's crossposted sporadically to ATT in the > >> past, but he seems to be going into overdrive as of late. It would > >> actually kind of pitiful if it wasn't so incredibly annoying.
> >> Is he actually someone of some importance in various online > >> fandoms ... or simply someone with an unwarranted sense of self- > >> importance? What's the deal?
> >> - Chad
> > He's a jerk that cycles through newsgroups every few years, launching > > spam attacks and generally being a pain. Cypher's been driven off > > before via discussion of new stuff - Beast Machines, the Unicron > > Trilogy, and so forth - and I assume that'll do the trick again.
> > ...although I'm amused by his discussion of the Borg and comparing > > himself to them. Doesn't he know that in recent novels, the Borg were > > effectively wiped out? Maybe he should switch his comparisons to the > > Daleks...
> Can you give us some titles of those novels? Also how were the borg > wiped out? Last I saw them was of course the end of voyager where they > blew up part of their transwarp network.
The Voyager relaunch novels had the Borg launch smaller attacks against the Federation following the conclusion of the series, only to get beaten off again. The Next Generation relaunch novels (taking place after the events of "Nemesis") have the Borg rampaging about the Alpha Quadrant, destroying and or assimilating ships and people (including Janeway). This continued until the Destiny trilogy. That story revealed their origins to be in a perverted version of the gestalt mind of a race called the Caeliar. After being convinced to come to the rescue, the Caeliar dismantled the Collective and accepted former drones into its gestalt, those same former drones regaining their individuality and having what remaining Borg components dematerialize (the novels illustrated this with Seven of Nine).
I haven't read them, being only aware of these details through sites like Wikipedia, Memory Alpha (the canon Trek wiki) and Memory Beta (the Trek wiki that covers the novels and such), but I'm extremely pleased to hear about their storylines. I always found the Borg to be boring compared to the rest of the various alien races seen in Trek - incredibly scary, no argument, but boring. Having them removed from the picture is a blessing.
