Oh no, bullies online!
Lost Dragon
http://www.zdnet.com/feeds/cgi/framer/hud00025a0/www.zdnet.com/familypc/stor
ies/main/0%252C12530%252C2668222%252C00.html
> While this is by no means a widespread phenomenon,
> at least not yet, virtual bullying, or "flaming,"
> has migrated into cyberspace via e-mail and unmonitored
Wow.. People "flame" each other online. I never
would've known that (rolls eyes)..
Jeez....
What planet has this reporter been living on for the past
10 years? "by no means a widespread phenomenon"?
Hello? Earth to ZDNet..
Sorry.. It's just that the irony was too incredible to
bear alone.. :-)
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Ethan
>excerpt from:
>
>http://www.zdnet.com/feeds/cgi/framer/hud00025a0/www.zdnet.com/familypc/stor
>ies/main/0%252C12530%252C2668222%252C00.html
>
>
>> While this is by no means a widespread phenomenon,
>> at least not yet, virtual bullying, or "flaming,"
>> has migrated into cyberspace via e-mail and unmonitored
>
>Wow.. People "flame" each other online. I never
>would've known that (rolls eyes)..
>
>Jeez....
>
>What planet has this reporter been living on for the past
>10 years? "by no means a widespread phenomenon"?
>
>Hello? Earth to ZDNet..
>
>Sorry.. It's just that the irony was too incredible to
>bear alone.. :-)
I hate to inturrupt this but...
WATER IS WET!
Jeez...
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Samurai
[munch]
>What planet has this reporter been living on for the past
>10 years? "by no means a widespread phenomenon"?
Journalism not quite at its worst, but close. The writer is using
shock tactics to make a story out of a fairly ordinary event -- an
event on which the writer has clearly done little or no research.
Believe me, there would have been a bit of re-writing if that had
landed on _my_ desk... >:)
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Paulon
>Quoth "Lost Dragon" <lost-...@home.com>:
>[munch]
>>What planet has this reporter been living on for the past
>>10 years? "by no means a widespread phenomenon"?
>
>Journalism not quite at its worst, but close. The writer is using
>shock tactics to make a story out of a fairly ordinary event -- an
>event on which the writer has clearly done little or no research.
>
>Believe me, there would have been a bit of re-writing if that had
>landed on _my_ desk... >:)
Like ripping the 'article' to shreds in front of the author and giving a
'suggestion' to do the job properly?
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>
> From the ashes, Samurai arises!
>
> >Quoth "Lost Dragon" <lost-...@home.com>:
> >[munch]
> >>What planet has this reporter been living on for the past
> >>10 years? "by no means a widespread phenomenon"?
> >
> >Journalism not quite at its worst, but close. The writer is using
> >shock tactics to make a story out of a fairly ordinary event -- an
> >event on which the writer has clearly done little or no research.
> >
> >Believe me, there would have been a bit of re-writing if that had
> >landed on _my_ desk... >:)
>
> Like ripping the 'article' to shreds in front of the author and giving a
> 'suggestion' to do the job properly?
:snickers: I don't suppose any of the article dealt with tangents
or useful information like how to plonk and counter-trolling?
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Paulon
>Paulon wrote:
>> From the ashes, Samurai arises!
>> >Believe me, there would have been a bit of re-writing if that had
>> >landed on _my_ desk... >:)
>> Like ripping the 'article' to shreds in front of the author and giving a
>> 'suggestion' to do the job properly?
>:snickers: I don't suppose any of the article dealt with tangents
>or useful information like how to plonk and counter-trolling?
Be serious. Why would an 'off-the-top-of-the-head' POS bother with having
something useful in it? That would mean the author had to actually _know_
something about the topic! *looks shocked at the thought*
Helgraf Dragon
>
> From the ashes, Helgraf Dragon arises!
>
> >Paulon wrote:
>
> >> From the ashes, Samurai arises!
>
> >> >Believe me, there would have been a bit of re-writing if that had
> >> >landed on _my_ desk... >:)
>
> >> Like ripping the 'article' to shreds in front of the author and giving a
> >> 'suggestion' to do the job properly?
>
> >:snickers: I don't suppose any of the article dealt with tangents
> >or useful information like how to plonk and counter-trolling?
>
> Be serious. Why would an 'off-the-top-of-the-head' POS bother with having
> something useful in it? That would mean the author had to actually _know_
> something about the topic! *looks shocked at the thought*
Damn optimism. Never wins bets.
Samurai
>From the ashes, Samurai arises!
>>Believe me, there would have been a bit of re-writing if that had
>>landed on _my_ desk... >:)
>
>Like ripping the 'article' to shreds in front of the author and
>giving a 'suggestion' to do the job properly?
That might have figured somewhere in the rewrite process, yes.
Boa Dragon The Mega Drooler
>WATER IS WET!
Reminds me of one of my friends at school. When I was having lunch
together with another friend, friend #1 stopped by and told us that
his girlfriend had thrown a glass of water at him. When I asked him
"So she really wet your pants, then?" (that's the closest translation
I can come up with), he jsut said "You sick bastards!" and walked
away...
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Wtcher Dragon
Samurai wrote:
> >Like ripping the 'article' to shreds in front of the author and
> >giving a 'suggestion' to do the job properly?
>
> That might have figured somewhere in the rewrite process, yes.
"Howdy parents, the internet is evil!"
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