Ways of life.
Ian Braidwood
<SNIP!>
The question is: Why?
I mean haven't you got a life to lead? Don't you work?
Don't you know there are walls which haven't dried that are just
crying out for your attention?
You could start a collection: knitting patterns, Pokemon cards or Dime
bar wrappers. All offer limitless hours of delight to someone of your
ability.
If you can program, you could write a snotty post generator and
indulge your masterbatory fantasys to your heart's content.
There is of course another possibility:
You could read a science fiction book (a whole one) and review it on
rec.arts.sf.written. You could write an essay on the portayal of
trolls in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, including their
transfer to other media like audiobooks or cartoons.
These are just some of the posssibilities waiting for you if you could
summon up the imagination.
Regards,
(-: Ian :-)
Michael Warner
diri...@virgin.net (Ian Braidwood) wrote:
>Terry Austin <tau...@hyperbooks.com> wrote in message
news:<n6rq8u8j13pri5b4o...@4ax.com>...
>
><SNIP!>
[snip many better ways Terry could spend his time]
>
>These are just some of the posssibilities waiting for you if you could
>summon up the imagination.
>
It seems to me that is the basic point. Terry hasn't much imagination at
all. I notice his attacks and flames aren't very creative or new. In fact,
I've heard elementary school bullies come up with more interesting ways of
taunting and insulting others. I don't think Terry is a robot, or a person
containing the complete array of mental faculties most are blessed with.
Perhaps the people who work in his institution see his computer "hobby" as
a harmless way to keep him from picking on the other inmates.
--
Michael Warner (mwa...@eng.utah.edu)
Respect nature, because it has no respect for you.
Ian Braidwood
> >These are just some of the posssibilities waiting for you if you could
> >summon up the imagination.
> >
>
> It seems to me that is the basic point. Terry hasn't much imagination at
> all. I notice his attacks and flames aren't very creative or new. In fact,
> I've heard elementary school bullies come up with more interesting ways of
> taunting and insulting others. I don't think Terry is a robot, or a person
> containing the complete array of mental faculties most are blessed with.
> Perhaps the people who work in his institution see his computer "hobby" as
> a harmless way to keep him from picking on the other inmates.
Very perceptive.
Of course, it wouldn't be so much fun if I didn't give him a let-out,
would it?
It amuses me, for a while at least, watching him swim around the
barrel faster and faster...but my time is running out, work beckons.
(-: Ian :-)
Del Cotter
Ian Braidwood <diri...@virgin.net> said (to Terry Austin):
>The question is: Why?
>
>I mean haven't you got a life to lead? Don't you work?
Oh, he has a day job, you can tell by the way his email address changes.
Unfortunately he spends as much time at work posting to offensive
material to Usenet as he does at home. Presumably this is what he wants
to do more than anything else. I wonder what his secret diary would
look like...?
---
Sun, Mar 10
11:51-12:35pm Sunday morning, Posted 16 articles
3:54-11:07pm Had dinner, then spent 7 hours on Usenet, posting 42
articles to rasfw - v v good
Mon, Mar 11
8:13am-4:53pm Slow day at work, spent the time posting 66 articles to
rasfw - go me!
6:34-8:08pm Got home, posted another 14 articles, then watched TV
Tue, Mar 12
11:54-4:37pm Busy at work in the morning, had time to post 27
articles in the afternoon
6:45-9:14pm Posted 34 articles, then went to bed
Wed, Mar 13
9:43-10:05am Posted 12 articles in the morning...
1:46-5:05pm ... and 21 in the afternoon
7:32-8:11pm Only time to post 12 articles tonight
Thu, Mar 14
8:23-8:36am A quick twelve minutes in the morning when I get into
work, but that's enough time to post 11 articles
1:09-1:30pm Went home for lunch, posted seven more articles
4:29-4:30pm Back to work, but too busy to do more than post 3
articles
5:32-10:51pm Spent the evening in: on Usenet for 5 1/2 hours, got 17
articles posted
Fri, Mar 15
8:06-9:21am Got into the office, spent an hour in the morning before
starting work, posted 9 articles
1:55-2:03pm Busy in the afternoon, but had time to post 3 articles
6:30-8:42pm Thank god it's Friday! Start the weekend by posting
sixteen articles
Sat, Mar 16
12:37-12:50pm Busy Saturday, only time to post 14 articles at
lunchtime
---
Of course, that's not counting Terry's activity on other newsgroups
where, *pace* Sea Wasp, he's as unwanted as he is here. But he seems to
be concentrating mainly on rasfw at the moment: a quick look at Google
Groups suggests his total activity last week was under 400 posts, of
which over 320 were to rasfw.
--
. . . . Del Cotter d...@branta.demon.co.uk . . . .
JustRead:cLeodCosmonautKeep:JRRTolkienTheFellowshipOfTheRing:ChinaMievil
lePerdidoStreetStation:KatherineBlakeTheInteriorLife:KeithBrookeExpatria
ToRead:CSLewisTheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader:MichaelMarshallSmithOnlyForward:
Del Cotter
Michael Warner <mwa...@eng.utah.edu> said:
>diri...@virgin.net (Ian Braidwood) wrote:
>[snip many better ways Terry could spend his time]
>
>>These are just some of the posssibilities waiting for you if you could
>>summon up the imagination.
>
>It seems to me that is the basic point. Terry hasn't much imagination at
>all. I notice his attacks and flames aren't very creative or new. In fact,
>I've heard elementary school bullies come up with more interesting ways of
>taunting and insulting others. I don't think Terry is a robot, or a person
>containing the complete array of mental faculties most are blessed with.
>Perhaps the people who work in his institution see his computer "hobby" as
>a harmless way to keep him from picking on the other inmates.
Terry, in an institution? Nah, whatever else Terry is, he's mobile, you
can see that from his changing address: about half of the 320-odd
articles he posted to rasfw last week were from work. He just chooses
to spend his time both at home and at work trolling. That the offensive
material he posts is repetitive and unimaginative is an unavoidable
consequence of the sheer volume of it: creativity would only slow him
down.
Gerry Quinn
mstemper - emis . com
[diary of a certain well-known troll]
>Sun, Mar 10
>11:51-12:35pm Sunday morning, Posted 16 articles
>3:54-11:07pm Had dinner, then spent 7 hours on Usenet, posting 42
> articles to rasfw - v v good
>
>Mon, Mar 11
>8:13am-4:53pm Slow day at work, spent the time posting 66 articles to
> rasfw - go me!
You forgot the bit about "Sam will kill me if I touch him."
HTH, HAND
--
Michael F. Stemper
#include <Standard_Disclaimer>
Visualize whirled peas!
Ian Braidwood
> See title.
NO!!!
That's his IQ! :-)
(-: Ian :-)
Ian Braidwood
> On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, in rec.arts.sf.written,
> Ian Braidwood <diri...@virgin.net> said (to Terry Austin):
>
> >The question is: Why?
> >
> >I mean haven't you got a life to lead? Don't you work?
>
> Oh, he has a day job, you can tell by the way his email address changes.
> Unfortunately he spends as much time at work posting to offensive
> material to Usenet as he does at home. Presumably this is what he wants
> to do more than anything else. I wonder what his secret diary would
> look like...?
>
<SNIP> It was very funny. I suggest if you haven't read it, take a
look.
>
> Of course, that's not counting Terry's activity on other newsgroups
> where, *pace* Sea Wasp, he's as unwanted as he is here. But he seems to
> be concentrating mainly on rasfw at the moment: a quick look at Google
> Groups suggests his total activity last week was under 400 posts, of
> which over 320 were to rasfw.
God's teeth! I knew he had the intellect of a protazoan, but I didn't
realise he was actually such an affliction!
Some poor sod's paying this hookworm money and he's bleeding them dry.
He's actually so stupid he's defacating on his own doorstep. A prime
candidate for a Darwin award if ever there was one. He won't breed!
(-: Ian :-)
Terry Austin
Del Cotter <d...@branta.demon.co.uk> wrote:
--
Terry Austin <tau...@hyperbooks.com>
http://www.hyperbooks.com/
Metacreator character software now available
Terry Austin
And look at how many responses I get. It's Art, son, and I am a master of
it.
You replied, for instance, about me. Because you just couldn't resist.
Wanker.
Terry Austin
I know you are, but what am I?
What a pathetic wanker. You just *can't* stop talking about me. God, but
you're going to be *fun*. For a *long* time.
Looks like I've got a new bitch.
Terry Austin
subject line yet.
diri...@virgin.net (Ian Braidwood) wrote:
>Terry Austin <tau...@hyperbooks.com> wrote in message news:<n6rq8u8j13pri5b4o...@4ax.com>...
>
><SNIP!>
>
>The question is: Why?
>
>I mean haven't you got a life to lead? Don't you work?
>
>Don't you know there are walls which haven't dried that are just
>crying out for your attention?
>
>You could start a collection: knitting patterns, Pokemon cards or Dime
>bar wrappers. All offer limitless hours of delight to someone of your
>ability.
>
>If you can program, you could write a snotty post generator and
>indulge your masterbatory fantasys to your heart's content.
You're far more amusing than any of those, wanker.
>
>There is of course another possibility:
>
>You could read a science fiction book (a whole one) and review it on
>rec.arts.sf.written. You could write an essay on the portayal of
>trolls in the Discworld novels of Terry Pratchett, including their
>transfer to other media like audiobooks or cartoons.
I read quite a lot, actually.
>
>These are just some of the posssibilities waiting for you if you could
>summon up the imagination.
>
You seem to think I'm here for your amusement. I'm not. I'm here for my
amusement. You are furniture, and nothing more.
Of course, you're furniture that's pathetic enough to feel a need to start a
thread about me, but that's what makes you amusing.
Terry Austin
Dave
<tau...@hyperbooks.com> wrote:
>Hey, Dave! This is how the game is played. You haven't gotten your name in a
>subject line yet.
>
Not my style.
D.
Terry Austin
"Dave" <memo...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3c99ab47...@news.linkline.com...
Nothing is, what with you have no style and all. Nothing but a no-talent
hack.
Terry Austin
Dave
<tau...@hyperbooks.com> wrote:
>
>"Dave" <memo...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:3c99ab47...@news.linkline.com...
>> On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 23:01:50 -0800, Terry Austin
>> <tau...@hyperbooks.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Hey, Dave! This is how the game is played. You haven't gotten your name
>in a
>> >subject line yet.
>> >
>> Not my style.
>
>Nothing is, what with you have no style and all. Nothing but a no-talent
>hack.
>
Your adulation is accepted.
D.
Joseph Michael Bay
>And look at how many responses I get. It's Art, son, and I am a master of
>it.
You truly are great at baiting. So? Big deal. "Ooh look at
me, I'm a great master baiter. Huzzah!"
>You replied, for instance, about me. Because you just couldn't resist.
Most impressive.
--
Joseph M. Bay Lamont Sanford Junior University
Putting the "harm" in molecular pharmacology since 1998
t3H quIc/< 6roWn Ph0x0r jUmP3D ovER T3h 14zY do9
Do you like http://www.stanford.edu/~jmbay gladiator movies?
Terry Austin
I do a much better Pee Wee imitation than you do. Hell, I do a better
Pee Wee imitation than Paul Reubens does.
Terry Austin
Terry Austin
"Joseph Michael Bay" <jm...@Stanford.EDU> wrote in message
news:a7dmlp$3li$1...@usenet.Stanford.EDU...
> Terry Austin <tau...@hyperbooks.com> writes:
>
>
> >And look at how many responses I get. It's Art, son, and I am a master of
> >it.
>
> You truly are great at baiting. So? Big deal. "Ooh look at
> me, I'm a great master baiter. Huzzah!"
Such a clever, and original, play on words. Never seen that one
before. Not since yesterday, at any rate.
>
> >You replied, for instance, about me. Because you just couldn't resist.
>
> Most impressive.
>
Yes. I am.
Terry Austin
Dave
<tau...@hyperbooks.com> wrote:
>
>"Dave" <memo...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:3c9a54f5...@news.linkline.com...
>> On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 08:40:43 -0800, "Terry Austin"
>> <tau...@hyperbooks.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Dave" <memo...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:3c99ab47...@news.linkline.com...
>> >> On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 23:01:50 -0800, Terry Austin
>> >> <tau...@hyperbooks.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Hey, Dave! This is how the game is played. You haven't gotten your
>name
>> >in a
>> >> >subject line yet.
>> >> >
>> >> Not my style.
>> >
>> >Nothing is, what with you have no style and all. Nothing but a no-talent
>> >hack.
>> >
>> Your adulation is accepted.
>
>I do a much better Pee Wee imitation than you do. Hell, I do a better
>Pee Wee imitation than Paul Reubens does.
>
However Paul Reubens gets paid to do Pee Wee.
You only get to do it in the toilet.
D.
Terry Austin
Not lately, last I heard.
>You only get to do it in the toilet.
Well, yes, this is Usenet.