Troll Hack

[Trinh Livingston]

Atroll is a being in Nordic folklore, including Norse mythology. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated areas of rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings.

In later Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far from human habitation, are not Christianized, and are considered dangerous to human beings. Depending on the source, their appearance varies greatly; trolls may be ugly and slow-witted, or look and behave exactly like human beings, with no particularly grotesque characteristic about them.

Trolls are sometimes associated with particular landmarks in Scandinavian folklore, which at times may be explained as formed from a troll exposed to sunlight. Trolls are depicted in a variety of media in modern popular culture.

In Norse mythology, troll, like thurs, is a term applied to jtnar and is mentioned throughout the Old Norse corpus. In Old Norse sources, trolls are said to dwell in isolated mountains, rocks, and caves, sometimes live together (usually as father-and-daughter or mother-and-son), and are rarely described as helpful or friendly.[2] The Prose Edda book Skldskaparml describes an encounter between an unnamed troll woman and the 9th-century skald Bragi Boddason. According to the section, Bragi was driving through "a certain forest" late one evening when a troll woman aggressively asked him who he was, in the process describing herself:

Lindow states that the etymology of the word "troll" remains uncertain, though he defines trolls in later Swedish folklore as "nature beings" and as "all-purpose otherworldly being[s], equivalent, for example, to fairies in Anglo-Celtic traditions". They "therefore appear in various migratory legends where collective nature-beings are called for". Lindow notes that trolls are sometimes swapped out for cats and "little people" in the folklore record.[10]

A Scandinavian folk belief that lightning frightens away trolls and jtnar appears in numerous Scandinavian folktales, and may be a late reflection of the god Thor's role in fighting such beings. In connection, the lack of trolls and jtnar in modern Scandinavia is sometimes explained as a result of the "accuracy and efficiency of the lightning strokes".[11] Additionally, the absence of trolls in regions of Scandinavia is described in folklore as being a "consequence of the constant din of the church-bells". This ringing caused the trolls to leave for other lands, although not without some resistance; numerous traditions relate how trolls destroyed a church under construction or hurled boulders and stones at completed churches. Large local stones are sometimes described as the product of a troll's toss.[12] Additionally, into the 20th century, the origins of particular Scandinavian landmarks, such as particular stones, are ascribed to trolls who may, for example, have turned to stone upon exposure to sunlight.[9]

Lindow compares the trolls of the Swedish folk tradition to Grendel, the supernatural mead hall invader in the Old English poem Beowulf, and notes that "just as the poem Beowulf emphasizes not the harrying of Grendel but the cleansing of the hall of Beowulf, so the modern tales stress the moment when the trolls are driven off."[10]

Smaller trolls are attested as living in burial mounds and in mountains in Scandinavian folk tradition.[13] In Denmark, these creatures are recorded as troldfolk ("troll-folk"), bjergtrolde ("mountain-trolls"), or bjergfolk ("mountain-folk") and in Norway also as trollfolk[14] ("troll-folk") and tusser.[13] Trolls may be described as small, human-like beings or as tall as men depending on the region of origin of the story.[15]

In Norwegian tradition, similar tales may be told about the larger trolls and the Huldrefolk ("hidden-folk"), yet a distinction is made between the two. The use of the word trow in Orkney and Shetland, to mean beings which are very like the Huldrefolk in Norway, may suggest a common origin for the terms. The word troll may have been used by pagan Norse settlers in Orkney and Shetland as a collective term for supernatural beings who should be respected and avoided rather than worshipped. Troll could later have become specialized as a description of the larger, more menacing Jtunn-kind whereas Huldrefolk may have developed as the term for smaller trolls.[16]

Troll, a Norwegian research station in Antarctica, is so named because of the rugged mountains which stand around that place like trolls. It includes a ground station which tracks satellites in polar orbit.

Trolls have appeared in many works of modern fiction, most often, in the fantasy genre, with classic examples being the portrayal of trolls in works such as in Tolkien's Middle-earth[18] or the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.[19][20]

Have beer, will travel. Yes, Angry Troll Brewing has its very own beer van for public or private events. We also offer custom brewing sessions which will get you inches closer to fame as you commemorate any event with a one-of-a-kind beer created by you.

Angry Troll's Restaurant is a favorite in Elkin, NC. Enjoy our wood-fired pizza, burgers, wings, sandwiches, and more while sipping on a house-made craft beer. With indoor and outdoor dining, a family friendly atmosphere, and flatscreens to watch the latest in sports, Angry Troll will quickly become one of your favorites.

If it were up to the angry troll himself, our brewery would sit atop some magical double deck drawbridge fit for a troll king. But our smoldering troll has moved past his bridge phase. So today, in the basement of a former warehouse, Angry Troll houses a brewery and a taproom.

Home of all of our special events, you'll find trivia night, beer classes, and more, all happening in this bustling space. It's also conveniently located next to our epic outdoor patio and arcade.

We love this brewery in the heart of downtown Elkin. Good selection of beers and guest taps available. Wide variety of food from sandwiches, pizza and appetizers. Service was very good and dog friendly seating outside.

Great place to go for a night out with friends and family. The staff is amazing, bartenders, hostess and servers are always accommodating and friendly. The atmosphere is upbeat and an overall nice place to go!! Check it out

Could/should Discourse cookie-tag registered users to improve chances of detecting dupe accounts? Cellular 4G broadbands are very popular nowadays, so old school IP-based method does not do the trick anymore.

I am not sure what is the situation globally, but on local market ever since the 4G LTE networks came, the operators have strongly favored cellular connections over land lines. This makes sense as LTE gives you decent 100Mbps speed and pings below 20ms, and most likely is cheaper to maintain for the operator and even even more robust than landlines. The connection has a NAT at the operators end (they charge extra for a public IP), and the IP is really changing frequently. This is very different from ADSL and other cables, where IP mostly remained unchanged for months, unless you changed your MAC.

Our trolls are not typically genius cyber criminals. They are typically premature people with an odd idea of having fun. This is sports forums, so think New Jersey fans trolling NY Rangers fans. Another archetype is that someone goes too emotional, and gets a short suspension, after which he goes to berserker mode and comes to rage with a new account. IP-address they may be aware of, as it is old news, but quite certainly a cookie would catch them by surprise.

Edit: Another thing that is making the IP-address less useful is the emerging consumer VPN services. For example the F-Secure Freedome seems to be gaining some popularity and Opera browser now ships with VPN. This seems to be a big trend now.

It was a weird bite, the rod barely bent over, and the line was cut clean at the leader. My crew aboard the Salty Lady nearly had me convinced it was bluefish, but I was still skeptical; the leader after all looked as if it were cut with a razor, no chafe, nothing but a clean cut. We were trolling bluefin on the 30-fathom line and fishing was tough, so any missed fish was a sore spot.

I cut the wheel and pushed the throttles and in no time, we were gaining on the fish; 20 minutes later I sunk the gaff into the biggest wahoo I had ever seen; I was smitten to say the least! It was all of 6 feet in length and girthy. The blues and chromes were stunning. At that moment, I realized that was probably what cut us off the day before.

Aboard the Salty Lady we rarely use rod tethers; but when we high speed troll, both rods get tethered to the fighting chair base, just in case. We fish lures only at these speeds, no baits (at these speeds is near impossible to keep a ballyhoo from peeling like a banana), and we fish the lures way back. In a two-rod spread, one lure is placed 100 to 150 yards back, and the other at least 150 yards back. Definitely stagger them to preserve turning ability without them tangling. Once we are ready to deploy the spread we bring our speed to 14 knots and set out!

One tip; at 14 knots the engine noise may very well drown out the sound of a screaming clicker, so we always place a rubber band on the main line just ahead of the reel. The band acts like a strike indicator, if the band is gone, fish on! It took a few spooled reels to come up with this one, trust me just use it.

Washington catch areas 2, 3, and 4 from Leadbetter Point north to the United States - Canada border are open for an all salmon species season July 1-September 15. Washington Catch Area 1 from Cape Falcon, Oregon north to Leadbetter Point is open for an all salmon species season July 1-September 30. The seasons will close the earliest of September 15 in Washington catch areas 2, 3, and 4, September 30 in Washington catch area 1, or attainment of the adjusted quota of 13,800 Chinook or quota of 15,200 marked coho. Fishing is open seven days per week. All salmon are legal except no chum retention north of Cape Alava beginning August 1. All retained coho must be marked with a healed adipose fin clip.

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