COLA Trolls Also Reside in Slashdot, Post as "Anonymous Coward"

[Roy Schestowitz]

Well, well... so it's not just Digg then.

COLA's trolls appear to be very busy in Slashdot at the moment. They are doing
their smear campaign against me in a ~30-post-long FP thread. As you ought to
expect, COLA trolls post as "Anonymous Coward", which I never do (despite the
troll's libellous claims).

You can identify them by their words. So, does Microsoft also pay them to
spread this filth in Slashdot too?

http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=441432&cid=22295922

More lies and slander to incite people... (BSD users)

http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=441432&cid=22296098

Shills!

Microsoft memo: "Gathering intelligence on enemy activities is critical to the
success of the Slog. We need to know who their allies are and what differences
exist between them and their allies (there are always sources of tension
between allies), so that we can find ways to split ‘em apart Reading the trade
press, lurking on newsgroups, attending conferences, and (above all) talking
to ISVs is essential to gathering this intelligence."

http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf

Yup.

Microsoft wants to create civil wars.

Microsoft wants to go to newsgroups and spread filth.

And so forth...

That leaked memo is very telling.

[Moshe Goldfarb]

On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:14:05 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> Well, well... so it's not just Digg then.
>
> COLA's trolls appear to be very busy in Slashdot at the moment. They are doing
> their smear campaign against me in a ~30-post-long FP thread. As you ought to
> expect, COLA trolls post as "Anonymous Coward", which I never do (despite the
> troll's libellous claims).
>
> You can identify them by their words. So, does Microsoft also pay them to
> spread this filth in Slashdot too?
>
> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=441432&cid=22295922
>
> More lies and slander to incite people... (BSD users)
>
> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=441432&cid=22296098
>
> Shills!

Poor Roy Schestowitz.
Everyone is out to get him.

It looks like Slashdot's users have got your number big time Roy
Schestowitz.
What is your financial backer going to say?

Some comments from /.

"by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 04, @03:05PM (#22296404)
I thought you were kidding about crap-flooding. This is his Google stats
card:

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2006 155 407 917 368 1240 1611 1731 1860 1979 1395 1705 1781
2007 2100 1910 2104 1847 1844 1430 1664 1462 1301 1034 1032 1038
2008 1215

1000 posts a month is about thirty a day. He's been doing _at least_ 30
USENET posts a day, every day, for over two years."

"by microbee (682094) Alter Relationship on Monday February 04, @03:21PM
(#22296692)

This guy has no clue about open source anyway. "

" by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 04, @04:26PM (#22297938)

I just looked at his homepage. This guy is a total douche in my opinion.
Standard internet narcissist:

"" I am an active member of Sourceforge and Freshmeat, a popular author
in MATLAB Central and a part of The Computer Ring. I am heavily involved in
UseNet (see archive) as well as various technical groups. Occasionally I
moderate in Slashdot, continously promoting the use of GNU/Linux as a
main-stream operating system. I am committed to extending state-of-the-art
technologies (confer projects & utilities) and I have been serving the Web
since I was 15.""

He moderates slashdot! Amazing. Clueless people should be ignored, although
his website is amusingly awful: http://schesxxxxx.com/ xcadchestowitz.com]"

" by leyam (1233384) on Tuesday February 05, @12:55AM (#22303404)
A few comments. Ad hominem attacks are generally not a good thing because
it is far more mature to attack the subject rather than the messenger.
However in this case, the messenger IS the subject so is it really an ad
hominem attack? As for Schestowitz, he is obviously being compensated for
his 'work' because according to his web site he is a PHD student which is
quite time consuming in itself. Where does he get time, and motivation, to
host various boycott sites, post thousands of messages to USENET, digg,
Propeller and various other sites? This is literally a 24x7 task given the
huge number of messages, comments etc. And if you read his messages in
comp.os.linux.advocacy, you can see that these are very long winded with
comments, reference urls (usually referring to one of his own blogs) and
quite oddly formated text. The logical conclusion is that he is being paid,
and that this is a well organized campaign which is being funded. Also it
does not appear to be humanly possible to accomplish what he is doing in a
given 24 hour period unless the person is not sleeping, not working and
certainly not studying and preparing for a PHD program. FWIW he has just
posted a message in comp.os.linux.advocacy calling this entire thread an
attack on him by shills. To me it looks like people are on to his purpose
and are starting to ask questions of him as to his real motives and he
doesn't like that. He makes the same complaints on digg.com BTW where he
claims the same 3 people are stalking him and modding him down. That
doesn't explain why his ratings are generally in the - double digits and
several times have been in - triple digits. People just don't like spam and
have no respect for what amounts to a paid spammer. He needs to learn this
for himself but I doubt that will ever happen because he appears to be a
classic narcissist. "

"
It's Official (Score:5, Funny)
by linumax (910946) Alter Relationship on Monday February 04, @02:52PM
(#22296098)

BSD is dead, Roy Schestowitz confirms it! "

And about 30+ more like it....

Face it Roy Schestowitz, the jig is up and as soon as you start getting the
cease and desist letters from the people and companies your various boycott
sites are slandering/libeling, you will slink away into obscurity.
Unfortunately for you, by then your name will be splattered all over the
Internet and you'll be lucky if you can even get an interview, let alone a
job.

--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

[Mark Kent]

Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> espoused:

> Well, well... so it's not just Digg then.
>
> COLA's trolls appear to be very busy in Slashdot at the moment. They are doing
> their smear campaign against me in a ~30-post-long FP thread. As you ought to
> expect, COLA trolls post as "Anonymous Coward", which I never do (despite the
> troll's libellous claims).
>
> You can identify them by their words. So, does Microsoft also pay them to
> spread this filth in Slashdot too?
>
> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=441432&cid=22295922
>
> More lies and slander to incite people... (BSD users)
>
> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=441432&cid=22296098
>
> Shills!
>
> Microsoft memo: "Gathering intelligence on enemy activities is critical to the
> success of the Slog. We need to know who their allies are and what differences
> exist between them and their allies (there are always sources of tension

> between allies), so that we can find ways to split ?em apart Reading the trade

> press, lurking on newsgroups, attending conferences, and (above all) talking
> to ISVs is essential to gathering this intelligence."
>
> http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf
>
> Yup.
>
> Microsoft wants to create civil wars.
>
> Microsoft wants to go to newsgroups and spread filth.
>
> And so forth...
>
> That leaked memo is very telling.

Indeed. Only sociopaths could continue this kind of work. Probably we
should feel sorry for them.

--
| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
| Cola faq: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/ |
| Cola trolls: http://colatrolls.blogspot.com/ |
| My (new) blog: http://www.thereisnomagic.org |

[Moshe Goldfarb]

On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 09:57:17 +0000, Mark Kent wrote:

> Indeed. Only sociopaths could continue this kind of work. Probably we
> should feel sorry for them.

ABSOLUTELY!!!!

For ONCE I agree with you Mark Kent!!

Here is your sociopath:

Name: Roy Schestowitz
Location: Manchester, UK
Title:
Industry: Scientific
Email address: newsgro...@schestowitz.com
Website or Blog:

http://schestowffdfasdadsaditz.com
Quote:
About me:
Average Rating: (2563 ratings)

Post Activity

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2004 44 99 78
2005 222 142 179 254 116 305 398 664 579 547 457 367
2006 373 950 1654 631 1923 1868 1855 2041 2166 1470 1715 1793
2007 2159 1953 2137 1871 1878 1482 1707 1497 1351 1064 1073 1074
2008 1243

[amicus_curious]

"Moshe Goldfarb" <brick....@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:atnaxxva89oz$.1mvdxooeajldz$.dlg@40tude.net...

> What is your financial backer going to say?
>

The most logical choice as backer, if there were one, would be Microsoft
itself although he is probably just another fanatic. But if they were
backing him, they would applaud the results.

[Doug Mentohl]

On 5 Feb, 06:18, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:

Come and stalk me, you cunt, and I'll show what hell is like ..

[Hadron]

Doug Mentohl <doug_m...@linuxmail.org> writes:

> On 5 Feb, 06:18, Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>
> Come and stalk me, you cunt, and I'll show what hell is like ..

Crikey. Someone has let Dog Mental off his lead again!

http://www.ahajokes.com/cartoon/46am.jpg

"Nurse! More tranquiliser darts and sharp shooters to Ward Nut-E!"

[Moshe Goldfarb]

Let's see:

Doug Mentohl contacts Simon's (a person who used to post here) employer
and tries to get him fired.

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/ea9b1a6ff6eb808d

Doug Mentohl makes a direct threat against flatfish, including claiming to
know where flatfish lives:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/c0a31111a62bae7f

"Yea flattie, I know you know where I live and am quaking in my boots.
Tell us again how long have you been doing this, 1998? You're only been
beaten in the NutJob stakes by that chap who MI5 has been trying to
kill since 1999. You and him should set up a correspondence. What
exactly is the name of your affliction or should that be syndrome.
Anyone here want to give a definition.
Google 'MI5 home spying' results 2,050 ..

Doug Mentohl harasses various journalists.

Doug Mentohl tries to hack flatfish's Slashdot account.

And many more like that.

Doug Mentohl is a sick person who needs help.
We should feel sorry for him and encourage him to get the professional
psychological help he so needs.

[Moshe Goldfarb]

Others have suspected the same thing, IOW Roy Schestowitz is really a
reverse troll working for Microsoft, Novell, etc.

If so, they are certainly getting their monies worth because nobody
epitomizes just about every Linux Zealot stereotype like Roy Schestowitz
does.
He could be the poster boy for the latest "Why Linux Turns Me Off"
campaign.

[7]

Mark Kent wrote:

> Roy Schestowitz <newsg...@schestowitz.com> espoused:
>> Well, well... so it's not just Digg then.
>>
>> COLA's trolls appear to be very busy in Slashdot at the moment. They are
>> doing their smear campaign against me in a ~30-post-long FP thread. As
>> you ought to expect, COLA trolls post as "Anonymous Coward", which I
>> never do (despite the troll's libellous claims).
>>
>> You can identify them by their words. So, does Microsoft also pay them to
>> spread this filth in Slashdot too?
>>
>> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=441432&cid=22295922
>>
>> More lies and slander to incite people... (BSD users)
>>
>> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=441432&cid=22296098
>>
>> Shills!
>>
>> Microsoft memo: "Gathering intelligence on enemy activities is critical
>> to the success of the Slog. We need to know who their allies are and what
>> differences exist between them and their allies (there are always sources
>> of tension between allies), so that we can find ways to split ?em apart
>> Reading the trade press, lurking on newsgroups, attending conferences,
>> and (above all) talking to ISVs is essential to gathering this
>> intelligence."
>>
>> http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000

PX03096.pdf
>>
>> Yup.
>>
>> Microsoft wants to create civil wars.
>>
>> Microsoft wants to go to newsgroups and spread filth.
>>
>> And so forth...
>>
>> That leaked memo is very telling.
>
> Indeed. Only sociopaths could continue this kind of work. Probably we
> should feel sorry for them.

They are spliffing addicts and need to post to get money.
Unfortunately for them, their spliff is eating their brains
inside out neuron by neuron. Its always the same pattern.
First it enhances the ability to post, then as prolonged use
takes its effect, neuron by neuron its all gone and replaced
by typical spliffers hollow empty personality. Then they will post just
drivel and thats what we are seeing now.

I doubt they have the will power left to sue micoshaft for
the ills brought down on them.

[Cross Posting HO]

You can only laugh at the babble in this NG. The regulars in this NG are
just comical clowns and lunatics.

[[H]omer]

Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:

> Well, well... so it's not just Digg then.

[...]
> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=441432&cid=22295922

It's hilarious how they keep harping on about how prolifically you post,
whilst ignoring the fact that they're stalking you just as prolifically.

I can sympathise with someone wanting to expose corruption to the extent
that they'd post heavily ... that's a worthy cause IMHO, but spending
one's life stalking the exposer is just sick ... even if they are being
paid for it, as I suspect.

I'm more convinced than ever that these shills are in fact Microsoft
employees, rather than just the typical fanbois cum evangelists that
Microsoft recruits on an ad-hoc basis, whenever they're in trouble.

--
K.
http://slated.org

.----
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| distro until it has been approved by an OSS committee." ~ Comrade
| Hardon Quirk, communist party member.
`----

Fedora release 8 (Werewolf) on sky, running kernel 2.6.23.8-63.fc8
12:56:56 up 47 days, 10:32, 5 users, load average: 0.01, 0.13, 0.26

[Mark Kent]

[H]omer <sp...@uce.gov> espoused:

> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Well, well... so it's not just Digg then.
> [...]
>> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=441432&cid=22295922
>
> It's hilarious how they keep harping on about how prolifically you post,
> whilst ignoring the fact that they're stalking you just as prolifically.

It's a standard debating tactic, to take your own poor behaviour or
non-credible "point" and pretend that the opposition is showing that
behaviour or making that point. Oddly, this particular tactic is rarely
listed in the "debating tactics" sites one can find on the net, and yet
it is one of the most common dishonest tricks going.

>
> I can sympathise with someone wanting to expose corruption to the extent
> that they'd post heavily ... that's a worthy cause IMHO, but spending
> one's life stalking the exposer is just sick ... even if they are being
> paid for it, as I suspect.

I remain convinced that something of economic worth changes hands with
our posters. Even Sn1t couldn't possibly continue what he does without
some good reason, could he?

>
> I'm more convinced than ever that these shills are in fact Microsoft
> employees, rather than just the typical fanbois cum evangelists that
> Microsoft recruits on an ad-hoc basis, whenever they're in trouble.
>

I don't think that there's anything ad-hoc about this. I even got to
observe at least one shill start here in Cola and then move on to
Slashdot.

[Mark Kent]

7 <website_...@www.enemygadgets.com> espoused:

Hehe, well, the evidence does appear to fit your model.

>
> I doubt they have the will power left to sue micoshaft for
> the ills brought down on them.
>
>

Nor the money.

[Moshe Goldfarb]

On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:57:15 +0000, [H]omer wrote:

> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Well, well... so it's not just Digg then.
> [...]
>> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=441432&cid=22295922
>
> It's hilarious how they keep harping on about how prolifically you post,
> whilst ignoring the fact that they're stalking you just as prolifically.
>
> I can sympathise with someone wanting to expose corruption to the extent
> that they'd post heavily ... that's a worthy cause IMHO, but spending
> one's life stalking the exposer is just sick ... even if they are being
> paid for it, as I suspect.
>
> I'm more convinced than ever that these shills are in fact Microsoft
> employees, rather than just the typical fanbois cum evangelists that
> Microsoft recruits on an ad-hoc basis, whenever they're in trouble.

What a totally convoluted vision of the facts.
Only from a Linux hypocrite can you read twisted comments like this.

Post left in tact...
Shakes head?