Re: Do you AUK guys have a dictionary online anywhere?

In article <s6gne1htvfpkue1g8e1gupm5fispa7ikmj@xxxxxxx> , Jill
<perspicacious@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:20:51 GMT, Mr. F. Le Mur
> <flemur13013@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:50:04 -0400, Rainbow Pirate
>><rainbowsofgold@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:59:07 GMT, Mr. F. Le Mur wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 29 Jul 2005 06:28:35 -0700, "Ian" <drawnai@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Do you guys have a dictionary online anywhere?
>>>>>
>>>>>You see, I post on soc.men, and I'm desperate to understand what you
>>>>>mean when you write troll posts.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> They're just a bunch of kids, mentally if not physically,
>>>> with nothing better to do.
>>>>
>>>> "Like a child, like a crying child." - Floyd Lawson.
>>>
>>>
>>>their methods are very obvious, i am surprised at the number of fish reel
>>>in. they either troll to start a new thread, or, attempt to hijack an
>>>existing conversation. All they want is a response. When you do respond,
>>>regardless of the content of your response, they respond in turn with scorn
>>>and insults. If you respond again, "they own you". If you ignore them, they
>>>"claim victory because you killfiled them". They will never, ever respond
>>>to any kind of post with anything except negative personal attacks.
>>
>>IOW, they're childish.
>>
>>>
>>>the only thing to do is ignore them completely. they hate that. they're
>>>attention whores.
>>
>>I don't use killfiles, preferring to completely delete any
>>thread, from their first post on down, regardless of who
>>else was silly enough to respond to them. With a decent
>>newsreader it only takes a few seconds.
>
> With Agent that is relatively easy to do but I still wouldn't trade
> off my newsreader's killfile abilities. The killfile makes life on
> usenet much easier IMO.

<grumble, grumble, growl.. everyone's got niftier software... Damn classic
Mac OS... Damn me too lazy to install Panther...>

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