<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Marc M wrote: <blockquote cite="midb60a966f050126213457a6f84c@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">>From dictionary.com it is both a noun and a verb. (edited) troll1 Audio pronunciation of "troll" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (trl) v. trolled, troll·ing, trolls v. intr. 1. To fish for by trailing a baited line from behind a slowly moving boat. 2. To fish in by trailing a baited line: troll the lake for bass. 3. To trail (a baited line) in fishing. 2. Slang. To patrol (an area) in search for someone or something: " [Criminals] troll bus stations for young runaways" (Pete Axthelm). 1. To fish by trailing a line, as from a moving boat. 2. Slang. To patrol an area in search for someone or something. ------->>>> A lure, such as a spoon or spinner, that is used for trolling. [Middle English trollen, to wander about, from Old French troller, of Germanic origin.]troller ---->>> A supernatural creature of Scandinavian folklore, variously portrayed as a friendly or mischievous dwarf or as a giant, that lives in caves, in the hills, or under bridges. Or (my definition) 1. A person who mindlessly posts rant level stuff on lists just to get a rise out of people, like posting on the Chevy list (Chevys suck) or something like that. The transparently intentional starting of fights, flame wars, etc. with a group of people expressing their shared views and interests in a topic online --of which the poster is strongly opposed. -Marc On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:16:52 +0800, Edward Yang <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:neo_in_matrix@fastmail.fm"><neo_in_matrix@fastmail.fm></a> wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap=""> Thomas Cameron wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Yang To: For users of Fedora Core releases Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 10:45 PM Subject: FC3 sucks. It takes up too much memory! I am *not* exagerating. Please look at the attached screenshot for detail: 1. I think eggcups is the process for printing. Why it takes up more than 40mb memory? On Windows 2000, the spooler printing service takes up only a little more than 4mb memory and less than 3mb virtual memory. 2. And, eggcups belongs to my session. I am not familiar with the terminal concept. I guess if a user logs on thru a dumb terminal, he/she will get his/her own eggcups; and 40mb memory will reduced from the server. Is my guess true? 3. If I 'kill nnn', where nnn is the pid of eggcups, it somehow respawns. How can I stop this? Anyway I don't want printing service right now, I am just learning programming on Linux. 4. I don't want xscreensaver, because I am running FC3 inside Microsoft Virtual PC. How to stop it? 5. What is gnome-vfs/esd? Are they a must to for a user session? Please forgive me if my post aroused some kind of holy debate. I come from Windows world, it's inevitable for me to compare Linux/FC with Windows. But I will appreciate very much if someone can help me, instead of just saying 'Only newbies don't understand' or even 'Only morons don't understand'. Everyone say it with me: "Don't feed the trolls." Okay, I am not English and I don't know what is a *troll* is. But I think those who post useless messages to this list are *trolls* themselves. -- fedora-list mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> Thanks for your definition. After reading your definition, I am 100% sure I am *not* that something called *troll*, because I I am keen on Linux progamming and very eager to get help. If some people think that the best way to treat a person that is mad about something he cannot understand is name calling, then I'd say that's a sad dark side in some corners of Linux communtity. </body> </html>