[OT/FANFIC-related] Should I continue?

[Xomicron]

Hello,

I've only been reading these newsgroups for the last several weeks but it
seems to me that I'm wasting my time.

Is this place full of people who think that just because they go out
and spend maybe $1000 on Photoshop that they're going to Heaven!?

So I own a copied version of Photoshop and Windows XP. What is wrong with
that? Most of these programs are just crap and certainly not worth paying
out that kind of money for.

So when I ask for help in a certain program like Photoshop, before you
give me your smug "What does it say in the manual?" answer, remember, I
only pay about 90¢ for my computer programs.

[Stephen H. Westin]

Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I've only been reading these newsgroups for the last several weeks but it
> seems to me that I'm wasting my time.
>
> Is this place full of people who think that just because they go out
> and spend maybe $1000 on Photoshop that they're going to Heaven!?
>
> So I own a copied version of Photoshop and Windows XP. What is wrong with
> that? Most of these programs are just crap and certainly not worth paying
> out that kind of money for.
>
> So when I ask for help in a certain program like Photoshop, before you
> give me your smug "What does it say in the manual?" answer, remember, I
> only pay about 90¢ for my computer programs.

Troll alert!

--
-Stephen H. Westin
Any information or opinions in this message are mine: they do not
represent the position of Cornell University or any of its sponsors.

[Xomicron]

westin*nospam@graphics.cornell.edu (Stephen H. Westin) wrote in
news:s0fzb6mxcd.fsf@diesel.graphics.cornell.edu:

> Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> writes:
>

>> Hello,
>>
>> I've only been reading these newsgroups for the last several weeks but
>> it seems to me that I'm wasting my time.
>>
>> Is this place full of people who think that just because they go out
>> and spend maybe $1000 on Photoshop that they're going to Heaven!?
>>
>> So I own a copied version of Photoshop and Windows XP. What is wrong
>> with that? Most of these programs are just crap and certainly not worth
>> paying out that kind of money for.
>>
>> So when I ask for help in a certain program like Photoshop, before you
>> give me your smug "What does it say in the manual?" answer, remember, I
>> only pay about 90¢ for my computer programs.

>
> Troll alert!

What's a troll?

[Xomicron]

howldog <nope@yahoo.com> wrote in news:0a10dda47ef2719ce1d6ee7b7316b8e3
@news.teranews.com:

> On 14 Apr 2004 16:03:02 GMT, Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote:
>

>>What's a troll?

>
>
> normally, a person who asks rhetorical questions to about ten
> different cross-posted groups.

There was nothing rhetorical about my post.

[Stephen H. Westin]

Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> writes:

> westin*nospam@graphics.cornell.edu (Stephen H. Westin) wrote in
> news:s0fzb6mxcd.fsf@diesel.graphics.cornell.edu:
>

> > Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> writes:
> >

> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I've only been reading these newsgroups for the last several weeks but
> >> it seems to me that I'm wasting my time.
> >>
> >> Is this place full of people who think that just because they go out
> >> and spend maybe $1000 on Photoshop that they're going to Heaven!?
> >>
> >> So I own a copied version of Photoshop and Windows XP. What is wrong
> >> with that? Most of these programs are just crap and certainly not worth
> >> paying out that kind of money for.
> >>
> >> So when I ask for help in a certain program like Photoshop, before you
> >> give me your smug "What does it say in the manual?" answer, remember, I
> >> only pay about 90¢ for my computer programs.

> >
> > Troll alert!

>
> What's a troll?

Trolling is traveling at a slow speed in a boat, trailing a fishing
line in the water, hoping to catch something. In USENET, it's when
someone posts an article for the sole purpose of irritating people and
getting and getting an emotional response. When it succeeds, the
troller has caught someone. It works even better when the same article
is cross-posted to many newsgroups, especially unrelated ones like
alt.startrek.vs.starwars.

--
-Stephen H. Westin
Any information or opinions in this message are mine: they do not
represent the position of Cornell University or any of its sponsors.

[Eric Gill]

howldog <nope@yahoo.com> wrote in news:0a10dda47ef2719ce1d6ee7b7316b8e3
@news.teranews.com:

> On 14 Apr 2004 16:03:02 GMT, Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> wrote:
>
>

>>>
>>> Troll alert!

>>
>>What's a troll?

>
>
> normally, a person who asks rhetorical questions to about ten
> different cross-posted groups.

And post threads with titles like "Faggots: Please get your HIV checkups,
your filthy lifestyle has government officials concerned." in the groups,
"alt.pizza.delivery.drivers,alt.startrek.vs.starwa rs,alt.spacebastards,talk
..origins"

[ued]

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Well, you killed him!
ued

"Stephen H. Westin" <westin*nospam@graphics.cornell.edu> wrote in message
news:s07jwimowg.fsf@diesel.graphics.cornell.edu...

> Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> writes:
>

> > westin*nospam@graphics.cornell.edu (Stephen H. Westin) wrote in
> > news:s0fzb6mxcd.fsf@diesel.graphics.cornell.edu:
> >

> > > Xomicron <xomicron@wp.pl> writes:
> > >
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> I've only been reading these newsgroups for the last several weeks

but

> > >> it seems to me that I'm wasting my time.
> > >>
> > >> Is this place full of people who think that just because they go out
> > >> and spend maybe $1000 on Photoshop that they're going to Heaven!?
> > >>
> > >> So I own a copied version of Photoshop and Windows XP. What is wrong
> > >> with that? Most of these programs are just crap and certainly not

worth

> > >> paying out that kind of money for.
> > >>
> > >> So when I ask for help in a certain program like Photoshop, before

you

> > >> give me your smug "What does it say in the manual?" answer, remember,

I

> > >> only pay about 90¢ for my computer programs.
> > >
> > > Troll alert!

> >
> > What's a troll?

>
> Trolling is traveling at a slow speed in a boat, trailing a fishing
> line in the water, hoping to catch something. In USENET, it's when
> someone posts an article for the sole purpose of irritating people and
> getting and getting an emotional response. When it succeeds, the
> troller has caught someone. It works even better when the same article
> is cross-posted to many newsgroups, especially unrelated ones like
> alt.startrek.vs.starwars.
>
> --
> -Stephen H. Westin
> Any information or opinions in this message are mine: they do not
> represent the position of Cornell University or any of its sponsors.

Top & bottom style.

Well, you killed him!

ued