Chris Reid and Frosty....

THAT WAS *NOT* A TROLL! That was flamebait. There is intellegence required to be a troll, just as there is intellegence required to be a con-man.

From _The_Jargon_File_:

troll: v.,n. 1. [From the Usenet group alt.folklore.urban] To utter a posting on Usenet designed to attract predictable responses or flames; or, the post itself. Derives from the phrase "trolling for newbies" which in turn comes from mainstream "trolling", a style of fishing in which one trails bait through a likely spot hoping for a bite. The well-constructed troll is a post that induces lots of newbies and flamers to make themselves look even more clueless than they already do, while subtly conveying to the more savvy and experienced that it is in fact a deliberate troll. If you don't fall for the joke, you get to be in on it. See also YHBT. 2. An individual who chronically trolls in sense 1; regularly posts specious arguments, flames or personal attacks to a newsgroup, discussion list, or in email for no other purpose than to annoy someone or disrupt a discussion. Trolls are recognizable by the fact that the have no real interest in learning about the topic at hand - they simply want to utter flame bait. Like the ugly creatures they are named after, they exhibit no redeeming characteristics, and as such, they are recognized as a lower form of life on the net, as in, "Oh, ignore him, he's just a troll." 3. [Berkeley] Computer lab monitor. A popular campus job for CS students. Duties include helping newbies and ensuring that lab policies are followed. Probably so-called because it involves lurking in dark cavelike corners.

Some people claim that the troll (sense 1) is properly a narrower category than flame bait, that a troll is categorized by containing some assertion that is wrong but not overtly controversial. See also Troll-O-Meter.

[Edited by TC on 12-15-2000 at 01:18]
 
And now, my mentat analysis.

The poster is clearly Kalkrath, as he is the only person to have been IP banned from the CIC proper -- thus he is the only person to have any reason to remark that his static IP will allow him access to the boards.

As both his posts were close together, and none appeared again, clearly he was at the home of a friend who connects to the internet via AOL.

Pity him.
 
But LOAF... I found a vital flaw in your theory. Kalk has no friends... only Friends.

TC
 
Wow, I guess that I've been away far too long as well.

Hia everyone, it's kinda hard to see that the flamers just never seem to leave this board alone. Seriously though, Has anything interesting happened lately? I've been swamped at school and haven't gotten online often. Oh well.

DeltaKiller
 
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