Slashdot's Disagree Mail 354
There is an old Japanese proverb that goes, "Better than a
thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher."
This week's mail is all about teaching. Whether it is about the
seriousness of psychic ability, a short history of trolls or
explaining how much free time and malice your dad's attorney has,
these people just want to impart information. If what they sent me is any indication, they had a lot of sick days. Click on the link below to
become enlightened.
This lady doesn't like the message you get on our banned page because
it belittles psychics and the good work they do.
On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 ******** wrote:
"I normally don't take the time to write to anyone on the internet because they are so rude and closed minded but I must object to your flippant use of the term psychic in the banned message I received. First off I did nothing wrong on purpose to you. If something was wrong it was a mistake. My mother has done a lot of work with local law enforcement and once for FBI. She helps people while you punish them. I've not yet developed my skills enough to help anyone but I do have glimpses. Many reputable brokerage houses and even former presidents rely on psychics for decisions. Maybe if you opened your mind you wouldn't need to punish people for no reason."
Here is a guy that knows a lot about trolls
On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 ******* wrote:
"Dude your troll option don't make sense! I know yall think that it means someone bad but trolls used to be good. They'd build stuff if you left them bread or wine and they made the viking gods armor and spears. Don't let a few years of internet people destroy what something means. Be smarter than that! Yall don't have to play follow the leader. learn about trolls. I guess some were bad and you have to trick them into cutting open his belly in an eating contest but that doesn't even matter when it comes to what your saying. Do some research."
Finally we have a man who wanted me to delete all of his comments. When I explained that I couldn't, he sent me this.
On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 ******** wrote:
"Holy Shit are you guys fucked! If I own my words your fucking page says so! I asked my dads lawyer and he said you are fucked to. He doesn't do much because my dad is honest not like your users bunch of liberal fags! My dads lawyer is a mean sonabitch and would love to sue you back into the darkages he said so. I almost hope you don't change your mind. I'd love to be there when it all goes down in court. You could do what you know is right and what is right for a place that is supposed to be about customers (readers). If you don't try and do what your reader wants you to do without having him tell you all the time then you are a good business. If not then you are getting YOUR ASS SUED!! If you made cars and I wanted you to crush it and you said no you wouldn't be in business long. Get a fucking CLUE. If I don't want people to see me I can go inside but if I don't want people to read me you won't get rid of my posts? BULLSHIT!! you have to or youll get a call from my dads lawyer buy Friday and then hell will rain down on you. DO WHATS RIGHT AND GET RID OF ME!!!"
One mean sonabitch (Score:3, Funny)
My dad's lawyer is one. For reals.
FIRST (Score:5, Funny)
I demand you delete this
Good advice (Score:5, Funny)
I should really follow the advice on the front page that sometimes appears, "Never go to idle.slashdot.org -- it's a complete waste of your time".
Oh, first post?
Temper, temper! (Score:5, Funny)
Psychic not banned, yet! (Score:5, Funny)
Well, the psychic has NOT actually been banned yet, but she knew it was coming.
DO WHATS RIGHT AND GET RID OF ME!!! (Score:5, Funny)
He know's that's illegal, doesn't he?
Trolls (Score:5, Funny)
I kind of like the "troll" comment. It was coherent, and not babbling. Yes, it challenges our common conception of a popular phrase used on the internet a lot. However, I can honestly say that I do not know enough to be able to say that he is wrong, so he may even be right?
To put such a reasonable (although slightly strange) e-mail up here for ridicule seems somewhat unfair.
If there actually was such a thing as a race of benevolent trolls, I bet they'd be pissed right about now.
Definition of Irony??? (Score:3, Funny)
"I normally don't take the time to write to anyone on the internet because they are so rude and closed minded ..." and let me guess, they're all prejudiced too???
MY EYES! (Score:5, Funny)
How do you editors not go blind when creating the page?
Re:Trolls (Score:4, Funny)
My understanding is that "Troll" in the context Slashdot uses it derives from the fishing term. It refers to a technique of using a lure to bait the fish, with the lure in this case being a trouble-instigating post. The fact that the mythical creatures (popularized by Tolkien, Treasure Trolls, Warcraft, etc.) share the same name is coincidental, and not an attempt to disparage them. The fishing term comes from Middle English and Anglo-French, whereas the creature name is of Danish/Norwegian/Old Norse origins.
Re:This makes me want to send a rude email. (Score:4, Funny)
Cars (Score:5, Funny)
"I'm buying this new slashdot car..."
"Oh good! Would you like us to crush it for you?"
"Most certainly, if you wouldn't mind!"
Re:TOS (Score:5, Funny)
Left something out, there...
With respect to text or data entered into and stored by publicly-accessible site features such as forums, comments and bug trackers ("SourceForge Public Content"), the submitting user retains ownership of such SourceForge Public Content; with respect to publicly-available statistical content which is generated by the site to monitor and display content activity, such content is owned by SourceForge. In each such case, the submitting user grants SourceForge the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, and display such Content (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed, all subject to the terms of any applicable license. Oh, and we hate all you fucking psychics. Assholes, the bunch of you.
There. Fixed that for you.
Re:Might As Well Try to Discuss This (Score:4, Funny)
I was playing with open proxies on day quite a while back. While I was taking a break, I stayed on the last proxy I was on, and went to Slashdot. I got a banned page. I don't remember the text verbatum, but it had something about the IP was detected to have been abusing, and was blocked. It's probably automatic, and probably kicks in when trolls post too much from one IP. Really, the abuses here aren't too bad considering how many people read and write here.
I'm guessing they were using a bad proxy, or they were posting so much crap that they tripped the abuse system and it blocked them. Being psychic, they should have seen it coming. :)
Re:Free advice for Taco: (Score:2, Funny)
physician heal thyself
Re:Trolls (Score:5, Funny)
If there actually was such a thing as a race of benevolent trolls, I bet they'd be pissed right about now.
I understand that a secret race of benevolent canned lunch meat products are furious, too.
Re:Good advice (Score:5, Funny)
LEAVE IDOL.SLASHDOT ALONE!
Be bold! (Score:4, Funny)
"I hereby move that we change a Troll moderation to a +1 value."
I hereby move that you open your preferences [slashdot.org] and change your reason modifiers accordingly.
Re:the banned page (Score:4, Funny)
It's OK. You're good, not psychic.
On a side-note, I hold the educated opinion that speaking ill of self-proclaimed 'psychics', 'healers', or tarot card readers is fundamentally not only naive, but also immature and detrimental to your own ability to understand your surroundings. Many of us have experienced things not you nor we can begin to comprehend, and your ridiculous belittling attitude only serves to stop us from sharing our experiences. - Experiences which enrich our lives and makes us kinder, gentler human beings.
Re:TOS (Score:4, Funny)
You must be a psychic, then, because that's written in invisible ink. Only psychics can read it.
Re:the banned page (Score:3, Funny)
Most readers will realize that the true intent was "we're good, BUT we are not psychic," but the lack of a conjunction does leave it slightly open to interpretation.
Well, it's obvious enough that all the psychic readers figured it out and weren't offended.
Re:One mean sonabitch (Score:5, Funny)
I was playing Starcraft once and I remember thwamping some kid. (team game my team mate was my friend and we had a fixed stratagy that worked more then not) Both play Protoss he focuses on full attack I just kinda build up drones. an carriers and some defense. Then I take a couple of zealots and a couple of drones. over to the enemy with my partners attack force. While the guy is battling the group of carriers and a few zealots who are on automatic I control the peon and make cannons in the middle of the battle covered by carriers. When the battle clears out and loosing 8 or so carriers what is left is about 20 cannons just formed. right in the middle of his town with the peon just making more and more... But I digress. This annoyed the kid who said his Dad owned the internet and I would get banned and world send me a Virus. I hedged my bets and assumed his dad wasn't Al Gore. We just laughed at him for being such a poor looser.
My dad's psychic (Score:5, Funny)
So what is it Taco? (Score:5, Funny)
Pictures of you dressed in Hello Kitty bondage gear? Passwords to your routers? What does samzenpus have that could possibly force you to let him on here week after week posting this inane drivel? Please make it stop before someone pokes out an eye.
Or are you going for the perfect storm of bad layout, dull commentary, and unfunny content? Well, pack it up and call it a day, my friend. You have followed where only the great Tripod members of the late 90's have trodden. I salute you.
Re:One mean sonabitch (Score:5, Funny)
much like your mother.
Re:how do I acquire the rights to 'Saturday'? (Score:3, Funny)
I'm gunning for the rights to "Caturday". I'm going to bankrupt those 4chan SOB's!!
Might as well keep it coming... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:One mean sonabitch (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Psychic not banned, yet! (Score:4, Funny)