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MIA - Capt.Skippy and erstwhile Capt. Bruce
Neither has been heard from in weeks. Bruce probably got nailed by a tsunami at the dock or succumbed to an exotic venereal diseae while Skippy finally got PW'd into an extended lubberly, *family* life. Sad. I guess I'm the only real sailor still standing... -- Sir Gregory |
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"Gregory Hall" wrote in message ...
Neither has been heard from in weeks. Bruce probably got nailed by a tsunami at the dock or succumbed to an exotic venereal diseae while Skippy finally got PW'd into an extended lubberly, *family* life. Sad. I guess I'm the only real sailor still standing... -- Sir Gregory Well, well. Just as I was reading this (below), who should pop up on rec.boats.cruising but its resident troll, who's making an appearance today to stir up some trouble, most likely because things have been a bit quiet around here lately: "In the past few years, the science of Internet trollology has made some strides. Last year, for instance, we learned that by hurling insults and inciting discord in online comment sections, so-called Internet trolls (who are frequently anonymous) have a polarizing effect on audiences, leading to politicization, rather than deeper understanding of scientific topics. "That’s bad, but it’s nothing compared with what a new psychology paper has to say about the personalities of trolls themselves. The research, conducted by Erin Buckels of the University of Manitoba and two colleagues, sought to directly investigate whether people who engage in trolling are characterized by personality traits that fall in the so-called Dark Tetrad: Machiavellianism (willingness to manipulate and deceive others), narcissism (egotism and self-obsession), psychopathy (the lack of remorse and empathy), and sadism (pleasure in the suffering of others)." Read all about it he http://www.slate.com/articles/health...ychopathy.html, under the title "Internet trolls really are horrible people" Here's the abstract from the paper itself: In two online studies (total N = 1215), respondents completed personality inventories and a survey of their Internet commenting styles. Overall, strong positive associations emerged among online commenting frequency, trolling enjoyment, and troll identity, pointing to a common construct underlying the measures. Both studies revealed similar patterns of relations between trolling and the Dark Tetrad of personality: trolling correlated positively with sadism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism, using both enjoyment ratings and identity scores. Of all personality measures, sadism showed the most robust associations with trolling and, importantly, the relationship was specific to trolling behavior. Enjoyment of other online activities, such as chatting and debating, was unrelated to sadism. Thus cyber-trolling appears to be an Internet manifestation of everyday sadism. |
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MIA - Capt.Skippy and erstwhile Capt. Bruce
On 2/16/2014 14:29, Tdacon wrote:
"Gregory Hall" wrote in message ... Neither has been heard from in weeks. Bruce probably got nailed by a tsunami at the dock or succumbed to an exotic venereal diseae while Skippy finally got PW'd into an extended lubberly, *family* life. Sad. I guess I'm the only real sailor still standing... I can't followup to your reply to my post because you were too stupid to delete the sig delineator and because of your stupidity your comments don't get repeated because they occur after a sig delineator. I'd say a troll is more somebody who is too stupid to use correct Usenet protocol than somebody like myself who IS ready willing and able to do so. Eternal September is inept enough but even a decent news server like Altopia is unable to properly attribute a reply placed after a sig delineator that some Rube is too stupid to delete manually even if his crippled client fails to do it automatically HTH. -- Sir Gregory |
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MIA - Capt.Skippy and erstwhile Capt. Bruce
tsk, tsk. Ad hominem
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On 2/16/2014 14:53, Sn!pe wrote:
Gregory Hall wrote: [...] Eternal September is inept enough but even a decent news server like Altopia is unable to properly attribute a reply placed after a sig delineator that some Rube is too stupid to delete manually even if his crippled client fails to do it automatically That's a newsreader function, nothing to do with the server. Just what don't you ignorant Brits understand about the word *client?* Duh! FYI, the client attributes as far as it goes. However, when a message reply arrives at a server the server then must re-attribute it. This is why Google Groups double-spaces everything. Those idiots at Google who coded GG are too stupid to do it right and thus the misattribued mess. |
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 12:19:48 -0500, Gregory Hall
wrote: Neither has been heard from in weeks. Bruce probably got nailed by a tsunami at the dock or succumbed to an exotic venereal diseae while Skippy finally got PW'd into an extended lubberly, *family* life. Sad. I guess I'm the only real sailor still standing... Really? Or evidence of advanced senile dementia? Imagining things again.... poor old fella, last week he was running all over town with his arms stretched out going Brooom, Broooom. Now he thinks he's a sailor... -- Cheers, Bruce in Bangkok |
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"Gregory Hall" wrote in message
... Neither has been heard from in weeks. Bruce probably got nailed by a tsunami at the dock or succumbed to an exotic venereal diseae while Skippy finally got PW'd into an extended lubberly, *family* life. Well, partly right. Every time I left my own computer, I lost access to usenet - and was plenty busy, otherwise, as well. I did the equivalent of a minor refit on several houses, and got new spectacles (arrival in the next couple of days), and dandled all 10 of my grandchildren, and two of Lydia's, since last heard of. That was spread around after the real reason for the shore trip, an induction at the Marietta College Athletic Hall of Fame. Now I finally get to go through some of the hundreds of pix unsorted/adjusted/reviewed over the last many months. Soon I'll be on that great inland route back to Flying Pig and an attempt to get under way again, trying not to have major gear failure at every sailing event as in the past year... Thanks for remembering me :{)) I may YET take you up on that beer, some time in the next few months. L8R Skip -- Morgan 461 #2 SV Flying Pig KI4MPC See our galleries at www.justpickone.org/skip/gallery ! Follow us at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFlyingPigLog and/or http://groups.google.com/group/flyingpiglog I expect to pass this way but once; any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again. - Etienne Griellet |
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On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:45:48 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote: "Gregory Hall" wrote in message ... Neither has been heard from in weeks. Bruce probably got nailed by a tsunami at the dock or succumbed to an exotic venereal diseae while Skippy finally got PW'd into an extended lubberly, *family* life. Well, partly right. Every time I left my own computer, I lost access to usenet - and was plenty busy, otherwise, as well. I did the equivalent of a minor refit on several houses, and got new spectacles (arrival in the next couple of days), and dandled all 10 of my grandchildren, and two of Lydia's, since last heard of. That was spread around after the real reason for the shore trip, an induction at the Marietta College Athletic Hall of Fame. Now I finally get to go through some of the hundreds of pix unsorted/adjusted/reviewed over the last many months. Soon I'll be on that great inland route back to Flying Pig and an attempt to get under way again, trying not to have major gear failure at every sailing event as in the past year... Thanks for remembering me :{)) I may YET take you up on that beer, some time in the next few months. Don't worry Skip, he'll be sitting right there, in the same spot, no matter how long it takes you to get there :-) -- Cheers, Bruce in Bangkok |
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On Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:45:48 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote: "Gregory Hall" wrote in message ... Neither has been heard from in weeks. Bruce probably got nailed by a tsunami at the dock or succumbed to an exotic venereal diseae while Skippy finally got PW'd into an extended lubberly, *family* life. Well, partly right. It is a rare thing for me to err! Every time I left my own computer, I lost access to usenet - and was plenty busy, otherwise, as well. I purchased a hot spot from a telecom. It works great. Anywhere where there is cell phone coverage there is Internet. I did the equivalent of a minor refit on several houses, and got new spectacles (arrival in the next couple of days), and dandled all 10 of my grandchildren, and two of Lydia's, since last heard of. That was spread around after the real reason for the shore trip, an induction at the Marietta College Athletic Hall of Fame. I'd be ashamed if I produced children or grandchildren. Don't you realize how overpopulated the Earth is. Don't you feel the least bit guilty being part of the problem and not part of the solution? Now I finally get to go through some of the hundreds of pix unsorted/adjusted/reviewed over the last many months. Soon I'll be on that great inland route back to Flying Pig and an attempt to get under way again, trying not to have major gear failure at every sailing event as in the past year... Forget it, Skippy. You are an official has-been just like Bruce in Bangkok. Go help Lydia knit some sweaters. Thanks for remembering me :{)) I may YET take you up on that beer, some time in the next few months. I'd be more than happy to buy you several beers but make sure Lydia stays aboard the "Flying Pig" cooking and cleaning which is all that females are good for aboard. Better yet, leave her ashore with her relatives where she belongs and you and I can have a few brews while looking for some young hotties who actually would enjoy a sailing adventure under the tutelage of a couple of master mariners. Sir Gregory |
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On Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:30:45 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote: Don't worry Skip, he'll be sitting right there, in the same spot, no matter how long it takes you to get there :-) Oh be quiet and go look for that missing airliner! |
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